The Thistle Gallery

The Thistle Gallery, in Ross, occupies the former stables building for the old Scotch Thistle Inn.

Extensively restored, the sandstone building focusses on glass, ceramics, photography, sculpture and paintings.

The Thistle Gallery exhibits interesting works to showcase and encourage the talent of emerging artists.

The old Scotch Thistle Inn is a fine example of one of Australia’s early colonial inns, and beneath the floor remain colonial stone drains, and the roof timbers are held by hand made nails and the doors swinging on original, handmade hinges.

The building itself constructed of Ross stone quarried by hand, pick-dressed and set in lime mortar. The Thistle Gallery is in one of the few unspoiled early villages of Australia.