Narromine Aviation Museum
Living stories on one of Australia’s truly historic aerodromes. Come and see the fascinating story of nearly a century of aviation in the Narromine region, as told through photographs, records, artefacts and aircraft. The displays are divided into three eras: 1916-39: The time of the ‘barnstormers’. What is now Australia’s oldest regional aero club hosted such
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NSW Rail Museum
Australia’s biggest rail heritage attraction, the NSW Rail Museum is located at Thirlmere – near Picton, just 90km from Sydney along the M5. The NSW Rail Museum is a fascinating and exciting step back in time for all ages with interactive displays, kid’s activities, glimpses behind the scenes at Australia’s newest locomotive roundhouse and a
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Young Historical Museum
At the Young Historical Museum you will discover the history of the Burrangong goldfields and the contributions of the many miners and their families who came from all over the world to make Young what it is today. While it was gold that attracted people in 1860, it was the rich soil that encouraged them
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Yass and District Museum
The Yass & District Museum regularly changes its main display area to highlight aspects of the local history. Currently A J Shearsby; Renaissance Man of Yass features local Alfred James Shearsby a photographer, geologist, artist, astronomer, palaeontologist, writer and administrator with more than a hundred images taken by him during his time in Yass. Other
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Illawarra Museum Wollongong
The Illawarra Museum Wollongong focuses on the heritage and history of Wollongong. The collection is housed in the former Post and Telegraph Office built between 1865 and 1882–an excellent example of late colonial architecture. The Museum collection conveys a sense of life in the days before Wollongong was dominated by heavy industry. The foyer features
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The Old Wollongong Courthouse
The Old Court House is the oldest public building in Wollongong and represents the era when Wollongong Harbour was a major port. Built in 1858, the Court House is a rendered brick building with elegant sandstone arched portico. From 1885, the building was used as a customs house servicing the coastal shipping trade. Following Federation,
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The Wollondilly Heritage Centre
The Wollondilly Heritage Centre was built by volunteers from The Oaks Historical Society with funding through the NSW Bicentennial Committee in 1988, on land donated by Wollondilly Shire Council. The award winning complex now comprises five buildings which tell the stories of the people of Burragorang Valley, Yerranderie, The Oaks and many of the 15
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Fitzroy Falls Visitor Centre
Fitzroy Falls is a magnificent waterfall located in the Southern Highlands of NSW, within Morton National Park. It is a gateway to Morton National Park which is the 5th largest national park in NSW. The waterfall is accessible from the Southern Highlands and Kangaroo Valley being on a popular tourist drive through the Southern Highlands
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Berrima District Museum
Located in the delightful historic village of Berrima, Southern Highlands this exceptional museum brings to life the history of the district. The museum’s popular exhibition space, the digital gallery, has a new exhibition about the Gardens of the Southern Highlands and the people who created them, past and present. All are viewed on high definition
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Grenfell Museum
Grenfell Museum is housed in the renovated School of Arts building built in 1896. The museum houses a large collection of local history in the form of documents, photographs and static displays. The Museum has almost completed the cataloguing of its collection of approximately 4000 photographs and will shortly launch a new exhibit on bushranging
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Willoughby Museum
WILLOUGHBY MUSEUM operated by the Willoughby District Historical Society is housed in the 1913 Federation cottage, Boronia, at 58 Johnson Street Chatswood (Sydney, Australia). There are a number of permanent exhibitions within the Museum plus special exhibitions from time to time. The Museum focuses on four core themes: Local industries and working lives Domestic life Towns, suburbs
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Oxley Museum
Oxley Museum is managed by members of the Wellington Historical Society who work on a volunteer basis. The collection reflects the European settlement of Wellington and its district and features a Chinese room, a Military room, Trades and Commercial room, Medical room and a room with a display of costumes. Several rooms on the
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Lightning Ridge Heritage Cottage Hospital Gallery
The sign “Lightning Ridge Population?” welcomes you to the opal fields. Here at the museum we research, record, maintain and share local history to explain the “?”. People come to the Ridge seeking opal, landscape and legends. It’s a lifestyle. Our complex is located just past the Crocodile Caravan Park at the beginning of town.
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McCrossin’s Mill Museum and Function Centre
You can sense it the minute you walk through the doors of McCrossin’s Mill. The building: granite, brickwork, whitewash. Robust. No adornments. Permanent Exhibit A. You can feel something here. Like somebody beckoning, whispering. Uralla, the beginning and the end of bushranger, Captain Thunderbolt, shot dead in 1870. On the ground floor, a set of
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Tumut & District Historical Society Museum
The Tumut Museum is managed by the members of the Tumut & District Historical Society which was formed in 1962. The Museum collection began in 1975 and was opened on its present site in 1979. The focus of the Museum is on our collection of Miles Franklin memorabilia, Historical Photographic Collection and items of agricultural
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Temora Rural Museum
The Temora Rural Museum is the centerpiece of Temora’s vibrant new social heritage precinct, the Bundawarrah Centre. Set in landscaped grounds, the Museum offers an amazing variety of exhibits and working examples of rural technology that recall the historical experience of living and working in the Temora community. Regular working bees by museum volunteers, every
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Tamworth Powerstation Museum
No trip to Tamworth is complete until you visit the Tamworth Powerstation Museum. It was 8 o’clock on the evening on Friday, 9 November, 1888, when Mayoress, Mrs. Elizabeth Piper, unlocked the switch with a gold key and turnt on 21.5 kilometres of street lights in Tamworth were lit by electricity; the first Municipal Electric Street Lighting in Australia. They operated
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Australian Country Music Hall of Fame
The Australian Country Music hall of Fame is located in a guitar shape building the corner of Peel & Murray Street Tamworth. Memorabilia from early pioneers of country music through to our current stars is on display. All or memorabilia & artefacts are genuine and donated either by the artist or their families. The exhibits
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Sydney Tramway Museum
South Pacific Electric Railway Co-Operative Society Limited (SPER), under the trading name ‘Sydney Tramway Museum’ (STM), restores and operates heritage tramway rolling stock to provide a tourist attraction for people visiting the Loftus museum which is located in the Sutherland Shire of New South Wales. STM aims to provide tourists with a heritage tram travel
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Sutherland Shire Historical Society & Museum
The Sutherland Shire Historical Society & Museum has moved to 88 Venetia Street, Sylvania. Sutherland Shire Historical Society, founded in 1966, is a community group interested in preserving and raising awareness of our local history – from Aboriginal occupation to the arrival of Captain Cook and white settlement up to present day industry. We tell
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