Oberon District Museum
The Oberon District Museum focuses on the Oberon district’s cultural, family, rural and timber industry history. The museum’s Forest and Timber Pavilion is the latest new attraction as the town is at the centre of the softwood industry in the Central Tablelands of NSW.
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Ballina District Museum
Located in the village of Pimlico, the museum was originally the heritage listed Pimlico Community Hall built in 1937. The museum showcases the history of the development of the Ballina District from pre-1842 when only the Nyangbul people lived in the area, to European settlement commencing in 1842 and subsequent industries including cedar cutting, shipping
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Wymah Museum
The museum offers a selection of rotating local themes and includes pioneer family history and research facilities, the history of the Wymah Ferry, Wymah School History, the rise and decline of the Wymah township, and much more.
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Douglas Vale Historic Homestead & Vineyard
Stroll back in time as you enter through our heritage listed bamboo grove. Set in over 3 hectares Douglas Vale Vineyard was initially established in 1859 with the homestead, the oldest timber building in Port Macquarie, being built in 1862. It was lived in for 132 years by four generations of the one family and
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Clarence Town and District Historical Museum
Erringhi was the Aboriginal name for the area in which Clarence town now resides. A town was established on the banks of the Williams River and was renamed Clarence Town in 1826 and was a timber cutting town. The current Town Courthouse was built in 1869 and remained a courthouse until about 1970. The building
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Ungarie Museum
The Ungarie Museum has an extensive local history collection with a particular focus on the historical Wollongough Station. The Museum highlights objects and stories that reflect the ingenuity and thrift of local country people and the theme of ‘making-do’ is consistent throughout the exhibition. The Ungarie Museum has hundreds of tales to tell and the
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Namoi Echo Museum
Wee Waa’s Namoi Echo Museum has a comprehensive display of farm machinery, horse drawn vehicles, Aboriginal and geological artefacts. It has a saddlery, a blacksmiths shop and a restored children’s Merry-Go-Round. The Museum features a one room school house and a saw miller’s cottage. Both of these have been restored and they display a collection of
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Inverell Pioneer Village
At the Pioneer Village you can sense the history that surrounds you. The authentic buildings of the village have been collected from Inverell and surrounding districts and represent the lifestyle and pioneering spirit of our forebears. Wander through the grounds to discover the Grove Homestead, dating back to 1840, or rest up in Paddy’s Pub
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Yarrawonga-Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Pioneer aviation and pioneer agriculture are major themes of the Yarrawonga-Mulwala Pioneer Museum. A highlight of the museum’s collection is a biplane built by local pioneer aviator Douglas Sloane in 1913. It is one of very few designs from the early period of aviation in Australia to have survived to the present day. The wing
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Headlie Taylor Header Museum
Headlie Taylor invented the header harvester in 1914 and significantly improved grain harvesting technology in Australia and throughout the world using a forge, anvil and primitive tools in the days of horse drawn implements. Next came a series of inventions and improvements, while contending with world wars, pandemics, depressions and droughts, which led to the
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Tocal Homestead
You will hear tales of bushrangers and cattlemen; of architects and convicts, as you enjoy a stroll around the heritage farm precinct of Tocal Homestead in the Hunter Valley. The Georgian homestead is set amongst huge fig trees overlooking Tocal lagoon with the PatersonRiver just beyond. Built as country retreat, the house is part of
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Coonamble Museum Under the Bridge
The town Coonamble has an unusual claim to fame in Australian History. Why not step back in the time and visit the ‘Museum under the Bridge’, which outlines the history of Coonamble and its Community. Coonamble Museum Under the Bridge brings to life an era of hardship, hard work and triumph that exemplifies the early
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Rouse Hill Estate
Home to six generations of one family through good times and the bad, Rouse Hill Estate and its stories still draw people to its doors. Each generation has added another layer of belongings, improvements and memories, and today, every object and addition, every tear, stain and repair, has a story to tell. The estate also
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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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Janet Cosh Herbarium
The Janet Cosh Herbarium is a repository for dried plant specimens collected from the Sydney, Illawarra, South Coast and Southern Tableland regions of New South Wales. The Herbarium provides information on the taxonomy, history, distribution and conservation of plant species within these regions. The specimens are stored in a controlled environment and their details are
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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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Tweed Regional Museum
We acknowledge the Tweed Bundjalung people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Museum sits, and recognise and respect continuing connection to Country. In all that we do here at Tweed Regional Museum, we aim to collect and share the stories of our community. Our beautiful Museum – a mix of heritage
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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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