Caroline Simpson Library
The Caroline Simpson Library is a specialised research library open to anyone with an interest in the history of house and garden design, interior furnishings and domestic life in NSW. Its collection features a wide range of formats, including architectural pattern books, architectural fragments, wall and floor coverings, trade catalogues and sample books, garden ornaments,
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Station House Museum
Station House – home to seventeen Stationmasters and their families from 1883 to 1979 – is a tangible reminder of the great railway expansion of the last century. For more than 100 years Station House has dominated the railway scene in Culcairn, together with the historical Railway Station the complex reflects the significance of Culcairn
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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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Gulgong Gold Experience
Gulgong Gold Experience is located on Red Hill where gold was found in 1870 by Tom Saunders. The gold rush that followed this find was to become known as ‘the last of the poor man’s gold rushes’. The Gulgong Gold Experience has been excavated into the slopes of Red Hill and incorporates the original commissioned tile mural
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City of Sydney Customs House
Customs House is a welcoming and dynamic public space. Accessible and responsive to the world around it, it houses a model of our city, exhibitions and events, a public library, and a variety of other spaces that invite people to connect, learn, share food or find a moment’s escape. Since opening in 1845, Customs House
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Kangaroo Valley Pioneer Village Museum
The Kangaroo Valley Pioneer Village Museum, tells the stories of the region’s early settlers and their families. Original artifacts and displays are exhibited in several buildings, both original and recreated, on the banks above the Kangaroo River, beside historic Hampden Bridge. All buildings and displays have been either relocated or built on site, replicating original
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The Lock-Up
Located in one of Newcastle’s most significant heritage buildings, The Lock-Up is a multi-disciplinary contemporary arts space and inner city hub for creative thinking and doing. Listed in the NSW Heritage Register, The Lock-Up was the Newcastle Police Station and lock up from 1861 until its closure in 1982. The building includes rare heritage listed
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Newington Armory
Newington Armory is a heritage-listed former naval armaments depot that has been reborn as a unique arts venue. It offers the Armory Gallery, once a WWII explosives store, now transformed into a 500 sqm contemporary art gallery, and Building 20, a 19th Century gunpowder magazine, that presents site-specific installations and smaller exhibitions.
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Eugowra Historical Museum & Bushranger Centre
The Eugowra Museum and Bushranger Centre was opened by Cabonne Council Mayor John Farr on the 25 – 26 October 2003. And a new extension has recently been completed but is not yet open. This building was formerly a stock and station agent’s shop, but with government grants, gifts and lots of volunteer labour, it
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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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Trades Hall
The Trades Hall provides an insight into the history of trade unionism and its centrality to social justice, democracy and human rights in today’s world. The Hall houses a fascinating collection of historical, trade union banners, badges, campaign material, important documents and books. The building is open Monday to Friday with changing exhibitions on show
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Norfolk Island Museum
If you come to Norfolk Island, a visit to the museum is a must! The Norfolk Island Museum reveals to you Norfolk’s amazing and multi-layered stories. Famous for its colourful history, the island was first settled by Polynesians, then in 1788 by the British who later made it a convict hellhole. Since 1856 it has
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Vienna Cottage
Vienna Cottage is a rare example of an artisan’s home of the past century. Built in 1871, it was the home of John and Ann Hillman and their five children. They lived in what was a typical tradesman’s cottage, with four rooms in the main building and a detached kitchen and laundry at the back.
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Tomago House
Tomage House gives a vivid insight into how weathly landowners lived in the mid 19th century. The house is noted for it’s fine verandahs looking over pastoral land, interiors which reflected the lives and times of a family of status and a social history which spans three generations. This property was originally the estate and
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Riversdale
In 1828, where the Great South Road forded the Wollondilly River, a few allotments were surveyed for the township of Goulburn Plains. Of these, the site of Riversdale was granted to Matthew Healey in 1830. He held an Innkeepers’ license in 1832, operating from a slab building. In 1832, Governor Bourke selected another site for
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Lindesay
Visit historic Lindesay, built in 1834 and step back into the gracious life of early Sydney. Georgian interiors with their fine Australian and English furniture are complemented by an elegant parterre garden and well tended grounds with uninterrupted Harbour vistas. Below stairs the stone kitchen, servants’ quarters and freshwater well are reminiscent of times very
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Harper’s Mansion
Harper’s Mansion is listed on the NSW Government Heritge Register as a property of State heritage significance. The circa 1835 house is a fine example of a colonial Georgian residence and is furnished in period style. The house is set in two acres of strolling gardens of cool climate heritage plants, overlooking the historic village of Berrima and features
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Cooma Cottage
On the banks of the Yass River, Cooma Cottage is in the heart of the rich sheep grazing country which attracted pioneers in the early 1820s and 1830s. The original colonial bungalow forms part of the earliest complex of dwellings and stables on the site, as built by pioneering pastoralist, Cornelius O’Brien. The property is
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Bulli Black Diamond Museum Heritage Centre
The Bulli Black Diamond Museum Heritage Centre is located on the eastern platform Bulli Railway Station. The museum opened in 1989 and houses a collection of railway and local coal mining artefacts, as well as physical and photographic exhibitions of local interest. Rail in Bulli has a long history of over 150 years, beginning with
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Narooma Lighthouse Museum
Come and discover the exciting maritime history of Narooma at the Narooma Lighthouse Museum, located at the Narooma Visitor Centre. The key piece of the Narooma Lighthouse Museum is the original light and optical apparatus from the Montague Island Lightstation. The light and optical apparatus were constructed by Chance Brothers of Birmingham, suppliers of most
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