Bowraville Folk Museum
Exhibits in the Bowraville Folk Museum cover almost every area of folk life in the Nambucca Valley. Some of our more significant displays include a log cabin inhabited by an early pioneer family, the local Presbyterian Church which was relocated to the grounds of the museum and the Boarding House set from the locally filmed
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Mary Boulton’s Pioneer Cottage & Museum
Take a step back in time to encounter how Nambucca Valley pioneers lived – the early 19th century furnished cottage in a welcoming garden setting; a timber getter’s bark hut, an early cell from Macksville Police Station; horse drawn vehicles; a dairy where cans of cream were stored; tools and implements from the dairy, beef,
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Carisbrook House Museum
Every third weekend in the month, Carisbrook serves Devonshire Teas, coffee and cakes in the courtyard. Visitors to the house can take a self-guided tour with a multimedia device that will guide you through the rooms and tell you how life in the house was led in the Victorian era in Sydney’s developing suburbs. Carisbrook
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Cottage Museum, Rylstone
The Rylstone and District Historical Society precinct is located in the main street of Rylstone and consists of the Cottage Museum, the Thyme Out Community Garden and the handsome heritage listed Bridge View Inn. The Rylstone district was explored soon after the settlement of Bathurst in 1818. In search of good grazing land, explorers pushed
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Hunters Hill Museum
Hunters Hill Museum holds artifacts and records of local families and buildings and scenes going back to the early 1800s. Hunters Hill is Australia’s oldest garden suburb and is one of the most historically significant local government areas in Australia. Many buildings date back to early colonial times. Early immigrants came from Italy, France, Ireland and
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Gulgong Pioneers Museum
Our museum is run by volunteers as members of the Gulgong Historical Society Inc, with a management committee and people who specialize in conservation and information management. We believe the most significant items in our collection are our buildings. We have three original relocated buildings, and an original in situ streetscape. These buildings capture the
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Kandos Museum
Kandos is the town that made the cement that made Sydney. Established by the cement works in 1914, Kandos thrived as a modern 20th century town in a spectacular rural setting. With the cement works closing in 2013, Kandos Museum has a vital role in preserving the town’s industrial and social history. The museum is
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Mudgee Museum
The Mudgee Museum tells the story of the Mudgee area through its collection of approximately 60,000 items. The collection is displayed in several buildings on site which include a mid-nineteenth century hotel, an early twentieth century church, and a replica of a slab hut. For those with an interest in family history or with questions
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Grossman House
Grossman House, Maitland is one of two mirror image, Victorian Regency properties, built side by side on the same lot in 1870-71 for the prosperous business partners, Isaac Beckett and Samuel Owen. The buildings are thought to have been designed by local architect, William White. It is interesting to note that the main entrance to
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Morpeth Museum
Morpeth Museum explores the rich heritage of the region in the former Courthouse. Morpeth was the major river port of the Hunter Valley and surrounding districts between 1832 and 1920. An important trade, cultural, commercial and religious centre, it was a bustling town filled with sailors, bullockies and hotels; bond stores and salesmen; free settlers
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Lord Howe Island Museum
While Lord Howe Island is arguably the most beautiful island in the Pacific, it is also one of the most pristine natural environments, with a wealth of man-made history stretching back one and a half centuries. The Lord Howe Island museum is a treasure chest of natural history, fantastic collections, excellent learning resources, changing displays,
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Greens Gunyah Museum
Greens Gunyah Museum has an extensive range of historical artefacts, photography and machinery on display. We are also home to the Doris Golder Gallery of layered wool art. A unique and fascinating art form consisting of portraits and landscapes constructed in natural coloured fleece wool. This collection has been donated to the Lockhart people by
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Quirindi Cottage and Museum
Welcome to the Quirindi & District Historical Society Inc’s profile page on Museums & Galleries of NSW Website. The Historical Cottage was built at 44 Station Street, Quirindi in 1887 from locally made sandstock bricks and had many associations with the history of Quirindi through the years. It houses collections from many parts of our
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Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum
Showcasing Australia’s industrial history. The history of the Lithgow Small Arms Factory is about people – their aspirations, disappointments, and achievements, the economic and social hardships endured, the influence of our British heritage on Australia in the early 1900s, and sheer human stubbornness. It is also about the introduction of new technologies into the emerging
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Yanco Powerhouse Museum
Yanco Power Station was built in 1913 to supply power to the developing Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and for the Leeton Butter Factory. It was chosen for its proximity to the rail line enabling easy access to coal and water. The station was decommissioned in the late 1950s once the Snowy Hydroelectric scheme was operational. The
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Eskbank House and Museum
Eskbank House was built on Wiradjuri land by Alexander Binning for Thomas Brown in 1842. It has been at the heart of Lithgow’s history including the mining and iron industries. In 1966 it was opened as one of the first house museums in NSW. The museum houses the Bracey Furniture Collection, the Nationally Significant Lithgow
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Dobell House
Dobell House is the home and studio of the late Sir William Dobell. The premises and site are maintained and presented with historical accuracy so visitors can appreciate the life and artistic genius of its owner Sir William Dobell. Guides are available on all occasions. Group visitors receive a presentation about Dobell, his life, his
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Lake Macquarie and District Museum
Opened in 1992, the Lake Macquarie and District Museum is located in the once abandoned, now picturesque Toronto Railway Station on the shores of Lake Macquarie. There is an extensive photograph collection some of which date back to the 19th century. The photographs show the development of the area from past to present. Themed displays
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Eryldene Historic House & Garden
Eryldene was the home of scholar and connoisseur Professor E G Waterhouse, and his wife, Janet. House and garden layout were designed by colonial revivalist architect, Hardy Wilson in 1913 and the place is the result of twenty years remarkable collaboration between client and architect. The whole place is an object of State heritage significance.
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Carss Cottage Museum
Carss Cottage sits like a jewel on the highest point of Carss Bush Park surrounded by beautiful trees and overlooking Kogarah Bay. It has been recognised, together with the park to be protected as a place of beauty and a permanent conservation order was placed on the area in 1988. The Museum is housed in
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