Casino Historical Museum
Casino Historical Museum, operated by Casino and District Historical Society, is custodian of a diverse and fascinating collection of objects that hark back to the early days of Casino and surrounding districts. The museum is evidence of the people, events and stories that have made the town of Casino so unique. With significant items ranging
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Carcoar Hospital Museum
Carcoar Hospital Museum holds a diverse and varied collection of hospital equipment, surgical instruments, photographs and artefacts, housed in the Carcoar Hospital building of 1860-61. Built to the design of renowned Architect, Edward Gell, it is one of Australia’s earliest hospitals, built in a time of gold-rush and bushrangers, and prior to anaesthetics and antiseptics.
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Canowindra Historical Museum
The Canowindra Museum was established in a former school building which was transported from the outlying center of Murga in 1970. Several other small buildings and two machinery sheds have since been added. The adjacent Railway Cottage, formerly the Stationmasters residence, built in 1910, was purchased by the Historical Society in 1988 with a Bi-Centennial
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Glenalvon House
A walk through historic Glenalvon House is a step back in time. A minute from the hustle of Campbelltown’s CBD, Glenalvon is a classic Georgian sandstone town house, built in 1840 by Michael Byrne, son of Hugh “Vesty” Byrne, one of the Irish Wicklow rebels. State Heritage Listed, one of the first houses to be granted
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Campbelltown Arts Centre
Campbelltown Arts Centre (CAC) is a multi-disciplinary contemporary arts centre located in the Macarthur region. Since opening in 2005, CAC has pioneered a contemporary arts program that engages with critical issues of our times by supporting the research, development, production and presentation of new work and creating platforms for multidisciplinary arts practice. CAC produces local, national
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Cape Byron Lighthouse Maritime Museum
Located within the Cape Byron Lighthouse in the one-time head lightkeepers office, the Cape Byron Lighthouse Martitime Museum offers visitors insight into the days before fully-automated lighthouses and the long tradition of lightkeepers. The Museum also displays images and artefacts from the days when Byron Bay was a venue for whale hunting rather than whale watching.
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Camden Museum
Situated in the centre of Camden’s historic precinct the Museum features displays highlighting the local Aboriginal community, the Macarthur family, agricultural industries, the Nepean River and its place in the community and women’s history. The collection is particularly strong in photography, archives and over 4000 objects. Most of the objects have been donated by local
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Silverton Gaol and Historical Museum
Silverton’s original gaol was cobbled together from timber and iron. The building itself was less than secure, and prisoners were secured with leg-irons to prevent their escape. Due to overcrowding, prisoners often found themselves chained to a nearby peppercorn tree. It was these appalling conditions which led to the erection of the current Silverton Gaol in
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The Albert Kersten Mining and Minerals Museum (Geocentre)
Behind the stone facade of the restored former Bond Store is another of Broken Hill’s must-see mining museums. The Albert Kersten Mining & Minerals Museum displays information on how the world’s largest deposit of silver lead and zinc was formed here in Broken Hill. It also houses a renowned collection of Broken Hill minerals. See
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Synagogue of The Outback Museum
Broken Hill boasts one of the most remote Jewish museums in the world and the building which stands proudly in the former Synagogue as a reminder of the evolution of the Jewish community in regional Australia. From the 1880s to the 1960s a vibrant and successful Jewish community existed in Broken Hill most of whom had
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Sulphide Street Railway & Historical Museum
The Sulphide Street Railway & Historical Museum Complex houses the Silverton Tramway Company locomotives & memorabilia in the original1905 magnificent station building and grounds. The Broken Hill Migrant Heritage Museum, Hospital Museum, Ron Carter Transport Pavilion and the Tess Alfonsi Mineral Collection are all onsite. Much to see, much to do – so drop in
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Frank Partridge V.C. Military Museum Inc.
A tour of the Frank Partridge VC Military Museum takes you on a journey that leads from the trench warfare of WWI to twenty-first century combat technology. Located in the historic town of Bowraville, its collections cover all of Australia’s armed services and its displays of armoury, uniforms, medals, vehicles, art, publications and memorabilia are
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Bingara Museum
The Museum occupies several buildings, the main one originally the Post Office Hotel. It is of slab construction using pit sawn and hand-adzed local cypress timber with a puddled iron roof. Built in 1860, the building has been a private home since World WarI and saw continuous occupation until 1970. The Post Office Hotel was one of the
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Berry Museum
Berry is situated in the Shoalhaven, a two hour drive south of Sydney. The Berry Museum is located in the heart of the town, and for those interested in local history, a visit will prove most rewarding! Housed in the old English Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank building, once known as E.S.& A Bank, was
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Berrigan & District Heritage Museum
Berrigan is proud of being credited with several “firsts”. Civic minded Berrigan men took the lead in organising the first Corowa Conference on Federation in 1893. The first Rural Fire Brigade in NSW was formed in Berrigan in 1901. The first Parents and Citizens Association in NSW was established in Berrigan. Local oral histories, Federation
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Bega Pioneers’ Museum
The Pioneers’ Museum is situated in an old hotel built in 1858-59 with several exhibition rooms and outdoor display areas containing every aspect of early Bega and district life–farming, industry, military, machinery, transport and domestic history, as well as a comprehensive range of family histories. Highlights of the museum include the collection of over 200
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Batlow Museum
Experience the hardships of early pioneers and the drive of visionary Herbert Velvin Smith (OBE) who made Batlow Famous for Apples! The Museum is operated by Batlow Historical Society and is located in the former St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church building. The premises feature a stained glass window originating from Scot’s Church Sydney, built in 1826
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Illawarra Light Railway Museum
The Illawarra Light Railway Museum is a place for public exhibition of light railway locomotives and rolling stock, along with other related items of historical interests. We educate the public in the mechanics, manufacture and operation of steam engines and other mechanical devices used for light railway operations and industry. As well as inform the
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National Motor Racing Museum
The National Motor Racing Museum celebrates the rich history of Australian Motor Sport, with a particular focus on Bathurst and Mount Panorama as the spiritual home of Australian motor racing. Located at Murray’s Corner, Mount Panorama – an address the envy of motor sports Australia wide. From humble beginnings as a temporary display, the Museum,
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Miss Traill’s House and Garden
Built by the Reverend Thomas Sharpe in 1845 soon after land became available in the Bathurst area, Miss Traill’s House and Garden is named after Ida Traill, a socially prominent, independently wealthy resident, who lived in this pretty Colonial Georgian bungalow from 1931 until her death at 87 in 1976. Ida Traill was a descendant
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