Chifley Home and Education Centre
In a quiet residential street in Bathurst is one of the country’s most intimate museums — the former home of Prime Minister Ben Chifley and his wife, Elizabeth. Whether your interest runs to Australian politics or you’d like to step back in time, this unique museum and Education Centre provides a glimpse into how the
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Bathurst District Historical Society Museum
The Bathurst District Historical Society Museum, Archives and Bookshop are located in the East Wing of the heritage listed Bathurst Courthouse, designed by Colonial Architect James Barnett. The Courthouse building is in the middle of the CBD of Bathurst and is just one of the many heritage listed buildings in the town. The Society is
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Australian Fossil & Mineral Museum
The Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum permanently houses the Somerville Collection of fossils and minerals – the lifetime work of Warren Somerville AM – and features some of the finest and rarest specimens of mineral crystals and fossils from around the world. The internationally renowned collection is displayed in two main exhibitions – the Fossil
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History Hill
History Hill is the largest privately owned gold rush collection on display in Australia. History Hill’s collection focuses on the land, the time and the people of Australia’s Gold Rush era. Malcolm Drinkwater first started researching, writing and lecturing about gold rush history in 1980 when this business was first established. The resulting History Hill
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Malcolm Building Museum, Balranald Discovery Centre
The Malcolm Building Museum holds a collection of historic photographs and local artefacts. The Museum is part of the Balranald Discovery Centre, which comprises of three key buildings: the Interpretive Pavilion, the Visitor Information Centre and the Discovery Cafe. The precinct also includes an interactive playground, a skate park, historical buildings such as Old Gaol, 24 hour
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Australian Aviation Museum Bankstown
We regret to inform you that the Australian Aviation Museum Bankstown is permanently closed. We are unable to supply any further information.
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Crawford House Museum
Located in the heritage town of Alstonville in northern NSW, Crawford House, originally known as ‘Olivene’, was built in 1910 for Mr William Ambrose Crawford and his wife Olive. The Museum features many interesting household objects reflecting family life from the turn of the century to the 1960s. The Alstonville Plateau Historical Society operates the Musuem
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Ballina Naval and Maritime Museum
The Museum began in 1983 in a couple of vacant rooms in what was The Old Pilot’s Cottage on the corner where the Ballina Information Centre now stands. Ten years later, in December 1993, the Museum moved into its present site housing among other exhibits, the remaining raft of the famed Las Balsas Expedition of 1973.
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Museum of Printing
Find out how printing used to be done! The Museum of Printing at the New England Regional Art Museum displays a range of historic printing equipment, mostly used for job printing about a century ago. This includes printing presses, guillotines, stitchers, typesetting equipment and more. It also has displays about typography, printed products, and associated
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Zoology Museum
The Zoology Museum was established in 1969 as a teaching museum for the University of New England. The exhibits focus on the anatomy, taxonomy and evolutionary relationships within major Zoological groups and include several fine sequences of associated fossils. In the foyer, there is a display of old instruments used in the study of animals
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Museum of Education
Founded in 1954 the Museum of Education is built around a unique collection of historic school houses. These are a 1883 “beehive” school from Pallamallawa near Moree, the Dumaresq school from the 1880s and a 1948 portable classroom from Armidale High. Each schoolhouse is furnished with authentic school furniture, books, teaching aids and photographs. One
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Museum of Antiquities
The Museum of Antiquities at the University of New England is one of the only regional ancient history and archaeology museums in Australia. Established as the ‘Classics Museum’ in 1959, the Museum contains an excellent selection of antiquities from the ancient Mediterranean and the Near East. The jewels in the Collection are the James
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Armidale Bicentennial Railway Museum
The railway age in Armidale began in the early 1880s and profoundly transformed local social and economic life. Armidale was an important railway centre located on the main line from Sydney to Brisbane with a locomotive depot and facilities for handling all kinds of goods and livestock. At its peak it was the largest single
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Armidale Folk Museum
Tracing its origins back to 1933 the Armidale Folk Museum is housed in the magnificent 1863 Armidale Literary Institute and explores the history of the region. A wide range of exhibits show everyday life and work in the past and the citizens’ solemn sacrifice in times of war. Permanent displays provide a glimpse into how
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Armidale Aboriginal Cultural Centre & Keeping Place
The Armidale Aboriginal Cultural Centre & Keeping Place is where you can experience the diversity of Australian Indigenous arts and culture. It trades as the Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place (ACCKP). The Centre is located in the beautiful city of Armidale, in northern New South Wales. The region is renowned for its friendly communities,
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Amusu Theatre & Manildra Movie Poster Museum
Visit Australia’s oldest operational picture theatre! Opened in 1936 you can still enjoy a new release movie in Art Deco surrounds. The Theatre also holds a collection of memorabilia that will evoke rural New South Wales in the mid twentieth century. The AMUSU Theatre still boasts the original carbon projectors, original seating including the “love
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Alumny Creek School Museum
This heritage award winning school museum is a tribute to the bygone era of one-teacher schools of the 1930s. Retaining much of its original character and charm, the schoolhouse experience comes complete with blackboard and easel, desks with inkwells, Metters Fuel Stove, teacher’s desk and aids, including the much feared cane! The link between the
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Alison Homestead
Home of Wyong District Museum and Historical Society. Take a trip back in time. The Homestead is set on two hectares in a rural setting on Wyong’s first land grant dating back to 1825. See displays of memorabilia, furniture, toys, household items, photos, equipment, machinery and tools relating to the early settlers of Wyong and
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Albury Library Museum
The award-winning Albury LibraryMuseum features state-of-the-art technology, engaging interactive exhibitions, reading and research in one location. Designed by nationally renowned architects Ashton Ragatt McDougall, the facility is Australia’s first library and museum under one roof. The LibraryMuseum is a superb showcase for national and international touring exhibitions, and for works from the AlburyCity Collection housed
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Age of Fishes Museum
Imagine a world ruled by fish! Long before dinosaurs roamed the earth, the mighty rivers of the Central West teemed with bizarre ancient fishes–armoured fishes, fishes with lungs and huge predators with jaws like crocodiles. Thousands of their fossils were found at Canowindra and give us a unique glimpse into life during the Devonian Period–the
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