Performance Arts Culture Cessnock
Performance Arts Culture Cessnock is the result of the adaptive re-use of two existing buildings on the corner of Aberdare Road and Vincent Street, Cessnock. The entire complex totals some 2,000sqm and has been designed using contemporary materials and finishes that subtly contrast with the older buildings. The older section of the complex which houses
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Sugar Valley Library Museum
Sugar Valley Library Museum, kirantakamyari is a new co-located library and museum in Cameron Park. The facility provides an engaging, innovative space where people can come together to learn, create and connect. The library offers a contemporary service for visitors with a multimedia and tech space, a workshop area and a dedicated children’s zone. The
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Singleton Arts + Cultural Centre
The Singleton Arts + Cultural Centre (SACC) is built on the traditional land of the Wonnarua, Wanaruah people. Established in response to community request, the Centre’s construction was completed in 2021. The $4.08 million project was funded by a $2.787million NSW Government grant from Create NSW with the remainder provided by Singleton Council. The Centre
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Maitland Gaol
Unlock the gates of Maitland Gaol today, where visitors are invited to ‘serve time’ learning about the facility, past prisoners and daring escapes. A range of tours and activities are available to suit all interests and budgets. Be led by an Ex-Warder, join a historic tour to learn about the Gaol’s past before going Ghost
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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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Newcastle Podcast Festival
The inaugural Newcastle Podcast Festival will take place in Newcastle from Friday 19 – Sunday 21 February 2021 and aims to educate and entertain podcasters from all walks of life and be a celebration of the communicative art form itself. The festival offers professional development opportunities to those working in the GLAM sector as podcasting
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Miromaa Aboriginal Language and Technology Centre
The word Miromaa is an Awabakal word meaning to stop from loss, referencing specifically stopping loss of language. Miromaa is about empowering Indigenous people to revitalise their language. Awabakal (pronounced Ar war ba karl) is the language of the region that Miromaa works to revive. Awaba means flat surface. This is the name of the
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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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Australian Army Infantry Museum
The Australian Army Infantry Museum (AAIM) is the custodian of Infantry Corps history and its customs and traditions. The Museum collection ranges from the colonial armies and their first deployments overseas in the nineteenth century through to today’s twenty first century diggers. From its beginnings in 1965, the collection was originally housed at Ingleburn, before
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University of Newcastle Gallery
The University Gallery presents curated exhibitions and touring shows that facilitate an awareness of contemporary art, artists, communities and disciplines. We also support and promote local and emerging artists through our exhibition program and present research exhibitions by our postgraduate candidates at the University of Newcastle. Our second space, the Senta Taft-Hendry Museum, opened in
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Murrurundi Historical Society Museum
The museum encompasses three buildings: a pioneer cottage, a church used as the museum’s exhibition centre, and the Literary Institute which operates as the main museum building. The museum complex is located on Mayne Street (New England Highway) at the Information and Rural Transaction Centre. Settlers Heritage Cottage One of the most interesting of Murrurundi’s
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Watt Space
Watt Space, The University of Newcastle Students’ Art Gallery, is located in Auckland Street in the Newcastle CBD. Located in the loading dock area of an art deco building once owned by The Electricity Commission, It has five distinct exhibition spaces. Its role is to provide professional development opportunities to students at UoN who aspire
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Australian Museum of Clothing and Textiles
The museum collects, conserves, documents and displays items of clothing, textiles and related items both domestic and commercial, from Australia’s earliest times to the present day. Nell Pyle, OAM, with the support of the community of Maitland, established the museum in 2005. Nell’s express wish was for the collection to be available to the public.
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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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Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre is located on the New England Highway, three hours’ drive northwest of Sydney and under two hours from Newcastle. The town of Muswellbrook lies in the Upper Hunter Region among a diverse rural and industrial economy encompassing coal mining, farming, viticulture, electricity generation and the equine industry. Achieving regional gallery status
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Merriwa Railway Station
Merriwa is on the Golden Highway about 60 kilometres from Scone in the Hunter Region. The old Merriwa Railway is a feature of the town which now operates as a museum with displays in the Station Master and Ticket Rooms’ and a small library in the Waiting Room. Come and see the original station building, goods
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Scone Museum
Discover bygone times at the Scone Museum. Learn about Scone and district, the history, the people, and their way of life. Housed in the old Scone Lock-up and built in 1870, the lock-up was adapted as a residence in 1930 when new cells were built in the exercise yard. It became the home of the Museum
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Merriwa Colonial Museum
Merriwa Colonial Cottage Museum presents a collection of items sourced mainly from local residents. The Cottage was built in 1857 from sandstone quarried up the road and pushed down on timber slabs. It served as a series of banking businesses until the 1950s when it became a private residence. The original building consisted of four rooms, a
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Sketchley Pioneer Cottage and Museum
Sketchley Cottage is the only known example of an 1840s colonial building in the Port Stephens Shire. Sketchley Cottage is a rare timber slab colonial farm house, built about 1850 on the Doribank Estate east of the Williams River, near the present New Line Road. From the late 1850’s to 1970 it was the family
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Fighter World – the RAAF Williamtown Aviation Heritage Centre
Located just 20 mins drive north of Newcastle, Fighter World is a totally ‘hands on’ experience. Visitors can walk-around, touch and view some of Australia’s most iconic aircraft plus enjoy the added benefit of sitting in the cockpits of a Mirage jet fighter and a Macchi jet trainer. There are more than 17 historic aircraft
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