Mount Erin Heritage Centre
The Mount Erin Heritage Centre is located at Wagga Wagga in the original Mount Erin Convent which was built 1874-76. This historic site is where five Presentation Sisters from Ireland established a convent and school in 1876. Since then several schools have existed here including St Brigid’s, St Marys, St Eugene’s, Mount Erin High School,
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Ungarie Museum
The Ungarie Museum has an extensive local history collection with a particular focus on the historical Wollongough Station. The Museum highlights objects and stories that reflect the ingenuity and thrift of local country people and the theme of ‘making-do’ is consistent throughout the exhibition. The Ungarie Museum has hundreds of tales to tell and the
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Yarrawonga-Mulwala Pioneer Museum
Pioneer aviation and pioneer agriculture are major themes of the Yarrawonga-Mulwala Pioneer Museum. A highlight of the museum’s collection is a biplane built by local pioneer aviator Douglas Sloane in 1913. It is one of very few designs from the early period of aviation in Australia to have survived to the present day. The wing
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Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Aboriginal Corporation
Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre is a traditional owner organisation based in the towns of Deniliquin and Balranald in the Riverina region of NSW. Yarkuwa was formed in 2003, in part, to ensure traditional owner knowledge was preserved for further generations. The aims of the organisation are: – To collate and maintain cultural, heritage and environment
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Sir Donald Bradman Birthplace Museum
Granny Scholz, the mid-wife who delivered “The greatest batsman the world has ever known” Sir Donald Bradman on 27th August 1908, operated a small private hospital in the front room of the building at 89 Adams Street. The building was refurbished in 1991, and now his birthplace has been lovingly restored with the official opening
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Junee Roundhouse Museum
The Junee Roundhouse is one of few surviving, working railway Roundhouses in the Southern Hemisphere. It is also home to the only working steam driven accident crane. Of a number built in America in the early 1940’s, five were brought to Australia by the US Army Corps. With the end of the war, the NSW
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Observer Printery Museum
In a time where the humble local newspaper was the dominant form of media and news, the Observer Printery was first established in Henty in 1905. The printing equipment was brought from the Border Post in Albury and transported by bullock team to Henty. The Printery was housed in a galvanized iron shed, then later
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Headlie Taylor Header and Blacksmith Shop, Henty
The town of Henty has seen its fair share of innovative machinery, with Henty playing host to the machine of the year award at the annual field days, but no invention has surpassed that of the local Headlie Taylor’s Header. Taylor’s Header revolutionized the grain industry worldwide and dubbed Henty the ‘home of the header’.
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Wagga Wagga Railway Heritage Museum
We’re preserving our local rail history so that school children, rail enthusiasts, visitors, families can visit and enjoy it with us! We have an active volunteer workforce of current and former railway employees who look after our treasured assets. Drop in and see us, the museum is located on the historic Wagga Wagga Railway Station
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Jindera Pioneer Museum
The first German settlers arrived in the Jindera area in 1867, having trecked from Adelaide in horse drawn wagons. Before they arrived, probably in the 1840s, a small wattle and daub hut was built just off the main track through town. This hut still stands at the site of the Jindera Pioneer Museum, and probably
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Coolamon RSL Museum
The award winning museum houses an extensive collection of military items from pre-federation to the present day. Originally known as the Coffee Palace, the RSL Hall in Coolamon has seen many changes. Purchased by the RSL in 1919, the hall has been a home for former soldiers who found themselves down on their luck. During
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Griffith Pioneer Park Museum
Explore the history of Griffith and the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area as you walk around — and into — an extensive collection of buildings and artefacts from the region. Within these and throughout the Park are many of the machines, tools and other artefacts from the history of Griffith and the construction of the Riverina’s ‘food
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Temora Aviation Museum
Temora has a rich and noteworthy aviation history having been home to the No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School (10 EFTS) set up by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in May 1941. No 10 EFTS was the largest and longest lived of the flying schools established under the Empire Air Training Scheme during World
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National Museum of Australian Pottery
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RAAF Wagga Heritage Centre
In addition to the Heritage Centre, pictured, the RAAF Base Wagga has a display of static aircraft at the front gate which can be viewed at any time. Currently a Canberra bomber, Meteor jet, Mirage and Sabre fighters and a Winjeel trainer may be seen on display. Wagga Wagga RAAF Museum was officially opened in June 1995
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Temora Rural Museum
The Temora Rural Museum is the centerpiece of Temora’s vibrant new social heritage precinct, the Bundawarrah Centre. Set in landscaped grounds, the Museum offers an amazing variety of exhibits and working examples of rural technology that recall the historical experience of living and working in the Temora community. Regular working bees by museum volunteers, every
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Tocumwal Railway Heritage Museum
The Tocumwal Railway Heritage Museum is located in the historic railway station. At the western end of town, there are three museum areas. The front museum incorporates photos and memorabilia dating back to 1908 and a steam train mural. There is rail and Lion’s Club memorabilia, along with tea rooms in the middle room and the
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Narrandera Parkside Cottage Museum
Housed in a century-old building, the Parkside Cottage Museum was established in 1968. The collection is varied with several unique items including; a yesteryear Telecom equipment display, a set of silver ingots marking 1,000 years of English monarchy, and an extensive and valuable worldwide collection of shells. One of the most celebrated items on display
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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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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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