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  • Explore old and new stories from all over NSW, Australia.

    Through photographing and telling stories about the objects and artworks cared for by small museums, galleries and Aboriginal cultural centres, Storyplace makes history and culture available to everyone.

  • A Good and Gracious King

    Newsreels After The Death Of George VI

    A Laugh a Day

    Les Lumsdon’s Cartoons

    A Seat at the Cinema

    Viewing Morpeth’s Golden Age of Film

    Sketching a Bloody Coastline

    Evacuating Troops from Gallipoli

    Weight Watching

    Edmund Webb's Gain from Gold at Bathurst

    Echoes of Care

    The Enduring Legacy of Glen Innes Hospital

    Top of the Crop

    A Victory at the Royal Easter Show

    Crowning Glory

    An Australian Military Icon

    Stitching Together the Story

    From Yorkshire to Holbrook

    User Pays?

    Unwelcome Gas Rates for Lighting Up Maitland

    Legacy in a Bottle

    James Herbert Clarke and the Narrabri Ice Co

    The House That Jack Found

    Convict-Made Bricks from Murramarang Point

    Fit For Purpose

    Miner’s Boots from the Stockton Borehole Colliery

    Dirty work boot laying on its side with worn down soles

    Idle Hands Busy

    Work, Escape and Free Matchsticks at Maitland Gaol

    Twice Removed

    The Lacemakers of Calais and Maitland

    Seaside Safety

    Meeting the Needs of Iluka's Leisure Seekers

    A Troublesome Echo

    A Canopy and Windlock for Morpeth Courthouse

    Like Many Girls Her Age

    Minnie Hall’s Autograph Album

    Broken Hill’s First Lady Miner

    The True Tale of Tess

    white directional sign with black lettering reading '14KM TRIPLE CHANCE'

    Earning His Stripes

    Senior Constable Albert Wallbank

    Two black and yellowed fabric patches shaped like the tops of arrows

    Packham’s Triumph

    The Propagation of Australia's Most Popular Pear

    small curved knife with wooden hilt, it has a bird logo engraved into the metal

    Pulling Down to Pick Up

    Lightening the Load at the Historic Berry Wharf

    Giving and Marching

    Raising Money for the Glen Innes Salvos

    two pale, rectangular wooden boxes attached to paddle shapes which act as a handle. They are labelled "BAND"

    Drink That Which You Like Best!

    Albury's Red Shell Lemonade

    Amy at Veteran’s Flat

    How Local Art Makes Local History

    Pigskin Protection

    The Leg Armour of British and Commonwealth Soldiers

    The Scarlet Cloak

    A Resurrected Remnant of the Macarthur’s Colonial Clip

    back of damaged red cloak

    A Great Social Benefit

    A Fundraising Concert in Support of the Dudley School of Arts

    ‘Old Ladies Can Dooit’

    Jenny Sages Portrait of Irina Baranova

    Getting A Handle On It

    How Farm Workers Eased Their Heavy Load

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acknowledgement statement

Museums & Galleries of NSW acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands that comprise the state now known as NSW.

We pay respect to them as First Nations people with a continuing connection to land, place, waters and community

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this site contains stories, images, voices, and video of people who have died.

Some material may contain terms that reflect common usage of the period in which it was written or recorded but may not be considered appropriate today. Such terms do not reflect the views of Museums and Galleries of NSW and are provided only to reflect historical context.

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