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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.

  • From Rattle to Whistle

    How Joseph Hudson Changed Policing

    The Latest in Up-To-Date Home Comforts

    Metters Turn of the Century Revolving Pantry

    A Troublesome Echo

    A Canopy and Windlock for Morpeth Courthouse

    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"

    Pick Up A Pint

    A Dairy Bottle Sealer From Cochrane’s Bomaderry Grocery

    From Doorsteps to Skylines

    Charles Bayliss and Beaufoy Merlin Create a National Treasure

    No More Fire

    The Blessed Relief of Steady Heat

    Talkies Come to Town

    The Diary of a Projectionist

    A Long Life of Service

    Albury’s Community Champion, Esther Batstone

    She’ll Be Right, Mate

    Promoting Cockle Creek Smelter

    Through a New Lens

    Innovating Amateur Photography

    Having Faith in the Ridge

    Madeleine Lenz's Dogged Spirit

    Blown Away

    Hollywood Brought to Australian Small-Town Cinemas

    Moustachioed Crockery

    Protecting Stiff Upper Lips Since the 1860s

    From White Clay Mountain

    A Sandstock Brick Made on the Berry Estate

    Chipped, dusty red, sandstone brick

    Out of Prunes

    Grocery Shopping With Ulladulla’s Mellshimer Sisters

    Ride on Beryl

    Iluka's Well Remembered Timber Launch

    A Fitting Outfit

    Tex Morton’s Moose Hide Jacket

    Between the Lines

    Reading Sheet Music From the Babaneek Ladies' Choir

    Narelle’s Call

    Getting the Phone Connected in 1950s West Wallsend

    black rotary telephone with a spiral-corded earpiece

    A Soft Reminder?

    An Edwardian Blouse Treasured by Berry’s Ena Slater

    Best in Class

    Upcycling in the Great Depression

    Magnificent Memento

    A Thank-you Gift for Eugene Coleman

    close up of framed written address dated Narrbari, March 7th 1903, it has a floral illustration at the top and the writing is script in green and red.

    Seaside Safety

    Meeting the Needs of Iluka's Leisure Seekers

    The Bowerbird

    Kerrie Lester’s Early Artmaking

    Best Laid Plans

    Rules for Maitland’s Short-Lived Science Society

    Racing to Help

    Behind Ron Ekert’s Musical Flag Pennant

    Made Within

    Crafting Children’s Toys at Morisset Hospital

    Royal Expectations

    The Rise of William Edwards

    Close up of a silver tankard embellished with leafy design

    Symbols of Service

    Morpeth’s Harry Cradick’s World War I medals

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The Storyplace newsletter has updates on new stories and other news about museums, galleries and cultural centres, and the people, who support Storyplace.

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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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