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    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.

  • Cuts Both Ways

    Prepared for Attack and Defence at Maitland Gaol

    wooden baton/club covered in leather with wrist strap

    Ophir’s Gold Heart

    From Little Things Big Things Flow

    The Boundary Rider Who Founded BHP

    Charles Rasp's Gamble

    ‘Ye Old Bastards’

    The Senior Boat Crew of Caves Beach

    Springs of Joy

    Recalling Australia's 1960s Playground Revolution

    Sketching a Bloody Coastline

    Evacuating Troops from Gallipoli

    Fortunate Babies

    A Silver Cup

    Slightly oxidised, silver cup with a small circle handle

    Apologies to Vermeer and Thanks to Cezanne

    Judith Ryrie, Afternoon by the river – Maitland, 2006

    Battle of the Machines

    Willcox and Gibbs Vs. Singer

    3wAyXchange

    Circus Arts Steal the Commonwealth Spotlight

    Salt and Patience

    Making Rope to Last a Century

    What Would Molly Think?

    A Colourful Take on Maitlands’ Historical Figure

    Condon’s Cribbage

    The Narrabri Boys in Changi Prison

    No Dough Needed

    Bread tokens from the West Wallsend Co-op

    The Height of Fashion

    Beau Brummell and the Bow Tie

    Rosy Cheeks

    The Toy for Healthy Little Bodies

    United They Stood

    Striking to Make Change

    blue, white, and red lettered banner which says 'F.E.D.& F.A. / The Wheels of Industry kept turning for VICTORY'

    Eighteen Blocks of Gold

    Cutting Through Butter

    An Instrument of Change

    The Surveying Equipment of James C. Wilson

    Healing Through Craft

    Occupational Therapy at Morisset Hospital

    The Silver City’s Folk Artist

    Sam Byrne's Style

    impressionistic, cartoonish painting of a building amidst colourful trees, under a blue cloudy sky

    Prepared to Pick

    A Pea Picker’s Basket

    Ghost Letters

    Reading Between the Lines of a Writing Slate

    Close up of black writing slate with a damaged wooden frame, including a small string fed through the top

    Best in Class

    Upcycling in the Great Depression

    Legacy in a Bottle

    James Herbert Clarke and the Narrabri Ice Co

    Beeswax and Bullocks

    The Delicate Craft of Wax Modelling

    Guns to Roses

    Li Hongbo’s Paper Sculptures

    Close up of bright blue room with multi-coloured paper artworks. They are made like paper lanterns, taking the shape of fans despite being made from the shapes of guns

    Bathurst Joy

    A Piggery of State-Wide Esteem

    A Right to Mine

    Earning a Living in the Great Depression

    Room for Improvement

    The West Maitland School of Arts and its 1860 Rule Book and Catalogue

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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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