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

  • ā€˜The Unfortunate Man, Alexander Dick…’

    A Pair of Silver Spoons

    The Blow-in’s Demise

    Brian Maloney Tells a Cautionary Tale

    Silken Diplomacy

    Chifley, China, and the Gifted Scroll

    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

    Tackling Speed

    The SS Sophia Jane and Her Era of Fame

    A Role to Play

    The Heslop Sisters Collect Maitland’s Stage History

    Saved by the Bell

    The Caves Beach SLSC Shark Bell

    Business As Usual

    Claire Martin, Riverbank Path - Maitland, 2006

    A Place of Peace and Companionship

    Edmund Edgar and the Rockley Toc H

    The People’s Painter

    The Life and Love of Pro Hart

    Householders’ Handbook for Nuclear Warfare

    A Practical Pamphlet to Survive the H-Bomb

    An Outback Lifeline

    Tom Urwin’s Civic Duty Shines

    Building the Bowlo

    A Sanctuary for the Ladies

    A Chilling Tale

    1947 Kelvinator Refrigerator Model 209

    An Important Event in the Circles of Jindera

    Capturing the Wedding of Gus Wagner and Tilly Schmidt in 1907

    An Unusual Token of Esteem

    A Retirement Gift for Constable Herbert Norman Palmer

    A Tweed River Life

    European Settlement in the Sub-tropics

    Mask Up

    Preparing to Face Covid-19

    Brainfog

    Locust Jones Documents the 24hr News Cycle

    At Home on the Hunter

    Max Watters' View Over Glenbawn Road

    The Transfer of Knowledge

    One Book, Three Orchardists

    Bragging Rights

    Moonbi’s Early Cricketing Triumph

    Crank Calling

    The Innovative Ericsson Skeletal Telephone

    A Most Important Accessory

    An Escape Map Scarf From WWII

    Clay-End Quoits and Pay-Day Saturday

    Who Was The Real Winner

    Bone AppƩtit

    Turning Waste Into Profitable Poultry

    A Reminder of Home

    The Ceramic Vessel Heavy with Goldfield History

    Armed to Defend

    Maitland’s Citizen Soldiers Sign Up

    Colonial Medicine at Carcoar

    A Chest of Cures

    Beautiful Minutiae

    Australia’s Greatest Still Life Artist

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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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