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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.

  • Bountiful Baskets

    A Relic of Historic Commercial Fishing at Iluka

    A Soft Reminder?

    An Edwardian Blouse Treasured by Berry’s Ena Slater

    The Heart of the Kitchen

    A Cast Iron Stove by Morpeth’s Duncan Sim

    Justice Served

    A Dish to Reward Maitland’s Police Magistrate

    Innovation and Controversy

    The Complicated Legacy of the HMAS Onslow

    A Critical Crusade

    Maitland’s Register for the Notification of Infectious Diseases

    Cut and Paste

    The Drawings of a Moonbi Student

    Charlie’s Time

    An Opal Miner's Pocket Watch

    Dreamstate

    Relationships of Need with Michael Cook

    The Art of Admiration

    Honouring Morpeth’s Popular Postmaster

    Postal Perspectives

    Rockley’s Post Office, Hub of the Community

    Memento Mori

    Mourning the Death of Mrs Mary Gibson

    Two Branches Meet

    Carol Macgregor's 'Not a tourist'

    Casting a Wider Net

    How Juniors Rescued Surf Life Saving

    Green and gold pennant with a fuzzy beige trim which reads: "SWANSEA-BELMONT S.L.S.C Annual Surf Carnival 1961 Jun. Boat Race, 1st Caves Beach."

    Protective Measures

    A Guide for Surviving Nuclear Fallout

    Simple and Solid

    Headlie's Handy Tree Fork Bench

    Carved in Maple

    Honouring A Son Who Served

    Leading Lights

    The McIlveen Family's Lustrous Legacy

    Made Within

    Crafting Children’s Toys at Morisset Hospital

    Springs of Joy

    Recalling Australia's 1960s Playground Revolution

    An Unbeatable Design

    Tom Humphreys and the 1960 Junior Champions

    Purl One For Climate

    Albury’s ‘Knitting Nannas for Renewables’

    Crank Calling

    The Innovative Ericsson Skeletal Telephone

    Never Knocked Out

    Mementoes of Darcy v McGoorty

    A Man For All Seasons

    Brett Whiteley's Memories of Bathurst

    Salt and Patience

    Making Rope to Last a Century

    Street Ablaze

    Wee Waa's Imperial Hotel

    Moustachioed Crockery

    Protecting Stiff Upper Lips Since the 1860s

    Apologies to Vermeer and Thanks to Cezanne

    Judith Ryrie, Afternoon by the river – Maitland, 2006

    Signing Up for the Quiet Life

    Managing Mollymook’s Golf Club and Guest House

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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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