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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.

  • Hospital Heyday

    A Booklet to Celebrate Maitland Hospital’s Centenary

    Pigskin Protection

    The Leg Armour of British and Commonwealth Soldiers

    Fast Furniture

    Steam-powered Manufacturing at J G White’s, Morpeth

    Tackling Speed

    The SS Sophia Jane and Her Era of Fame

    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

    A Natural Intimacy

    Reflecting on the Life of Margaret Olley

    Fortunate Babies

    A Silver Cup

    Slightly oxidised, silver cup with a small circle handle

    Pretty But Practical

    Ann Chellew’s Day Dress

    Leading Lights

    The McIlveen Family's Lustrous Legacy

    The Bunkhouse Orchestra

    The Strutt Sisters and Tamworth's Peel Street Buskers

    Handsome Gifts

    A Woods’ Ivory Dinner Set from Singleton

    Crown Bugalaa

    How Bloody Royal

    Biding Time Behind Bars

    A Memento of Life Inside Maitland Gaol

    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

    A Most Important Accessory

    An Escape Map Scarf From WWII

    A Charitable Contraption

    How a Launceston Doctor Helped Newborns Take their First Breath

    Maitland’s Golden Age

    Alexander McKenzie, Cloud Cover Over Maitland, 2006

    A Living Tradition

    Making a Possum Skin Cloak

    possum skin cloak covered in painted Aboriginal-style designs

    Art in Confinement

    Creativity and Morisset’s Maximum-Security Ward

    The Green Industrialist

    The Unsung Story of W S Robinson

    In Memory of Maurice O’Shea

    Garry Shead’s Homage to His Uncle

    Between Land and Sea

    A Scholarly Scotsman in the Land of Opportunity

    One for the Road

    A Young Boy’s Mechanical Passion

    Beeswax and Bullocks

    The Delicate Craft of Wax Modelling

    Learning The Australian Way

    Migrant Education at Bonegilla

    An Alcohol Solution

    Stopping the Spread of Covid-19 at Corowra

    amber glass hand santiser bottle with white label and metal top

    First in Line

    The Beginnings of Rail in NSW

    Postal Perspectives

    Rockley’s Post Office, Hub of the Community

    Pillar of Trust

    The Timeless Role of Pharmacists in Regional Communities

    Brushstrokes of Iluka

    Mary Brown's Watercolour Paintings

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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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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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