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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.

  • Tools of His Trade

    Machinist Leslie Upton of the South Coastal Railway

    Out of the Handbag

    The Private Life of Lizzie Chifley

    crocodile leather handbag beside two letters, hairpins, a lipstick, and business cards

    Sign of the Times

    Maynard’s Bootmaking Business at Morpeth

    In Memory of Bridget

    A Legacy of Cruelty and Love at Mulla Creek

    Two Legacies

    The Murray River Performing Group

    The Painted River

    Leo Robba, Between the Trees – The River, 2006

    A Chilling Tale

    1947 Kelvinator Refrigerator Model 209

    Well Kept

    An Heirloom from Childhood in Nineteenth Century Morpeth

    lace baby bonnet on wooden stand

    Tripping Through Time

    Joan Ross, I give you a mountain, 2018

    Still from a psychedlic video where two colonial men, recoloured to appear pink and magenta, sit in front of a tall mountain with a security camera peering at them from above

    Raised at the Ridge

    A Delicate Reminder of the Ties that Bind

    Poetic Injustice

    Moved by Murder at Moonbi

    Charlie’s Time

    An Opal Miner's Pocket Watch

    Fit For a King

    A Tall Silver Jug

    Close up of Elegant silver jug with pointed spout and slender handle which stretches upwards

    A Surprising Victory

    The Junior Champions of Caves Beach

    Crank Calling

    The Innovative Ericsson Skeletal Telephone

    Ride on Beryl

    Iluka's Well Remembered Timber Launch

    The Lure of Lapidary

    Gil Bennet's Story

    sphere of striped red and black stone

    Toughest Timber

    Settlers Exploit the Coolibah’s Unique Properties

    Dream Machine

    Remembering Headlie Taylor’s Agricultural Innovation

    Prickly to Pristine

    How Dairying Arrived at Woody Head

    A Tall Tale or True?

    Captain John Hunter’s First Fleet Cabin Chair

    mahogany dining chair with simple design

    Postal Perspectives

    Rockley’s Post Office, Hub of the Community

    Orange’s Bold Bid

    Competing to be the Capital

    blue booklet bounded with a single string, it has gold lettering and leaf design which reads 'CANOBOLAS / THE IDEAL SITE FOR THE FEDERAL CAPITAL'

    Burning the Midnight Oil

    Cobb & Co Light the Way

    Sixpence a Bag

    Souvenir Shells in a Hunter Valley Showcase

    Capturing the Barrier

    James Wooler's Broken Hill

    Ophir’s Gold Heart

    From Little Things Big Things Flow

    A Long Life of Service

    Albury’s Community Champion, Esther Batstone

    Echoes of Care

    The Enduring Legacy of Glen Innes Hospital

    Pigeons, Pansies, and Putt-Putt Golf

    The Batstones of Guinea Street, Albury

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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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