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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.

  • An Enduring Mystery

    Tile Fragments from the Walter Hood Shipwreck

    Sewn at Sea

    A Dress and Jacket by Berry’s Ann Boyd

    Night (and Day) Swimming

    1933-4 Stoney Creek Point Score Trophy

    Art Teacher Nurtured Local Talent

    May the Mentor

    An Impact on the Scene

    Joshua Smith and the Burden of Change

    A Laugh a Day

    Les Lumsdon’s Cartoons

    An Outback Lifeline

    Tom Urwin’s Civic Duty Shines

    Mask Up

    Preparing to Face Covid-19

    Like Many Girls Her Age

    Minnie Hall’s Autograph Album

    Milling a Round

    Keeping Wee Waa at Work

    Ground-breaking Australian Design

    Henry Steiner's Stunning Silver Tree

    Sprig From the Shores

    The Hickey Family in Iluka

    An Impossible Proposition

    Maitland’s Plan to Relocate to Higher Ground

    Sticky Business

    Making Animal Glue in the Riverina

    On the Drawing Board

    Bunning and Madden Plan Rutherford’s Mall

    Architectural drawing, coloured with greens and oranges, depicting a cross-section of the building.

    Echoes of Elegance

    The Narrabri Hospital Ball of 1914

    Room for Improvement

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

    Stirred by the Sea

    Reflecting on Our Internal Emotional World

    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

    Still Stainless

    Caring for Patients at Narrabri District Hospital

    Brainfog

    Locust Jones Documents the 24hr News Cycle

    The Beating Heart of the Marching Band

    West Wallsend's Dandy Drum

    Silver, reflective top of a black drum with silver fittings.

    A Royal Invoice

    Tiny Town Sparks a Global Fascination

    Ringing in Changes

    The Demise of the Dinner Gong

    Frankenstein’s Toy

    A (Partly) Australian Doll

    The Green Industrialist

    The Unsung Story of W S Robinson

    One for the Road

    A Young Boy’s Mechanical Passion

    A Fancy Frame

    Elsie Campbell’s Ornamental Leather Work

    The Latest in Up-To-Date Home Comforts

    Metters Turn of the Century Revolving Pantry

    Between Land and Sea

    A Scholarly Scotsman in the Land of Opportunity

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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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