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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.

  • Seeing it Through

    Warren Somerville, Collector Extraordinaire

    Wrong Way Time

    Fiona Hall's Commentary on Media Morality

    Love of the Soil

    John Stewart’s Herbarium from Broughton Creek

    3wAyXchange

    Circus Arts Steal the Commonwealth Spotlight

    Winners and Losers

    Jockeying for a Place in History

    The Scarlet Cloak

    A Resurrected Remnant of the Macarthur’s Colonial Clip

    back of damaged red cloak

    Looking Back to Look Forward

    Maitland’s Sobering Reminders of the 1955 Flood

    Under the Railway Bridge

    The Stoney Creek Amateur Swimming Club

    A Life of Service

    Nurse Irene Stoddart’s War Medals

    Fast Fixtures

    Finishing the 1840s Buildings at Maitland Gaol

    Star Powered

    Zeta Burn’s Sewing Machine

    Makeshift Extravagance

    The Gold Standard for Making-Do at Armidale

    Moving Parts

    The Lives of Rockley Mill

    Leafing Through History

    Mary White’s Passion for Crafty Carving

    Hidden at the Back of the Fridge

    Reproduction Kelvinator Advertising Poster

    Broad Shoulders

    Lieutenant Jonathan Warner at Lake Macquarie

    From Nettleton

    Letters Sent From a Ghost Town

    Signing Up for the Quiet Life

    Managing Mollymook’s Golf Club and Guest House

    A Living Tradition

    Making a Possum Skin Cloak

    possum skin cloak covered in painted Aboriginal-style designs

    Get One While It’s Hot

    An Explosive Fuel Iron from Ulladulla

    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'

    A Promising Young Life

    Morpeth’s Framed Portrait of Private Norman Peacock

    Loss of Innocence on the Picnic Train

    Remembering New Year's Day 1915

    ticket stubs

    Doctored for Dancing

    Bathurst’s Busiest Businessman, Jack Stanley

    Having Faith in the Ridge

    Madeleine Lenz's Dogged Spirit

    A Great Social Benefit

    A Fundraising Concert in Support of the Dudley School of Arts

    Carving for the Screw

    Twelve Trinkets Made of Bone

    A Right to Mine

    Earning a Living in the Great Depression

    For Your Information

    The Early Years of the Polio Immunisation

    Free to Keep Time

    A Former Convict’s Long Case Clock

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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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