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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.

  • Marking Memories

    Iluka’s Postmistress, Lizzie Hickey

    Fighting Fear

    Improvised Weapons at Maitland Gaol

    Roll Up, Roll Up!

    Rotating Entertainments at Broken Hill

    antique roller skates, they look like four-wheeled, metal contraptions with leather ankle straps

    Star Powered

    Zeta Burn’s Sewing Machine

    Anyone For Tea?

    Marian Rowan's Floral Legacy in Fine China

    Father Figures

    Constable Wallbank’s Ink Stand

    Patience and Skill

    A Schoolgirl’s Needlework Sampler from Berry

    Ghantown Cameleers

    Crossing Country and Cultures

    wooden spike beside four wooden nose pegs which look like cylinder with a flared base and a conical top

    An Alcohol Solution

    Stopping the Spread of Covid-19 at Corowra

    amber glass hand santiser bottle with white label and metal top

    Little Ships

    A Model of the SS Bergalia

    Constructing the Fig Tree

    Form and Concept in the Art of Derek Kreckler

    As Long As Memory Lasts

    Herbert Maynard’s Army Portrait

    Literacy is Power

    The Hanlon Family Writing Slope

    Commerce and Grandeur

    James and Mary Taylor’s Fancy Chairs from Morpeth

    Bucketing Down

    Community Spirit During the 1955 Narrabri Flood

    Talkies Come to Town

    The Diary of a Projectionist

    Toughest Timber

    Settlers Exploit the Coolibah’s Unique Properties

    Idle Hands Busy

    Work, Escape and Free Matchsticks at Maitland Gaol

    Echoes of Elegance

    The Narrabri Hospital Ball of 1914

    Saved by the Bell

    The Caves Beach SLSC Shark Bell

    A Fitting Outfit

    Tex Morton’s Moose Hide Jacket

    Sign of Respect

    Dr Pierce’s Memorial Plaque from Maitland’s Fountain

    Sounding Off

    The Horn That Marked the Day's End

    Top of the Crop

    A Victory at the Royal Easter Show

    In Memoriam

    Memories and Motherhood with Michael Cook

    Moving Parts

    The Lives of Rockley Mill

    A Natural Intimacy

    Reflecting on the Life of Margaret Olley

    Carving for the Screw

    Twelve Trinkets Made of Bone

    Top Dog’s Tool

    Fisherman Parker’s Pit Saw from Lake Macquarie

    No More Fire

    The Blessed Relief of Steady Heat

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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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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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