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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.

  • Bucketing Down

    Community Spirit During the 1955 Narrabri Flood

    A Tribute with a Twist

    The Bank Manager's Farewell

    A Centenary Covered

    St Peter’s, East Maitland Centenary Booklet

    Earth Moving

    Making Do at Lightning Ridge

    Recognising Wonderful Women

    The Games' 1934 Visit to Lightning Ridge

    Cozzie Chronology

    Caves Beach Lifesavers March Past in Style

    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 Decade in Black

    Sarah Dominick's Mourning Cap

    Toughest Timber

    Settlers Exploit the Coolibah’s Unique Properties

    Pick Up A Pint

    A Dairy Bottle Sealer From Cochrane’s Bomaderry Grocery

    First Light

    Electricity in the Streets of Tamworth

    aged hardcover book with 'LETTER BOOK' on the spine

    Pretty But Practical

    Ann Chellew’s Day Dress

    A Good and Gracious King

    Newsreels After The Death Of George VI

    The Painters in The Painting

    Euan Macleod, Maitland - John and Leo, 2006

    Stained Salvage

    The (Short-Lived) Narrabri Town Hall

    Learning The Australian Way

    Migrant Education at Bonegilla

    Beware Bunyip?

    Thinking About the Zygomaturus Trilobus Skull

    A Place of Peace and Companionship

    Edmund Edgar and the Rockley Toc H

    Deadly Force

    How Maitland Gaol Guards Honed Their Gun Skills

    Out of the Woods

    Hayes’ Cedar Desk by Morpeth Craftsman J.G. White

    Unparalleled Excitement

    The Discovery of Tin in Northern NSW

    Fit For a King

    A Tall Silver Jug

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

    A Trunk Tale

    The Krautz Family of Jindera

    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

    An Outback Lifeline

    Tom Urwin’s Civic Duty Shines

    The Best Business Sites in Town

    A Subdivision Auction Poster from Germanton

    Sew Like Mother

    Learning to Sew in West Wallsend

    A Life of Service

    Nurse Irene Stoddart’s War Medals

    Catch of the Day

    Ancient Trout Cod Fossils from Bugaldie’s Chalk Mine

    Elephant in the Room

    Bringing Circus Costumes to Life

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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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