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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.

  • The Dress with Two Lives

    1840s Ladies and Dressmakers in the Hunter Region

    Seeing it Through

    Warren Somerville, Collector Extraordinaire

    Saving Life Savers

    Swansea-Caves Beach Lifesavers in their Life Vests

    Battling the Breakers

    Champion Surf Boatmen from Caves Beach

    Credit Crunch?

    W.J.A. Bryce’s Closing Gift

    All Strapped Up

    Protecting Pit Ponies in the Hunter Collieries

    Getting to the Goods

    A Brief History of the Noble Can Opener

    The Blow-in’s Demise

    Brian Maloney Tells a Cautionary Tale

    Out of the Woods

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

    Small But Perfect For The Job

    The Huon Post Office

    Shaped by the Bush

    The Australian Quart Pot

    ‘Ye Old Bastards’

    The Senior Boat Crew of Caves Beach

    From Nettleton

    Letters Sent From a Ghost Town

    Fire and Frost

    Keeping the Fire Cart Burning

    Crockery Craze

    Doris Hall’s Bone China Souvenirs of Milton

    In the Soup

    An Old-Time Silver Tureen

    Simple soup tureen made of silver

    A Seat at the Cinema

    Viewing Morpeth’s Golden Age of Film

    The Price We Pay

    Reporting on the Hunter’s Floodplain

    Best Laid Plans

    Rules for Maitland’s Short-Lived Science Society

    Hearing History

    Old-Fashioned Hearing Aids

    An Alchemical Ornament

    How Silver is Refined

    Silver goblet etched with a placid illustration of a refinery

    Never Knocked Out

    Mementoes of Darcy v McGoorty

    The Artist/Explorer

    Greg Weight's Portrait of Lloyd Rees

    Concealed Contributions

    Red Cross Volunteers on the Home Front

    In Memory of Maurice O’Shea

    Garry Shead’s Homage to His Uncle

    Weighing the Riches

    A Golden Family History

    Love of the Soil

    John Stewart’s Herbarium from Broughton Creek

    Racing to Help

    Behind Ron Ekert’s Musical Flag Pennant

    Smoke Without Fire

    Morpeth Furniture Craftsman White’s Smoking Cap

    An Embarrassment of Riches

    Opal Buyers Jostle in the Winner’s Circle

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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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