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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.

  • Once Out of View

    The Historic Chinese Community at Wagga Revealed

    collection of circular coins with square cut-outs in the centre

    Standing on the Beach

    Caves Beach Surf Club Photographed in 1959

    The Art of Admiration

    Honouring Morpeth’s Popular Postmaster

    United in Song

    Cornish Settlement in the Central West

    detail of lettering on organ which reads 'Mason & Mamlin'

    The Boundary Rider Who Founded BHP

    Charles Rasp's Gamble

    A Fancy Frame

    Elsie Campbell’s Ornamental Leather Work

    Out of Prunes

    Grocery Shopping With Ulladulla’s Mellshimer Sisters

    Broken Hill’s First Lady Miner

    The True Tale of Tess

    white directional sign with black lettering reading '14KM TRIPLE CHANCE'

    Give Me Power

    Introducing Light Socket Power Adaptors

    As Long As Memory Lasts

    Herbert Maynard’s Army Portrait

    Litres of Lacquer

    A Shellac Jar from White’s Factory, Morpeth

    Fashioning Violence

    Last Riot 2, Tondo #12, 2005

    The House That Jack Found

    Convict-Made Bricks from Murramarang Point

    Just Beat It

    The Mellshimer Sisters Make Butter

    Close up of device which looks like a manual egg beater secured through the lid of a glass jar

    Anonymous Australiana

    The Art and Craft of Pokerwork

    Four wooden napkin rings with gumnuts and black bands burned into them

    Crown Bugalaa

    How Bloody Royal

    A Lifelong Possession

    William Stewart Brings His Drafting Set to Berry

    A Sisterhood of Song

    Scrapbooks of the Babaneek Women’s Choir

    Assortes yellowed pages with handwritten cursive and postcards with illustrations of flowers.

    Blasts From the Past

    The Use of Dynamite in the 19th Century

    Metal in the Mix

    A Dangerous Cup of Tea

    Winding Sheet

    Unwrapping the Self with Lucas Grogan

    Smoky Rides Again

    Dawson’s Comic Adventure

    Legacy in a Bottle

    James Herbert Clarke and the Narrabri Ice Co

    All the Buzz

    Debuting the Flying Fruit Fly Circus

    No More Fire

    The Blessed Relief of Steady Heat

    Life in the Shadow of the Hydrogen Bomb

    The Immediate Effects of a Nuclear Event

    At Home on the Hunter

    Max Watters' View Over Glenbawn Road

    Drysdale’s German Shopkeeper

    A Childhood Portrait of Gustav Wagner Taken at Albury

    A Most Important Accessory

    An Escape Map Scarf From WWII

    Christmas at War

    The Australian YMCA in WWI

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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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