The Berry Museum is located in the town of Berry, on Dharawal Country, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales. Operated by volunteers of the Berry Historical Society and housed in a former bank building on the town’s main street, the museum holds an extensive collection of memorabilia, photographs and records tracing Berry’s agricultural, […]
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Holbrook Submarine Museum
The Holbrook Submarine Museum is located in the small town of Holbrook, on Wirajuri Country, in the Riverina Murray region of New South Wales. Holbrook, known as ‘the Submarine town’, was named after the first submariner to receive the Victoria Cross, Lieutenant Norman Holbrook. The museum is dedicated to the preservation of Australia’s submarine heritage […]
Maitland City Library
Established in 1946, Maitland City Library is located in Maitland, on Wonnarua Country, in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales. The City Library and its branches in East Maitland, Rutherford and Thornton, manage a large collection of books, records, images, audiovisual and oral history resources relating to the Maitland and Hunter Valley region. Its […]
Lake Macquarie City Council Cultural Collections
Lake Macquarie City Council Cultural Collections is currently located at Speers Point, Booragul and Belmont, on the shores of Lake Macquarie, on Awabakal Country, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales. At the end of 2022, the museum portion of the Cultural Collections will be housed in the newly built Sugar Valley Library Museum, on the […]
Flying Fruit Fly Circus
The Flying Fruit Fly Circus is based in Albury Wodonga, on Wirajuri Country, in the Riverina Murray region of New South Wales. Spawned from a local school holiday program organised by the Murray River Performing Group in 1979, the Flying Fruit Fly Circus has achieved international success, with four decades of landmark productions and an […]
Milton Ulladulla Historical Society
The Milton Ulladulla Historical Society is located on the state’s south coast, on Yuin Country, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales. Founded in 1968 to support and promote the preservation of the district’s historic buildings, artefacts and landscapes, the Milton Ulladulla Historical Society manages a rich and extensive collection of documents, photographs, artefacts […]
West Wallsend District Heritage Group Inc.
Located in Holmesville on Awabakal Country, the West Wallsend District Heritage Group (WWDHG) preserves the local past and ongoing history of the West Wallsend region, presenting displays of locally significant artefacts and records. Whilst the collection includes a diverse range of objects, knowledge, stories and memories, there is a particular emphasis on the coal mining […]
Outback Mosque Museum
The Outback Mosque Museum is located in the historic mining town of Broken Hill, on Wilyakali Country, in the Far West of New South Wales. The mosque was built c. 1891 by the town’s early South-East Asian cameleers as a place of worship for the followers of the Prophet Mohammed. It was located alongside a […]
Moonbi Museum
The Moonbi Museum is located in the village of Moonbi, on Kamilaroi Country, in the New England and North West region of New South Wales. The museum opened in 2010, occupying the corrugated iron shed that previously housed the town’s fire engine. Among its collection and displays are historical photographs and objects associated with the […]
Morisset Hospital Historical Society
The Morisset Hospital Historical Society operates from Morisset, near Newcastle, on Awabakal Country, in the Hunter region of New South Wales. The group formed in 1997 to preserve and promote the history of the former psychiatric hospital. It collects objects and archive material. Displays of photographs, documents and hospital memorabilia are shown at the Morisset […]