Lake Tabourie Museum is located on the shores of Lake Tabourie, on Yuin Country, south of Ulladulla in the Illawarra region of New South Wales. The museum features the eclectic personal collection of local anthropologist and adventurer Jack Nicholson (1908-1996), who opened the museum in 1965. On display throughout the museum are curated collections of […]
Shoalhaven Regional Gallery is located in the city of Nowra, on Dharawal Country, in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven region of New South Wales. Established in 2003 and administered by Shoalhaven City Council, the gallery provides a vibrant artistic hub for the Shoalhaven and surrounding districts. The gallery has a lively exhibition program, along with education […]
The Museum of Art and Culture (MAC) is located on the northern tip of Lake Macquarie at Booragul, on Awabakal Country, in the Hunter region of New South Wales. Formerly known as the Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, the MAC established in 1980 at Speers Point before moving to its current site in 1996. In […]
Maitland Regional Art Gallery is located in Maitland, on Wonnarua Country, in the Hunter region of New South Wales. As the heart of the region’s artistic and cultural life, the gallery incorporates almost 3000sq metres of accessible public space, including an immersive sensory garden, the Art Factory (a wing dedicated entirely to children and education) […]
The Headlie Taylor Header and Blacksmith Shop Museum is located in the town of Henty, on Wiradjuri Country, in the Riverina Murray region of New South Wales. The museum celebrates the work of local farmer-inventor Headlie Taylor, whose innovative mechanical harvester, the Taylor Header Harvester, revolutionised Australian grain production following its introduction in 1915. On […]
Morpeth Museum occupies the restored Morpeth Courthouse overlooking the Hunter River in the village of Morpeth, on Wonnarua Country, in the Hunter region of New South Wales. Once a busy river port, filled with bond stores and hotels, Morpeth was the trading gateway to the Hunter Valley between 1832 and 1920, home to convict families, […]
Built 1891-1905 Trades Hall is one of the few surviving Victorian buildings in Broken Hill. It is prominently located and has been little altered externally since it was built. Its chief internal feature is a vast painted ceiling in a geometrical pattern. The Trades Hall Collection consists of a wide variety of artefacts associated with […]
Albert Kersten Mining and Minerals Museum, also known as the GeoCentre, is located in the historic mining city of Broken Hill, on Wilyakali Country, in the Far West Region of New South Wales. Located in an historic bond store building, this ‘must see’ geological science museum traces and showcases Broken Hill’s rich mining history. On […]
Tweed Regional Museum operates across two venues in Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads, on Bundjalung Country, in the North Coast region of New South Wales. Established by the Tweed Shire Council in 2004 with the support of the Murwullimbah, Tweed Heads and Uki Historical Societies, the combined museum operation hosts vibrant permanent displays and temporary exhibitions tracing […]
The Broken Hill Trades Hall Trust collection is housed in the historic Trades Hall building in Broken Hill, on Wilyakali Country, in the Far West of New South Wales. The Trades Hall building was built from 1891 to 1905 and is a renowned example of Victorian-era civic architecture. Dating from the late nineteenth century, the […]
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