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A Living Tradition
Making a Possum Skin Cloak
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An Alcohol Solution
Stopping the Spread of Covid-19 at Corowra
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Learning The Australian Way
Migrant Education at Bonegilla
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Mask Up
Preparing to Face Covid-19
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More Than a Facemask
Covid-19 and Craftivism in the Border Town of Albury
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Purl One For Climate
Albury’s ‘Knitting Nannas for Renewables’
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The Uiver Incident
The Landing of a Civic Friendship
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Writing Home
Frank Brown's WWI Letters
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A Fitting Outfit
Tex Morton’s Moose Hide Jacket
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Black Gold and White Satin
Col Hardy’s Performance Outfit
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Dressed to Thrill
Rocky Cameron’s Cowboy Costume
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Gone Fishin’
Parsons’ Escape From the Musical Limelight
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I Got This One Second Hand
Chad Morgan’s Gibson Guitar
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Playing for Laughs
Rodney Walker’s Unique One-Man Band Ensemble
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Runaway Success
John Williamson's Iconic Aussie Hit
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Smoky Rides Again
Dawson’s Comic Adventure
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Star Powered
Zeta Burn’s Sewing Machine
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The Fathers of Australian Country Music
A Journey Commenced in Childhood
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Loo With a View
An Uncommon Campground Solution
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Mildren’s Winged Victory
The 1960 Australian Grand Prix
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Movement on the Mountain
Motor Racing at Bathurst’s Panorama Circuit
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Short-Lived Livery
One of Holden’s two ‘Big Banger’ 1984 VK Commodores
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Wheels Keep Turning
The Changing Face of the Bathurst 1000
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A Wealth of Weather
Decades of Bathurst's Meteorological Records
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An Arboretum of Apples
How to Find Apple Tree Number 2387
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Bathurst Joy
A Piggery of State-Wide Esteem
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Bone Appétit
Turning Waste Into Profitable Poultry
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Cultivating Careers
Creating a New Generation of Farmers
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Fire and Frost
Keeping the Fire Cart Burning
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Nuts On Show
Exhibiting the Excellence of the Bathurst Experiment Farm
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The Transfer of Knowledge
One Book, Three Orchardists
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Tolling on Time
The Bell That Shaped Each Day at Bathurst Experiment Farm
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A Life of Service
Nurse Irene Stoddart’s War Medals
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Between Land and Sea
A Scholarly Scotsman in the Land of Opportunity
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Carving for the Screw
Twelve Trinkets Made of Bone
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Clay and Commerce
The Marketing Magic of Western Stores
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Crank Calling
The Innovative Ericsson Skeletal Telephone
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Doctored for Dancing
Bathurst’s Busiest Businessman, Jack Stanley
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Feminine Flourishes
Mabell Kirwan’s Going-Away Gift
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Keeping a Cool Head
The Evolution of the Fireman’s Helmet
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Moustachioed Crockery
Protecting Stiff Upper Lips Since the 1860s
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Playing Your Cards Right
Maintaining the Victorian Social Network
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Argumentative Arches
Bridging the Macquarie River by Rail
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First in Line
The Beginnings of Rail in NSW
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Fit to Meet the Queen
Barry Purdon’s Royal Train Cap
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Making a Scene
Cooke & Collingridge’s Bird’s Eye View of Bathurst
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Practice Makes Perfect
Learning a Trade on the Railways
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‘The Handsomest Structure of its Kind’
Modelling Bathurst Station
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A Berry Boy in Africa
Thomas Satchell Knight's Boer War Uniform
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A Brand New Law
Making the Mark of Ownership
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A Lifelong Possession
William Stewart Brings His Drafting Set to Berry
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A Soft Reminder?
An Edwardian Blouse Treasured by Berry’s Ena Slater
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A Useful Heirloom
An Old English Food Warming Dish In Berry
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All the Good of the Land
Selling Berry Butter to The World
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An Instrument of Change
The Surveying Equipment of James C. Wilson
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Cheque, Please!
A Promise Written in Stone
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Close at Hand
A Medicine Chest from Berry
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Eighteen Blocks of Gold
Cutting Through Butter
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A Canny Risk
The Legacy of Good Fortune
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Art Teacher Nurtured Local Talent
May the Mentor
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The Boundary Rider Who Founded BHP
Charles Rasp's Gamble
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The Green Industrialist
The Unsung Story of W S Robinson
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The People’s Painter
The Life and Love of Pro Hart
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The River People’s Lament
Behind Badger Bates' Lino-cut Works
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The Silver City’s Folk Artist
Sam Byrne's Style
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A Night to Remember
Souvenir of the Caves Beach 1973 Surf Club Ball
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A Surprising Victory
The Junior Champions of Caves Beach
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An Unbeatable Design
Tom Humphreys and the 1960 Junior Champions
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Battling the Breakers
Champion Surf Boatmen from Caves Beach
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Casting a Wider Net
How Juniors Rescued Surf Life Saving
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Champions of the Waves
Enduring Marathon Surfboat Races
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Cozzie Chronology
Caves Beach Lifesavers March Past in Style
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Racing to Help
Behind Ron Ekert’s Musical Flag Pennant
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Saved by the Bell
The Caves Beach SLSC Shark Bell
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Saving Life Savers
Swansea-Caves Beach Lifesavers in their Life Vests
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Out of the Handbag
The Private Life of Lizzie Chifley
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Silken Diplomacy
Chifley, China, and the Gifted Scroll
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Surrendered Symbolism
A Japanese Sword and Dagger for Prime Minister Chifley
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The PM’s Smoking Plane
A Token of Ben Chifley
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Wired for Power
Evidence of a 1930s Ministerial Privilege?
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3wAyXchange
Circus Arts Steal the Commonwealth Spotlight
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All the Buzz
Debuting the Flying Fruit Fly Circus
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Campaign Lizard
Fighting for Circus Arts
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Elephant in the Room
Bringing Circus Costumes to Life
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Skipping on Stars
The Fruit Flies Honour Con Colleano
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Stars and Stunts
The Nanjing Acrobats Come to Town
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The Circus of Tomorrow
How Chinese Acrobats Changed the Australian Circus
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Two Legacies
The Murray River Performing Group
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Dream Machine
Remembering Headlie Taylor’s Agricultural Innovation
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Raising Wheat
Headlie Taylor's Crop Lifter Invention
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Simple and Solid
Headlie's Handy Tree Fork Bench
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Sticky Business
Making Animal Glue in the Riverina
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Weighty Ideas
Headlie Taylor’s Hay-Budden Anvil
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What’s in a Comb?
Henty’s Inspired Inventors
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A Bit of Love in Every Stitch
Gustav Wagner's Childhood Coat
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A Man of Many Parts
Policeman, Horseman and Good Citizen
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A Trunk Tale
The Krautz Family of Jindera
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An Important Event in the Circles of Jindera
Capturing the Wedding of Gus Wagner and Tilly Schmidt in 1907
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An Ingenious and Elegant Artist
With a Poet’s Eye and Artist’s Hand
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Circling the Wagons
Migration, Agriculture and Industry
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An Unusual Token of Esteem
A Retirement Gift for Constable Herbert Norman Palmer
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Drink That Which You Like Best!
Albury's Red Shell Lemonade
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Drysdale’s German Shopkeeper
A Childhood Portrait of Gustav Wagner Taken at Albury
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Johanna Rosler’s Locket
A Symbol of Love, Family and Friendship
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A Charming View
Jessie McGeachie’s Wedding Photograph at Craig Royston, Toronto
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A Tragic Paper Trail
WWI Documents Delivered to Private Clouten’s Parents
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En Route
Clouten’s Troopship Journey Postcards to Lake Macquarie
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Getting Along Alright
Clouten’s WWI English Postcard to Lake Macquarie
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Personal Effects
WWI Portrait and Notebook of Lake Macquarie’s Leslie Clouten
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A Child’s Cherished Moments
Valerie Ross’ Photo Album from Hillsborough
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A Diverse and Dedicated Career
The Life of a Local Policeman
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A Great Social Benefit
A Fundraising Concert in Support of the Dudley School of Arts
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A Laugh a Day
Les Lumsdon’s Cartoons
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A One Cop Town
Constable Albert Wallbank, the NES Warden
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A Right to Mine
Earning a Living in the Great Depression
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A Sisterhood of Song
Scrapbooks of the Babaneek Women’s Choir
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All the Necessary Points
A Civil Defence Era First Aid Pack
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Between the Lines
Reading Sheet Music From the Babaneek Ladies' Choir
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Broad Shoulders
Lieutenant Jonathan Warner at Lake Macquarie
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Anonymous Australiana
The Art and Craft of Pokerwork
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Christmas at War
The Australian YMCA in WWI
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Crowning Glory
An Australian Military Icon
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Get One While It’s Hot
An Explosive Fuel Iron from Ulladulla
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Ghost Letters
Reading Between the Lines of a Writing Slate
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Just Beat It
The Mellshimer Sisters Make Butter
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Keeping a Steady Rhythm
150 Years of the Milton District Band
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Little Ships
A Model of the SS Bergalia
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Metal in the Mix
A Dangerous Cup of Tea
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Out of Prunes
Grocery Shopping With Ulladulla’s Mellshimer Sisters
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A Charitable Contraption
How a Launceston Doctor Helped Newborns Take their First Breath
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A Measure of Time
Percy Young, Pioneering Business Owner
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A Royal Shift
From Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee to Australia’s Republic Movement
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An Ostrich-Drawn Cart
The Magical Evolution of Wind-Up Toys
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Braced For the Perfect Smile
Orthodontic Braces From the Ancient Egyptians to the 1900s
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By Word of Mouth
Building Trust in Early Dentistry
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Carved Chronicles
Unveiling the Legacy of Woodblock Printing in Glen Innes
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Concealed Contributions
Red Cross Volunteers on the Home Front
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Cradling the Clamp
When Horses Ruled the Roads
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Dental-Working Woman
Glen Innes’ Early Female Dentist
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Air of Authority
The Crown Overlooking Maitland’s Diverse Inmates
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Biding Time Behind Bars
A Memento of Life Inside Maitland Gaol
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Clanging of the Locks
Securing Maitland Gaol’s Inmates
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Cuts Both Ways
Prepared for Attack and Defence at Maitland Gaol
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Deadly Force
How Maitland Gaol Guards Honed Their Gun Skills
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Fast Fixtures
Finishing the 1840s Buildings at Maitland Gaol
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Fighting Fear
Improvised Weapons at Maitland Gaol
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For Your Thoughts
A Penny, Female Felons and Building Maitland Gaol
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Idle Hands Busy
Work, Escape and Free Matchsticks at Maitland Gaol
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Justice Served
A Dish to Reward Maitland’s Police Magistrate
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A Centenary Covered
St Peter’s, East Maitland Centenary Booklet
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A Critical Crusade
Maitland’s Register for the Notification of Infectious Diseases
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A Reproduced Idyll
Fullwood’s Impression of the Hunter at West Maitland
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A Role to Play
The Heslop Sisters Collect Maitland’s Stage History
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An Impossible Proposition
Maitland’s Plan to Relocate to Higher Ground
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Armed to Defend
Maitland’s Citizen Soldiers Sign Up
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Best Foot Forward
Celebrating Each Step of Maitland's History
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Best Laid Plans
Rules for Maitland’s Short-Lived Science Society
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By Laws and Motions
Minuting Maitland’s Early Council Meetings
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High and Dry
Maitland’s Colourful Carnival to Celebrate Flood Recovery
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A Natural Intimacy
Reflecting on the Life of Margaret Olley
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A Real Page Turner
Breathe, 2008
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Amy at Veteran’s Flat
How Local Art Makes Local History
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An Impact on the Scene
Joshua Smith and the Burden of Change
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Apologies to Vermeer and Thanks to Cezanne
Judith Ryrie, Afternoon by the river – Maitland, 2006
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At Home on the Hunter
Max Watters' View Over Glenbawn Road
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At One With The Universe
A Cosmic Egg
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Beautiful Minutiae
Australia’s Greatest Still Life Artist
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Brainfog
Locust Jones Documents the 24hr News Cycle
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Business As Usual
Claire Martin, Riverbank Path - Maitland, 2006
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An Enduring Mystery
Tile Fragments from the Walter Hood Shipwreck
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Credit Crunch?
W.J.A. Bryce’s Closing Gift
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Crockery Craze
Doris Hall’s Bone China Souvenirs of Milton
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Curds and Whey
An Ulladulla Butter Company Cheddar Cheese Crate
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Miltie’s Mark
Stenciling Crates at Mudge’s Cordial Factory, Milton
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Signing Up for the Quiet Life
Managing Mollymook’s Golf Club and Guest House
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Tried and Tested
Ernie Drury’s Timbergetting Springboard from Shallow Crossing
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A Most Important Accessory
An Escape Map Scarf From WWII
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Bragging Rights
Moonbi’s Early Cricketing Triumph
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Cut and Paste
The Drawings of a Moonbi Student
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Guadalquivir, Guadalquivir, Guadalquivir
Practice Makes Perfect Handwriting
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In Memory of Bridget
A Legacy of Cruelty and Love at Mulla Creek
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Poetic Injustice
Moved by Murder at Moonbi
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A Moral Prescription
Twelve Steps to Temperance
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Art in Confinement
Creativity and Morisset’s Maximum-Security Ward
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Healing Through Craft
Occupational Therapy at Morisset Hospital
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Locked Away
Morriset Hospital’s Historic Keys
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Made to Order
Nursing at Morisset Psychiatric Hospital
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Made Within
Crafting Children’s Toys at Morisset Hospital
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Wicker and Gladioli
Valuing Craft at Morisset Hospital
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A Humble Remnant
An Ironing Table from Morpeth’s Duckenfield House
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A Measure of Good Health
Morpeth Baby Health Centre’s Seat Scales
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A Need for Speed
The Hunter River Steam Navigation Company’s Clock
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A Piece of a Promise
The Lead-light at St James’ Church at Morpeth
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A Promising Young Life
Morpeth’s Framed Portrait of Private Norman Peacock
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A Seat at the Cinema
Viewing Morpeth’s Golden Age of Film
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A Tall Tale or True?
Captain John Hunter’s First Fleet Cabin Chair
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A Troublesome Echo
A Canopy and Windlock for Morpeth Courthouse
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An Interrupted Note
The War Diary of Morpeth’s Harold Maynard
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Anna Maria’s Legacy
The Eales Family Bible from Morpeth
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A Family Affair
The Cominos Bros Cordial Factory in Wee Waa
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A Friend in Need
Odd Fellows Offer Support
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All Class
Grading the Golden Fleece
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Boiling-Down
A Foul-Smelling Solution to Economic Downturn
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Carved in Maple
Honouring A Son Who Served
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Down with Depressionitis
A Day of Horses, Dresses, and Daredevils
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Innovative Ink
How Henry Stephens Left His Mark on History
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Lending a Hand
A Brownie’s Journey
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Out of the Ashes
Clyde Engineering Co. Rebuilds
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Plowing Through a Plague
Fortescue's Rabbit Poisoning Machine
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Best in Class
Upcycling in the Great Depression
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Bucketing Down
Community Spirit During the 1955 Narrabri Flood
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Christmas Charmed
Pudding, the Ultimate Fortune Teller
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Condon’s Cribbage
The Narrabri Boys in Changi Prison
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Darn it!
Mending Precious Hosiery
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Echoes of Elegance
The Narrabri Hospital Ball of 1914
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Fizz Games
The Brillance of Codd-neck Bottles
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Frankenstein’s Toy
A (Partly) Australian Doll
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Going, Going, Gone!
Intensifying Narrabri’s Agricultural Industry
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Legacy in a Bottle
James Herbert Clarke and the Narrabri Ice Co
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All Aboard the Tom Mann Train
United They Travelled
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An Instrument of Change
The Surveying Equipment of James C. Wilson
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Capturing the Barrier
James Wooler's Broken Hill
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Loss of Innocence on the Picnic Train
Remembering New Year's Day 1915
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Picturing Tracker Tommy
Aboriginal Police Work at Broken Hill
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Pure Water Drinkers
Temperance in a Mining Town
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Roll Up, Roll Up!
Rotating Entertainments at Broken Hill
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Slaughterhouse Rules
Reforming the Barrier's Noxious Trades
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A Place of Peace and Companionship
Edmund Edgar and the Rockley Toc H
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Battle of the Machines
Willcox and Gibbs Vs. Singer
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Blasts from the Past
The Use of Dynamite in the 19th Century
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Bowling Over Their Critics
Mereah Austen, Women’s Cricket, and ‘The Rockley Game’
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Keeping It In The Families
One Bible, Two Families, and Three Generations
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Links to the Land
Using Gunter's Chain to Survey Rockley
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Moving Parts
The Lives of Rockley Mill
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Pitch Perfect
The Barnes Family Sips Success
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Postal Perspectives
Rockley’s Post Office, Hub of the Community
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Weighing the Riches
A Golden Family History
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Anyone For Tea?
Marian Rowan's Floral Legacy in Fine China
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Ashes of War
Trench Art From the Western Front to Armidale
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Beeswax and Bullocks
The Delicate Craft of Wax Modelling
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Leafing Through History
Mary White’s Passion for Crafty Carving
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Makeshift Extravagance
The Gold Standard For Making-Do at Armidale
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The Bejewelled Box
Making Music at Saumarez Homestead
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An ‘Afghan’ Cameleer’s Life and Times
Shamroze Khan's Colourful Story
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Broken Hill’s First Lady Miner
The True Tale of Tess
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Broken Hill’s Kind-hearted Grocer
Trading on Compassion
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Fanning the Retail Flames
Broken Hill's Novel Advertising Campaign
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Loss of Innocence on the Picnic Train
Remembering New Year's Day 1915
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Riding the Rails to Prosperity
Establishing the Silverton Tramway Company
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Roll Up, Roll Up!
Rotating Entertainments at Broken Hill
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The Rise of Broken Hill’s Italian Bakeries
The Forner Family's Success
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A Chilling Tale
1947 Kelvinator Refrigerator Model 209
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Celebrating the Key To Power
The Tamworth Power Station Museum's Story
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Daily Drudgery Gone?
The Promise Behind the Maytag Washing Machine
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Darkness at Will
Crompton's Drive to Measure Electric Current
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First Light
Electricity in the Streets of Tamworth
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Give Me Power
Introducing Light Socket Power Adaptors
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Hidden at the Back of the Fridge
Reproduction Kelvinator Advertising Poster
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Sending Dots and Dashes
Paper Tape Messaging
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Shocking Times
The Mr Safety Pin Campaign
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Simply Electric
Edison’s World Significant Tubes
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A Lovable Lad
Peter Hudson’s Portrait of Chad Morgan
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A Lucky Few
Prolific Silversmith, Joachim Wendt
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A Toast to Business Success!
Evan Jones’ Testimonial Tankard
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‘Always Ready To Row Himself to Exhaustion’
The Grand Challenge Cup, 1868
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An Alchemical Ornament
How Silver is Refined
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Blue Skies and Dusty Ground
Anna Culliton’s Real Deal Rodeo
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Bullocks Resting
Pastoral Art and the Australian Colonial Identity
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Crown Bugalaa
How Bloody Royal
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Far Removed
John Salvana’s Dry Billabong
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Felt a Little Bit Country
Lucy Culliton’s Fibre Guitar
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A Necessary Invention
Detecting Gas at Teralba Colliery
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All Strapped Up
Protecting Pit Ponies in the Hunter Collieries
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Carried Away
Tracks to Transport West Wallsend’s Ancient Coal
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Fit For Purpose
Miner’s Boots from the Stockton Borehole Colliery
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Giants of Wire
A Greenings Sieve Cover
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Industry Connections
Carpentry in the City of Coal
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Keeping the Fizz In
Community Spirit at West Wallsend’s Clyde Inn
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No Dough Needed
Bread tokens from the West Wallsend Co-op
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Safety in Numbers
Measuring Explosive Methane in the Teralba Colliery
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Sew Like Mother
Learning to Sew in West Wallsend
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A Not So Off-the-Cuff Gift
Margaret Prendergast’s Well Worn Cufflinks
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A Reminder of Home
The Ceramic Vessel Heavy with Goldfield History
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A Trunk Full of Memories
Travelling From Bombay to Holbrook
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Goodbye, Goodluck, and God Bless
A Treasured Letter from a Friend
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Ringing in Changes
The Demise of the Dinner Gong
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Stitching Together the Story
From Yorkshire to Holbrook
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The Best Business Sites in Town
A Subdivision Auction Poster from Germanton
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The Many Faces of Ernest Dunton
Jeweller, Piano Tuner, Photographer and Watchmaker
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The Peculiar Print
Three Royals in One
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Underground Mutton and Rabbit Fur Capes
Rabbiting in Relative Luxury
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