The Molong Museum is located in the village of Molong, on Wiradjuri Country, in the Central West region of New South Wales. Opened in 1970 and operated by the Molong Historical Society (established 1965), the museum occupies an 1860s stone building that was formerly a hotel, then a doctor’s surgery and flats. On display, along […]
The National Motor Racing Museum is located in the city of Bathurst, on Wiradjuri Country, in the Central West region of New South Wales. The museum is located beside the world famous track at Walloo-Mount Panorama, home of the iconic Bathurst 1000 super car race, and traces the rich history of Australian motorsports from the […]
The Blayney Shire Local and Family History Group is located in the small town of Blayney, on Wiradjuri Country, in the Central West region of New South Wales. The group is based at the Blayney Library and collects objects, photographs and documents relating to local families and the broader history of the Blayney Shire. This […]
Canowindra Historical Society and Museum is in the town of Canowindra, on Wiradjuri Country, in the Central West region of New South Wales. Members of the Canowindra Historical Society (founded in 1967) operate this volunteer-run museum which is dedicated to collecting, preserving and displaying objects associated with the district’s history. Among its diverse collections are […]
Carcoar Hospital Museum is located in the village of Carcoar, on Wiradjuri Country, in the Central West of New South Wales. The museum is housed in the original Carcoar Hospital building, established in 1861. It preserves and displays a collection of the hospital’s historic medical equipment and surgical instruments. Along with historical photographs and artefacts […]
The Chifley Home and Education Centre is located in Bathurst, on Wiradjuri Country, in the Central West region of New South Wales. As the private home of Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley and his wife Elizabeth from 1914 to the late 1940s, this house museum offers a vivid glimpse of the couple’s domestic life during […]
Eugowra Historical Museum & Bushranger Centre is located on Wiradjuri Country, in the Central West region of New South Wales, in the village of Eugowra. Eugowra is well-known as the village where the bushranger Frank Gardiner and his gang held up a gold escort coach during its routine journey to Bathurst from nearby goldfields, on […]
The Millthorpe Golden Memories Museum is run by the Millthorpe Historical Society and is located in the village of Millthorpe, on Wiradjuri Country, in the Central West region of New South Wales. The museum occupies seven separate buildings and displays a large and important collection of historic objects, agricultural machinery and memorabilia illustrating the area’s […]
The Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum is located in the city of Bathurst, on Wiradjuri Country, in the Central West region of New South Wales. The museum is housed within an 1876 school building and features some of the finest and rarest specimens of mineral crystals and fossils on earth. At its core is the internationally […]
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