Old Gaol Heritage Museum is located in the town of Narrabri, on Gamilaraay Country, in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales. Opened in 1988, the museum houses an extensive collection of artefacts of historical, archival, and cultural significance to the town, while offering an extensive family history section catalogued by dedicated local historians. Visitors […]
Region: New England North West
Namoi Echo Museum
The Namoi Echo Museum is located in the town of Wee Waa, on Gamilaraay Country, in the New England region of New South Wales. Opened in 2006, the museum collects and displays items, machinery, and documents pertaining to the history and culture of the Wee Waa district while providing family research from its extensive archives. […]
Land of the Beardies History House Museum and Research Centre
The Land of the Beardies History House Museum and Research Centre is located in the town of Glen Innes, on Ngoorabul Country, in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales. Opened in 1970, this folk museum housed in a prominent heritage-listed building has an extensive collection coming from Glen Innes and the surrounding district. […]
Inverell Pioneer Village Museum
The Inverell Pioneer Village Museum is located in the town of Inverell, on Gamilaraay Country, in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales. All of the buildings on the premises are from the Inverell district and have been relocated and restored to their prior glory so they can showcase the Inverell’s proud heritage and […]
Rocks, Gems, Minerals and Fossil Collections (Chris Bowman Collection)
The Rocks, Gems and Minerals Collection (Chris Bowman Collection) is on permanent display at Tamworth Regional Astronomy and Science Centre, Victoria Park, on Kamilaroi/Gomeroi Country, in the New England region of New South Wales. Recovered mostly by Chris Bowman, a Tamworth local with a passion for geology and natural history, the collection contains a large range […]
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 […]
Tamworth Powerstation Museum
The Tamworth Powerstation Museum is located in the regional city of Tamworth, on Kamilaroi / Gomeroi Country, in the New England region of New South Wales. It is Australia’s only dedicated electricity museum and occupies a refurbished 1907 Municipal showroom, on the site where wood-fire generators powered the first electric streetlights in the Southern Hemisphere […]
Tamworth Regional Gallery
Tamworth Regional Gallery is located in the city of Tamworth, on Kamilaroi / Gomeroi Country, in the New England North West region of New South Wales. It is one of the oldest regional galleries in the state. It established with an initial gift of 100 works from Australian artist John Salvana in 1919. Today, the […]
Australian Country Music Hall of Fame
The Australian Country Music Hall of Fame museum is in the regional city of Tamworth, on Kamilaroi / Gomeroi Country, in the New England region of New South Wales. Housed within Tamworth’s famous guitar shaped building, the museum celebrates country music, Tamworth’s rise as the nation’s Country Music Capital, its annual Australian Country Music Festival, […]
Tamworth Regional Film and Sound Archive
Tamworth Regional Film and Sound Archive is in the regional city of Tamworth, on Kamilaroi / Gomeroi Country, in the New England region of New South Wales. The archive was formed in 1995 to identify and promote the region’s film and sound heritage, and today holds an extensive collection of locally and regional produced media […]