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 […]
The Flying Fruit Fly Circus is based in Albury Wodonga, on Wiradjuri 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 […]
Jindera Pioneer Museum is located in the small village of Jindera, on Wirajuri Country, in the Riverina Murray region of New South Wales. Centred around an original 1840s wattle and daub cottage on two acres of grounds, Jindera Pioneer Museum recreates the lives of early German settlers who traveled to the area from Adelaide in […]
The Woolpack Inn Museum is located in Holbrook, on Wirajuri Country, in the Riverina Murray region of New South Wales. The museum occupies the former Criterion Hotel, built in 1895 and fondly remembered by locals as the ‘bottom pub’. After closing its doors in 1965, the historic hotel was refurbished by local volunteers and opened […]
The Wymah School House Museum occupies the former public school building in Wymah, on Wirajuri Country, in the Riverina Murray region of New South Wales. Once a thriving riverboat stop and important ferry crossing point over the Murray River, today the town is small. Only the school, schoolhouse and a local pub remain. The museum […]
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 […]
Located in Tumburumba in the Riverina on Ngarigo Country, the Pioneer Women’s Hut is committed to preserving rural women’s heritage. Cleverly themed, it reflects the ingenuity used by European women to find solutions to the challenges of looking after a family in early rural times. Professor Donald Horne in The Intelligent Tourist cited the Pioneer […]
The Up-To-Date Store and Garth Jones Collection is in the small town of Coolamon, near Wagga Wagga on Wiradjuri Country, in the Riverina Murray region of New South Wales. The museum building is a former small department store (est. 1909) and famous for selling ‘anything and everything’ from a plough to a piano. The Up-To-Date […]
Green’s Gunyah Museum is located on the main street of Lockhart, a small town on Wiradjuri Country in the Riverina Murray region of New South Wales. Run by the Lockhart and District Historical Society, the museum displays artefacts, photographs and farm machinery, with a focus on the historic Brookong Station and the famous Shearer’s Strike […]
Museum of the Riverina is located in the city of Wagga Wagga, on Wiradjuri Country, in the Riverina Murray region of New South Wales. The museum exhibits the story of the people and events which shaped the growth and character of Wagga Wagga and the surrounding region. The complex is currently undergoing redevelopment with future […]
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