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    Through photographing and telling stories about the objects and artworks cared for by small museums, galleries and Aboriginal cultural centres, Storyplace makes history and culture available to everyone.

  • Far Removed

    John Salvana’s Dry Billabong

    Battling the Breakers

    Champion Surf Boatmen from Caves Beach

    Sticky Business

    Making Animal Glue in the Riverina

    Commerce and Grandeur

    James and Mary Taylor’s Fancy Chairs from Morpeth

    Pieces and Patience

    Morpeth’s Important Bridge Modelled in Miniature

    Time for Change

    A Comment on Loss with Michael Cook

    Fast Furniture

    Steam-powered Manufacturing at J G White’s, Morpeth

    Marking Time

    The Cookhouse Chimney at Maitland Gaol

    Certified Bird Nerds

    Pledging to Protect Australia’s Native Birds

    What’s in a Comb?

    Henty’s Inspired Inventors

    The Gift of a Gallery

    John Salvana's Artistic Dream

    Two Branches Meet

    Carol Macgregor's 'Not a tourist'

    A Soft Reminder?

    An Edwardian Blouse Treasured by Berry’s Ena Slater

    A Trunk Tale

    The Krautz Family of Jindera

    The Uiver Incident

    The Landing of a Civic Friendship

    sepia photograph of figures gathered outside a propeller plane labelled ROYAL DUTCH AIR LINES

    The Beating Heart of the Marching Band

    West Wallsend's Dandy Drum

    Silver, reflective top of a black drum with silver fittings.

    Johanna Rosler’s Locket

    A Symbol of Love, Family and Friendship

    The Blow-in’s Demise

    Brian Maloney Tells a Cautionary Tale

    The Cream of The West

    The Making of Barrett's Ice Cream Enterprise

    Prepared to Pick

    A Pea Picker’s Basket

    Wild Horses

    Change and its Influence with Michael Cook

    A Fitting Outfit

    Tex Morton’s Moose Hide Jacket

    Weighty Ideas

    Headlie Taylor’s Hay-Budden Anvil

    Pure Water Drinkers

    Temperance in a Mining Town

    What Would Molly Think?

    A Colourful Take on Maitlands’ Historical Figure

    That’s for Spirits

    An English Bottle Made for a Morpeth Merchant

    Out of the Ashes

    Clyde Engineering Co. Rebuilds

    Out of Prunes

    Grocery Shopping With Ulladulla’s Mellshimer Sisters

    Just Beat It

    The Mellshimer Sisters Make Butter

    Close up of device which looks like a manual egg beater secured through the lid of a glass jar

    Literacy is Power

    The Hanlon Family Writing Slope

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acknowledgement statement

Museums & Galleries of NSW acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands that comprise the state now known as NSW.

We pay respect to them as First Nations people with a continuing connection to land, place, waters and community

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this site contains stories, images, voices, and video of people who have died.

Some material may contain terms that reflect common usage of the period in which it was written or recorded but may not be considered appropriate today. Such terms do not reflect the views of Museums and Galleries of NSW and are provided only to reflect historical context.

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