Category: Historical Museum
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Trial Bay Gaol
Trial Bay Gaol Now a heritage listed ruin, Trial Bay Gaol originally served as housing for a prisoner labour force to build a nearby breakwater. The breakwater was intended to provide a safe harbour for ships sailing up the eastern Australian coast. Construction of the gaol commenced in 1877, with work on the breakwater following… Read more
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Alison Homestead Wyong Australia
Alison Homestead Wyong Australia Set on one of the original land grants in the area, dating from 1825, the Alison Homestead is the home of the Wyong District Museum & Historical Society. Although the original homestead was the subject of an arson attack in 2011, the rebuilt building has many great items generously donated by… Read more
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Gunnedah Rural Museum
Gunnedah Rural Museum Arriving at the museum we were greeted by a happy volunteer who gave us a map of the layout and told us to help ourselves to a tea or coffee. With our travels we have found rural museums occupy old houses, so are quite small. Not the Gunnedah Rural Museum, it takes… Read more