Category: Museum
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Dunera Museum Hay New South Wales
Dunera Museum Hay New South Wales The Dunera Museum in Hay explores one of Australia’s most unusual wartime stories. It sits in a restored railway station that once received more than two thousand refugees from Europe in 1940. These men travelled on the HMT Dunera after Britain sent them abroad as “enemy aliens.” However, most… Read more
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Museum of Economic Botany Adelaide South Australia
Museum of Economic Botany Adelaide South Australia The Museum of Economic Botany in Adelaide is a survivor from the nineteenth century’s era of scientific curiosity. Founded in 1881 by Dr. Richard Schomburgk, then Director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden, the museum was designed to demonstrate the practical and cultural value of plants. His vision reflected… Read more
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South Australian Aviation Museum
South Australian Aviation Museum The South Australian Aviation Museum (SAAM) is a multi-hangar museum in Port Adelaide that preserves aviation and aerospace history important to South Australia. The museum has 27 significant aircraft on display (all under cover), plus a large collection of engines, avionics, uniforms, photographs and archival material. Many of the aircraft on… Read more