Category: History
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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
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Greta Museum and Migrant Camp
Greta Museum and Migrant Camp Located in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, Greta once housed a large Australian Army camp, which later became a post-war migrant camp. Little remains of the camp apart from foundations and scattered stones. If the local museum did not keep the memory alive, it might have been forgotten completely.… Read more
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Berrima Courthouse
Berrima Courthouse Designed by Colonial Architect, Mortimer Lewis in the Greek Revival style, Berrima Courthouse is one of the must see buildings in Berrima New South Wales. Completed in 1839, it only operated for seven years. Subsequently the courthouse operated only occasionally as a courthouse. However, as the centre of public administration it was from… Read more