The Museum is open every Wednesday and Saturday from 10am – 4pm. Come and visit, we’d love to see you.
Here is a preview of some of our upcoming activities.
Monthly speakers – on the first Saturday of every month we have a guest speaker and everyone is welcome to attend. The next speaker is Saturday 6th June
Open Days at Yaralla and Rivendell are also on in 2026
Yaralla – Sunday 25th October.
Rivendell – Sunday 26th July 2026
Prior to the Reformation in the sixteenth century, when Scotland was a Catholic country rather than a Protestant one, trial marriages were very common. At annual fairs the unmarried of both sexes would choose a companion with whom to live a year and a day. This custom was known as hand-fasting, or hand-in-fist. If the…
In better quality late Victorian and Edwardian bedrooms, grand old wardrobes and dressing tables were flanked by fancy chairs and perhaps a small side table. At each side of the double bed would be small matching cabinets. Very important for those times was a place to hide the chamberpot. The essential toilet set of jug…
THIS SAMPLER was embroidered by Maria Darling in 1834. It demonstrates her skill with embroidering letters and numbers as well as various designs within a border. The verse reads: What is the world, all things hereTis but a bitter sweet.When I attempt a rose to pluck,A prickling thorn I meet. This is one of the…
In the 2021 New Year Honour List, our secretary received the Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division. She was recognised for her more than 50 years’ service to heritage through the City of Canada Bay Heritage Society and their Museum. It could have not gone to a more deserving member….
One autumn morning in August 1919, Frederick Zahra, a storeman and first aid officer at Mortlake Gasworks, became aware of a commotion at the nearby tar stills. As he ran towards the huge tanks he could hear shouting and cries for help. Reaching the scene he became aware that there were four men trapped inside….
Since the Middle Ages Christmas had been celebrated in much the same way as today: 25 December was the High Holy Day on which the birth of Christ was commemorated and it kicked off an extended period of merriment, lasting until Twelfth Night on 5 January. Churches held special services; businesses kept shorter hours; people…
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I absolutely love history & very happy to be joining the historic tour walk soon🌉🙂
The tours are wonderful – keep checking the website for booking details