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GULGONG
PIONEER MUSEUM
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Folk Museum - Keeping the Past Alive
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Open 9.00am - 5.00pm every day
(except Christmas Day & 1/2 day Anzac Day)
Wheelchair Access Available
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73 Herbert St
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Phone: 02 6374 1513
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GULGONG N.S.W. 2852
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Fax:
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Mobile:
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Email:
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Website:
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Established
in 1962 in the old "Times Bakery & Produce Store"
the Gulgong Pioneer Museum has become one of the finest
collections of Australiana,
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The
names of the displays highlights the diverse and fascinating
nature of this wonderful collection of Australia's history.
A
special feature is "A Celebration of Federation"
which has Sir Henry Parkes (The Father of Federation)
chair and many other Federation items |
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1.
Tools & Firearms |
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2.
War Souvenirs |
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3.
Victorian Drawing Room |
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4.
Needlework & Clothing |
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5.
Colonial Bedroom |
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Victorian Dining Room |
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7.
Gold Mining |
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8.
Colonial Kitchen |
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9.
Times Bakery |
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10.
General Displays |
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Printing, |
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Education, |
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Communication, |
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Aboriginal
Artifacts, |
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Publicans
Bar, |
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Medicine |
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11.
General Displays |
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Photography, |
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Household
Goods, |
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musical
instruments. |
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literature |
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12.
Garage |
13.
Audio Visual Display |
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The
Museum of Sight & Sound
the
history of Cinematography and Sound Recording
early
gramophones (+ selections of records to play on them), radios,
film projectors, tv's
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14.
Vehicles & Saddlery |
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15.
Cobb & Co Coach |
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A
treasured collection of horse-drawn conveyances |
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16.
Agricultural Machinery |
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17.
Stone House |
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18.
Gudgeon Cottage |
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19.
Smithy
(J.H,
Gudgeon)
Blacksmith
& Wheelwright |
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20.
1900's School House |
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21.
Shearing |
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22.
Engines |
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23.
Rocks, Fossils & Printing
Presses,
linotype and other hotmetal typesetting machines.
Gulgong's
first newspaper was printed in 1872 on our Albion hand
press
which
was manufactured in 1869 by Harrild & Sons in England |
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A.
Barber Shop |
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B.
Bank, Local Government |
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C.
Café & Sweet Shop |
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D,
Police Station |
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E.
Refrigeration & Stoves |
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F.
General Display |
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G.
Dolls - the beautiful Steadson Collection |
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H.
General Display |
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