The considerable changes in technology, developed alongside the motor vehicle from 1880 - has changed the way we live. The museum proudly embraces this technology and provides a showcase of many of these items alongside the vehicles of the period!
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Heritage Talks – Illawarra’s Early Maritime History & Berkeley/Unanderra’s Family History
Come and enjoy a very special afternoon listening to a descendent talk on their Family History (Gibson, Denniss, Hogg & Mulligan Families) from the Berkeley/Unanderra area and hearing about Illawarra's Early Maritime History.
Historic Nudjia House: Garden, Museum and House Tours
Enjoy a guided tour and a cup of tea at the rarely open historic Nudjia House, Garden and Museum located in Unanderra. Nudjia House provides connections with the 1817 first five land grants in the Illawarra. The Museum provides a connection with past owners and their stories.
Theatre in the Illawarra
Did you meet your sweetheart at the movies? Were you in a local theatre group? Remember your first kiss in the drive-in? This exhibition of photos from the collection on display and online will evoke memories of connections made as participant or audience at theatres in the Illawarra.
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Making Connections with our Past – Illawarra Stories from the Past with a few Shysters
Learn of Illawarra 's less well known stories: "Wollongong History & Fairy Meadow Memories", by U3A Member-Historian Stuart Traynor & " Illawarra's 1840's Bankruptices - Misfortune or Fraud" by Lorraine Neate, President Illawarra Historical Society. More tales following in succeeding weeks.
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A Regency Affair at Exeter Village & Golden Vale Picnic Day
Sydney Regency Weekends presents the third annual A Regency Affair at Exeter Village; a costumed Regency weekend held in the heart of the Southern Highlands at the historic Exeter Village Hall. A fully-catered and costumed Regency party with workshops, croquet and a picnic at a rarely accessed National Trust property.
Autumn House & Garden Inspections
One of our most popular events with insight into some of the Southern Highland's most beautiful private houses and gardens. Our three properties have been selected variously for their differences, heritage roots, uniqueness of character or their luxe attractiveness.
Sandon Point Bulli – Connections of a Spirit of Place and Its People
Through the Millennia, Sandon Point Bulli has been a gathering place. Aboriginal Peoples came together here – from the north, south and west; then Europeans came. Our exhibition will feature images, stories and memorabilia of past decades – capturing Sandon Point – the Place and Its People