Tocal Homestead is open to the public on Sundays from 10am - 3pm for self-guided audio tours. Be transformed back in time as you explore our living museum and one of Australia's oldest working farms.

To celebrate the 2025 Australian Heritage Festival, the Local and Family History team will be offering training in Ancestry and FindMyPast genealogical databases. If you have ever wanted to research your family history but do not know where to start, come along and learn about resources and tools to get started.

This popular High Tea includes scrumptious savoury and sweet treats.

This is a special limited-edition evening guided tour of Abercrombie House.

This popular High Tea includes scrumptious savoury and sweet treats.

Curious about local history? Ku-ring-gai Library will be presenting a digital display featuring historical photographs from the library’s Local History Collection.

Eryldene and tea are synonymous: the tea bush, Camellia sinensis, is part of the camellia family and one of the many camellias growing at Eryldene.

Enjoy a visit to Perthville Convent Heritage Centre, site of the first Convent of the Sisters of Saint Joseph in NSW. Begin with morning tea in the Sisters’ dining room, followed by a guided tour of the Centre. View the historic buildings and learn of the Sisters’ story.

The Ku-ring-gai Art Society Heritage Exhibition - Celebrating 60 Years

Now is your chance to explore a gothic revival masterpiece in the heart of Sydney. St Stephen's Anglican, Newtown, are offering tours that tell some of the many fascinating stories from the history of this church building and the graveyard it sits in.

The theme for this year's festival is 'Unearthed' and we'll be sharing Woodlands' rich heritage and stories of past resident and blue plaque recipient, Ethel Turner, author of the classic 'Seven Little Australians'.

Keith Arthur, author of The World’s First Pictorial Postage Stamp, will be talking about the early mail routes of the New South Wales colony from the 1850s.

This is a rare opportunity to see some of the hidden treasures of St Michael & St John’s Cathedral.

Join Joy Bryan, daughter of Mr Arthur Newling Swain and Council’s resident gardener Adam for a guided walk and talk through Swain Gardens, followed by a morning tea on the tennis lawn.

Award winning podcast, documentary maker and musician, Simon Reich, has created "Bonegilla - The migrants journey”, which immerses you in a world of hardships endured by war ravaged migrants and their brave pursuit of a better life in Australia.

Ku-ring-gai Historical Society holds a vast amount of information on the history of Ku-ring-gai, its buildings, residents and much more.

Discover one of the hidden gems of Sydney’s North Shore. Eryldene is the former home of Professor EG Waterhouse and his family. The house was built and its garden created early last century and there you will find one of Australia’s most important collections of camellias.

This exhibition features the watercolour sketchbook of Henry Grant Lloyd, who travelled extensively through NSW and beyond, in the 1860’s and 70’s. He captured landscape scenes in watercolour of the regions he visited, which are now historically significant.

Discover Sydney’s dark past on a true crime walking tour. Uncover notorious crime scenes, daring heists, and the city’s infamous underworld. Step into the violent era of razor-wielding gangsters, where brutal power struggles and bloody turf wars shaped Sydney’s history.

Exhibition: Co-operative Stores

Co-operative Societies were the retail heart of the Hunter Valley and could be found across the Lower Hunter from 1887 to 1980. More than stores, they became social and cultural institutions whose members felt a deep sense of loyalty to them

History, crime, and mystery collide in Dark Stories' walking tours! Step back in time and explore Australia’s true crime past on immersive, storytelling-driven experiences in your city.