Discover the 1787 convict love token made for Thomas Tilley a convict on the First Fleet. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Settlement
Discover the Friendship Stick made by Gavin Flick, Alanna Rose and Jai Rose for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Continue reading
The collection has historical significance as evidence of the history of the early Maronite Church and the Maronite community in the migrant histories of NSW. Continue reading
Discover the coal miner’s collection owned by Charlie Barker, miner, and the son of a Welsh coalminer. Continue reading
Discover the cast iron bow anchor and cannon from HMS Sirius (1780 – 1790). HMS Sirius escorted the British First Fleet on their historic journey to Botany Bay in 1787- 1788. Continue reading
Discover the NSW Trades Hall Union Banner Collection. Continue reading
The German wagon in the Jindera collection is of historical significance as an unaltered original example of this style of wagon introduced to Australia by German settlers. Continue reading
Discover the timber cabin chest made in Germany from local timber. Continue reading
View the Jindera Pioneer Museum’s kitchen draining board associated with the local German community. Continue reading
The preserving pan is associated with the second phase of German farming and settlement in the Riverina and Australian domestic practice. Continue reading
Discover the stump from Frenchmans Cove at La Perouse, New South Wales that was engraved by the crew of the Thetis and Esperance in 1824 to mark the grave of Peré Reçeveur, chaplain and naturalist to France’s great voyage of discovery in the Pacific of 1785 -1788, led by Jean François de Lapérouse. Continue reading
Discover the Dunbar Shipwreck Collection, excavated from the immigrant ship Dunbar that was wrecked off the south head to Port Jackson in 1857. Continue reading
The print of Kaiser Wilhelm II is significant for its associations with World War One and the surveillance and internment of members of the German community in the Riverina. Continue reading
The baptismal font has social significance as evidence of the role of religion in the lives of German settlers in the Riverina. Continue reading
See the silk wedding gown for Gertrude Pabst who lived in Germanton (later Holbrook) in the 1870s. Continue reading
Discover the Convict Cap dated 1850, two years before convict transportation ended on the east coast of Australia. Continue reading
Discover the long sleeved woollen convict jacket made of ‘Parramatta cloth’, c.1855. Continue reading
Discover the grape press from Griffith that was used by the local community to extract juice from grapes to make wine c.1950s. Continue reading
Discover the Grappa making still from Griffith that was used by the local community to distil spirits from discarded grape skins c.1950s. Continue reading
The Lady of Loreto statue has social significance to the Italian community at Griffith as an item of Catholic devotion. Continue reading
This lace collection from Griffith is of historic significance as a family craft handed down from mother to daughter. Continue reading
This cottage industry textiles collection from Griffith is of historic significance as a family craft handed down from mother to daughter. Continue reading
This trunk from Griffith is of historic significance as a typical piece of equipment used by migrants to transport and store their belongings. Continue reading
This set of bocce balls is of historic significance as evidence of the transfer of a men’s social activity from Italy to Griffith, Australia. Continue reading
Discover the framed memento made by German prisoners of war at the Berrima internee camp in 1916 for the Australian Military 20th Berrima Guard. Continue reading
Discover the brass button from the work clothes of a convict assigned to the Australian Agricultural Company at Newcastle in the 1830s. Continue reading
Discover the portrait miniature of Eber Bunker c.1810 founder of the New South Wales colonial whaling and livestock industries and builder of Collingwood House at Liverpool. Continue reading
Discover the bullock bell known as the Wagga Pot. The bell is one of many made in the 1870s by German migrant August Menneke at his Wagga blacksmith shop for bullock drivers in the Riverina area. Continue reading
The set of cow horn funnels is significant for its association with the settlement of the Lockhart/Milbrulong area of the Riverina by German farming families. Continue reading
Discover soft drink bottles from Bill Haberecht’s AVOR Quality Products Collection at the Museum of the Riverina. Continue reading
