PEERING BENEATH THE SHELL: THE STORY OF A BIRD EGG COLLECTION – EXHIBITION & CURATORIAL TALK

Bathurst District Historical Society Museum and Bookshop East Wing, Bathurst Courthouse, Russell Street, Bathurst

What stories can a bird egg collection tell? When you peer beneath the shell there are fascinating stories of what our world was like 100 years ago, what is gone, and what remains. They open the cracks to introduce the people who collected them, and why. Then there are the unexpected hidden tales quietly waiting […]

DEBATE AND SOLIDARITY ON KEPPEL STREET

Bathurst District Historical Society Museum and Bookshop East Wing, Bathurst Courthouse, Russell Street, Bathurst

Before the Federation Convention of 1896, held in Bathurst, political debate was taking place, influenced by the discussions of the day. What do the flour mill workers of Keppel Street and shearers have in common? Unionism and the fight for workers’ rights. It was on Keppel Street where meetings at the Masonic Hall would take […]

PEERING BENEATH THE SHELL: THE STORY OF A BIRD EGG COLLECTION – EXHIBITION & CURATORIAL TALK

Bathurst District Historical Society Museum and Bookshop East Wing, Bathurst Courthouse, Russell Street, Bathurst

What stories can a bird egg collection tell? When you peer beneath the shell there are fascinating stories of what our world was like 100 years ago, what is gone, and what remains. They open the cracks to introduce the people who collected them, and why. Then there are the unexpected hidden tales quietly waiting […]

The Bathurst Town Square – Keeper of Our Stories – Autumn Colours Event

Bathurst District Historical Society Museum and Bookshop East Wing, Bathurst Courthouse, Russell Street, Bathurst

Join us for a stroll in Bathurst’s Town Square to hear stories about our community’s past as told through foundation stones and public art works. You will hear tales of legendary figures, famous 20th Century Australian artists, and momentous events remembered in stone, metal, glass and resin. A “Fake or Fortune” mystery is promised. The […]

$10