Caroline Simpson Collection
Home and garden design, history and life
Home and garden design, history and life
Making history every day
Place-based collections at our historic houses and museums
A Suffolk countrywoman turned Hawkesbury midwife; twice sentenced to death and twice reprieved; transported to New South Wales in 1801 and transformed after her death into a romantic literary heroine
Supervising conservator Dominique Moussou talks through her work and some of the projects underway in the MHNSW conservation lab
As photographers documented the evolving face of the Mint, they recorded changes to the site and streetscape
In 1848 the Hyde Park Barracks became an immigration depot and hiring office for unaccompanied women newly arrived in Sydney
A behind-the-scenes look at some of the complex work that goes into conserving and preserving the fascinating Susannah Place Museum
Awaiting execution at Darlinghurst Gaol in 1880, bushranger Captain Moonlite wrote moving letters describing his feelings for fellow gang member Jim Nesbitt
3D models: a fascinating exploration of some seemingly innocent objects modified for nefarious purposes from the Justice & Police Museum collection
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