Collections
Talk
A Lesson in Bold Design
Exploring the John and Phyllis Murphy Collection of historic wallpapers
Wednesday 5 February 6pm–7.30pm
Talk
An Appetite for History
Cookbooks and manuscript recipes from the 1830s to the 1970s
Wednesday 12 March 6pm–7.30pm
Online talk
Settlers’ Muster Book 1800
Join us for a webinar led by Dr Carol Liston AO, Adjunct Associate Professor in History at Western Sydney University, who will explore the contents of the Settlers’ Muster Book 1800
Friday 31 January 10.30am–11.30am
Online talk
Small Debts Registers
This webinar will explore the newly indexed and digitised Small Debt Registers held in the NSW State Archives Collection, and how they can highlight the history of NSW local communities
Friday 28 March 10.30am–11.30am
Online talk
Murphy Wallpaper Collection
This webinar will illustrate the (perhaps surprising) riot of colour and pattern with which Australians decorated their homes in the 19th and early 20th centuries and will also consider what these wallpapers can tell us about the aspirations of Australian homeowners in the past
Friday 7 February 10.30am–11.30am
Latest News
New insights from an old photograph
A recent acquisition for the Caroline Simpson Library captures a rare view of the long-demolished southern range of the Hyde Park Barracks
Hearing the music of early New South Wales
A new website documents an exciting partnership between Museums of History NSW and the University of Sydney in an exploration of Indigenous song and European settler vocal and instrumental music in early colonial NSW
The records of Liverpool Asylum
This webinar explores the records of the Liverpool Asylum for the Infirm and Destitute (1862-1933) and was later known as the Liverpool State Hospital and Home (1933-1961)
'A most excellent brick house' Elizabeth Farm
Curator Dr Scott Hill explores some of the enduring mysteries buried in the architecture of Australia’s oldest surviving homestead