Domestic life
Colonial Social Life in Old Registers 1-9
Old Registers 1-9 have primarily been used for tracing land ownership but they also record many personal transactions that reveal details of social relationships in early New South Wales.
The coolest room in the house
What practical techniques can we learn from historical building design to minimise heat and energy consumption in our homes today?
Milk - The White River of Life, 1946
Milk and its health and nutritional benefits, demonstrated through a domestic science class on milk and milk-based products and their use in cooking
Cook & Curator
Translating tastes: the Rose Seidler recipe collection
Recently translated from the original German, recipes kept by Rose Seidler provide valuable insight into her culinary heritage and Austrian identity
My Handy Kitchen, c.1950-55
In this film a woman discusses and demonstrates the features of her up-to-date kitchen
(Re)making a home
An evocative collection of household items belonging to the last tenants of Susannah Place
Eat, pray, decorate
Advice manuals – the self-help books of the 19th century – provide a rich source of information about domestic and social life in the era
Songs of home
The Odyssey of an Early Australian Piano
Imagine for a moment if all the old pianos lying around Australia could speak. One can only guess at the stories they would tell
A house in the making
After 162 years of being continuously occupied, 62 Gloucester Street was opened to the public for the first time in 2006