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Gloucester Street facade, Susannah Place Museum
Onsite

The Way We Were: Communication Past and Present

From oral storytelling to letters, newspapers and radio, a visit to Susannah Place museum will explore different methods of communication from the past and present

Two students looking up at the Madjeri at the Museum of Sydney.
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The Water We Share: Past, Present and Future

Learn about traditional madjeri making with Gweagal clan leader Uncle Rod and how conservation works at Vaucluse House are preserving the estate’s waterways for the resident eels

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Beautiful waterways...and stinky sewers!

Learn about the Murrumbidgee’s ancient Aboriginal creation story, investigate the Tank Stream under the city of Sydney and travel out to the Museum of the Riverina to hear about caring for waterways

Students looking at trenches at Museum of Sydney for Whose Place program
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‘Marking Time’ Together- Make your own Time Capsule!

Taking photos, writing letters, losing objects: just like the sources we study from the past, we all ‘Mark Time’ every day! But how do these become important sources for studying the past?

CPD Damien Egan showing a bean seed to students wearing gardening gloves in the kitchen garden.
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How to grow broad beans

Some handy hints to help you look after your broad bean seed after your excursion to Vaucluse House

Students holding their sewing squares during the program Lessons from the Past at Rouse Hill Estate
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How to finish your sewing square

Rouse Hill Estate: Lessons from the Past excursion

CPD (Bridget) talking to students about Gordon Syron painting, for Whose Place program at Museum of Sydney
Virtual Excursion

History Week Virtual Event: Marking Time – How Do We Remember First Contact?

How do different communities remember the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788? Explore ‘Marking Time’ this History Week in our free virtual live event, considering the perspectives on First Contact

3D model of a bone object
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Toys in the past

Let your Stage 1 students explore this 3D mystery object to find out more about games played by children and adults in the past

Students laying in the hammocks at Hyde Park Barracks on the Home: Convicts, Migrants & First People Learning program
Onsite

History Adventures at the Barracks

Join us in the school holidays for a one-of-a-kind museum experience, where kids will discover what life was for the convicts at the Hyde Park Barracks!