Susannah Place Museum

Wide shot of two visitors exploring Parbury Ruins during Sydney Open
Tour

Digging Up the Neighbourhood

Starting at Susannah Place, this walking tour explores some of the fascinating archaeological sites in The Rocks and Millers Point

Wednesday 23 April 10.30am–12.30pm
Sewing pattern, Simplicity 5273, used by former Susannah Place resident, Ellen Marshall, 1972, paper
Tour

Up Close and Personal

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Susannah Place Collection

Saturday 5 April 10am–12pm
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Come in spinner!

Gambling in Australia is regulated by the state and some types of gambling are illegal. The game Two-up, with its catch cry of ‘Come in Spinner!’, is legal only on Anzac Day and only in some states

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Keeping time

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries watches were designed to carried on the person, attached to a waist hook, looped over a belt or as part of a chatelaine in the case of women

Black and white photo of children playing on equipment.

Childhood at Susannah Place

Growing up in a small inner-city house in mid 20th century Sydney involved being outdoors pretty much most of the time

Ellen Marshall’s kitchen dresser

(Re)making a home

An evocative collection of household items belonging to the last tenants of Susannah Place