Susannah Place Museum
Uncovered at Susannah Place
During extensive conservation work at Susannah Place, previously hidden elements of the four terrace houses were revealed
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
WW1
Ada Gallagher’s war
In 1914, at the outbreak of war, Ada (Adelaide) Gallagher was living with her husband, John, her daughter, Mary, usually known as Girlie, and her two younger sons, Fred and Frank, at 52 Gloucester Street in The Rocks
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
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
(Re)making a home
An evocative collection of household items belonging to the last tenants of Susannah Place
Growing up in the early 1900s
What was life like for ordinary working-class children living in the suburbs or on the fringes of Australian cities in the early 1900s?