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Coomaditchie: The Art of Place
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Alexander Riley, legendary Aboriginal police tracker
The remarkable talents of Aboriginal trackers who worked for NSW Police in the 20th century are featured in a display at the Justice & Police Museum
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Alexander Riley, legendary Aboriginal police tracker
The remarkable talents of Aboriginal trackers who worked for NSW Police in the 20th century are featured in a display at the Justice & Police Museum
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What’s on

This Month

The first three decades (decade 3), Coomaditchie artists and community members, 2022, acrylic on unstretched canvas, 302cm x 213.5 cm.
Coomaditchie United Aboriginal Corporation

Now showing

Featured exhibition | Exhibition

Coomaditchie: The Art of Place

Experience community life by the ocean through the works of First Nations artists in Coomaditchie: The Art of Place at the Museum of Sydney. These loving and lyrical artworks, which include paintings, ceramics and screen-prints, speak of life in and around the settlement of Coomaditchie, its history, ecology and local Dreaming stories

30 March 2024 – 2 February 2025

Museum of Sydney

On display

Featured display | Exhibition

A Generous Gift: The John and Phyllis Murphy Collection

Our current library display features an array of colourful and evocative historical wallpapers from the John and Phyllis Murphy Collection

29 October 2024 – 28 February 2025

Caroline Simpson Library

Verandah at Meroogal, facing Worrigee Street

Now showing

Exhibition | Exhibition

Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2024

The biennial Meroogal Women’s Art Prize is now in its 20th year

9 November 2024 to 24 May 2025

Meroogal

23 November, 11am, 12.30pm & 2pm

Tour | Event

Tours of Urban Green Sydney

Join us for a tour of Urban Green, a subterranean farm in Sydney’s city centre

23 November 2024 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM

Talk | Event

First Nations Speaker Series: Partnering with dignity with Jason Ardler

When our value is recognised and our dignity is honoured, we flourish. On the other hand, when our value is denied and our dignity is violated, we suffer. Join Yuin man Jason Ardler as he explores this subject in our First Nations Speaker Series

27 November 2024 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Museum of Sydney

First Nations

Tour at Elizabeth Farm with Dr Scott Hill

Tour | Event

Elizabeth Farm: a museum at 40

Join MHNSW curator Dr Scott Hill for a tour of Australia’s oldest surviving house and its recreated garden

30 November 2024 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM

Elizabeth Farm

Painting of 3 masted cutter [no date]; [alternate title 'Copy of painting of unidentified schooner. This is possibly from the Dufty Collection']

Online talk | Event

Assisted immigrant records

This webinar will provide an overview of our assisted immigrant indexes and the digitised passenger lists

06 December 2024 11:30 PM - 12:30 AM

Permanent display | Exhibition

Australian monument to the Great Irish Famine

The Australian monument to the Great Irish Famine is located on the southern wall of the Hyde Park Barracks

Display

Hyde Park Barracks

Hyde Park Barracks

Edge of the Trees installation, Museum of Sydney forecourt

Permanent display | Exhibition

Edge of Trees

This site-specific piece commissioned for the forecourt of the Museum of Sydney at its opening in 1995 was created by artists Fiona Foley and Janet Laurence

Display

Museum of Sydney

Permanent display | Exhibition

First Fleet Ships

This display explores the journey, arrival and first contacts of this fleet’s largely unwilling human cargo

Display

Museum of Sydney

Museum of Sydney

Permanent display | Exhibition

Rouse Hill Estate in LEGO® Bricks

Featuring amazing models of the iconic Rouse Hill House, outbuildings, stable and barns constructed from LEGO® bricks

Display

Rouse Hill Estate