Domestic life
![Ellen Marshall’s kitchen dresser](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/07/af60e96f501f4d43a5a33a618967ae7c.jpg)
(Re)making a home
An evocative collection of household items belonging to the last tenants of Susannah Place
![View of a bedroom with faded and torn wallpaper with an old map of the world on one wall, a single bed, dressing table and view through a door to the top of a staircase, with faded and damaged paintwork.](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/72e7c927d9ac44bdb7bfa715371698c0.jpg)
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
![Illustration of two women dancing in large dresses at a ball](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/5558a8e2ed054f9eaff773f49c539c55.jpg)
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
![Still from the film Milk - the white river of life](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/e56ddbaf6c936d9bf8064427294373da6f11ee09-1528x886.png?fit=max&auto=format)
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
![Still from My Handy Kitchen](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/staging/19ab085f12d5695ff86a2fa975f3db0de96ff369-964x710.jpg?rect=0,0,964,600&fit=max&auto=format)
My Handy Kitchen, c.1950-55
In this film a woman discusses and demonstrates the features of her up-to-date kitchen
![Watercolour of Warrawang](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/07/89ede6bef87f4c378d6883d7b5526181.jpg)
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
![Dairy, Vaucluse House](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/11/4d10ad09c42e4cdcb9d6d4961d0f3b31.jpg)
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?
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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