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HomeGrown

Jacqui Newling grating ginger on a wooden board, with lemons and sugar loaves, to make ginger beer
Workshop

Food and Memory

Have you ever wanted to record your family recipes and food stories? Do you like to play with words and ideas?

Sunday 27 July 10am–12.30pm
Homemade pincushion with clear plastic bracelet at back made by former Susannah Place resident Ellen Marshall
Workshop

Visible Mending with Leah Giblin

The sustainable fashion movement might seem like a new trend but at Susannah Place (built in 1844) in The Rocks, the mending of clothes and other household items was a necessary part of life for the working-class residents of this inner-city community

Sunday 19 October 10.30am–12.30pm
Students in Elizabeth Farm’s colonial kitchen investigating a range of dried spices that would have been available in Sydney during the 1820s
Workshop

Sensory Connections

Join Museums of History NSW curator Dr Jacqui Newling and Bhavna Kalra Shivalkar (The Modern Desi), one of Australia’s foremost culinary herb and spice experts, for a tantalizing workshop at Elizabeth Farm

Sunday 23 November 10.30am–12pm
A brick wall with an old wooden window with bougainvillea growing over it

HomeGrown Series

The series explores Australian homes, gardens and domestic life past and present through a rich and eclectic mix of workshops