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Virtual Excursion
Where Stories Live, History Comes Alive
Join us on Thursday 10 September for this free live virtual event as part of History Week 2026. From the Dreaming to digital technology – join us to hear how the stories we keep bring history to life. Where can you find stories about the past? Who keeps them? Who tells them? And how can they help us to understand the world today? The stories we keep are waiting to be discovered and shared
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Aboriginal Languages revitalisation in NSW
How were Aboriginal languages recorded during the early colonial period? What were the consequences? And how are Aboriginal Knowledge Holders revitalising language today?
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Life in the Past: A Schoolhouse and Farm Adventure at Rouse Hill Estate
Join us for a fun-filled adventure at Rouse Hill Estate, where kids will learn firsthand what daily life was like for children who attended school and lived on a farm in the late 19th century
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The Water We Share: Past, Present and Future
Learn about traditional madjeri making with Gweagal clan leader Uncle Rod and how conservation works at Vaucluse House are preserving the estate’s waterways for the resident eels
Virtual Excursion
Reconciliation Through First Nations Languages
Join us for a free online learning event for Reconciliation Week 2026 to explore the theme of ‘All In’. This event is a collaboration between Museums of History NSW and the Parliament of NSW
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Waterway investigation
Use this resource to conduct your own investigation of a local waterway
Virtual Excursion
Book Week Virtual Event: Pop-up Poetry
Join Museums of History NSW and Story Factory Digital for Book Week 2024 and learn how to create poems that add a little magic to the world
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Understanding the Art of Place
Discover how we can understand and connect to place through art, and consider how a place can mean different things to different people