2015 – STAGES 1, 2 & 3
EXCURSIONSDiscover a whole other life
WELCOMEAt Sydney Living Museums we engage students in actively investigating and better understanding the past. We offer programs that immerse children in authentic historical contexts and develop their critical, creative and reflective thinking skills through structured activities and interaction.
Our programs are closely linked to the curriculum, including the NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: History K–10. They are designed to develop students’ skills as historians, including the use of sources, recognition of perspectives and interpretations, and empathetic understanding.
Our places and their stories are at the heart of every program we offer. We are privileged to tell the tales of the sites over which we have custodianship, and the people – convicts and free settlers, Aboriginal clans and colonists, troopers and bushrangers – who were connected to them. Our buildings, gardens and grounds all contain important clues to our past that students discover during their visits. We facilitate active learning, exploration of sources, use of historical artefacts and technologies, costumed interpretation and imaginative re-creation.
If you and your students are unable to visit our properties in person, we invite you to participate in one of our virtual excursions. For Stage 2 there is A Convict Story, the popular tale of the experiences of convict Ivan Gotney at the Hyde Park Barracks. For Stage 3 we now offer Law of the Land, an interactive discussion with an 1850s trooper about how the police overcame the threat of bushrangers during the gold rush.
We thank you for your interest in our programs and look forward to welcoming you and your class in 2015.
Mark Goggin Director
COVER IMAGE Students in convict shirts wheel a barrow full of foam bricks in the courtyard of the Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Photo © James Horan
The information in this brochure is correct at time of printing but may be subject to change.
The Historic Houses Trust of NSW, incorporating Sydney Living Museums, cares for significant historic places, buildings, landscapes and collections. It is a statutory authority of, and principally funded by, the New South Wales Government.
Lessons from the Past Rouse Hill House & Farm
Early to Rise Rouse Hill House & Farm
Then and Now: Playing with the Past Meroogal
How Does Your Garden Grow? Vaucluse House
Child’s Play Vaucluse House
Now and Then Elizabeth Farm
The Way We Were Susannah Place Museum
Colonial Life at Elizabeth Farm Elizabeth Farm
Transported in Time Elizabeth Farm
Whose Place? Museum of Sydney
Convict Life at the Barracks Hyde Park Barracks Museum
Investigating Convict History Hyde Park Barracks Museum
Rats: Convict Tales Hyde Park Barracks Museum
Expanding the Colony Rouse Hill House & Farm
A Colonial Eye Rouse Hill House & Farm
A Convict Story: virtual excursion
Law of the Land: virtual excursionBailed up: Life on the Goldfields Justice & Police Museum
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SYDNEY LIVING MUSEUMS EXCURSIONS STAGES 1, 2 & 3
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FREE FAMILY PASS FOR TEACHERSSign up for our eNews to receive the latest information about our
events, education programs and special offers and you’ll receive a FREE family pass to visit any one of our 12 museums and historic houses. See page 29 for details.
$10 FAMILY PASS FOR STUDENTSEvery student attending one
of our school excursions receives a special family pass to visit any one of our 12 museums and historic houses for just $10.
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ROUSE HILL HOUSE & FARM Monday to Friday $25 per studentFull day, 10am–2pmMaximum 60 students
This program for Stage 1 students integrates outcomes from HSIE, PDHPE and Creative Arts, and gives children the opportunity to learn firsthand what school life was like in the late 19th century.
Students begin by dressing up in period costume
and meeting their schoolmistress or master, who leads them in saluting
the British flag and singing the national anthem, ‘God Save the Queen’. Various hands-on activities, such as practising writing on slates, a sewing lesson, an outdoor physical
education drill and (weather permitting) maypole dancing in the yard, enable students to make vivid comparisons between schooling then and now. After a break for lunch and some 19th-century games, students move back into the classroom for a natural history and drawing lesson to round off the day.
A shorter version of this program can be combined with Early to Rise to create an alternative full-day excursion (see page 6).
LESSONS FROM THE PAST
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ROUSE HILL HOUSE & FARM Monday to Friday $180 for up to 20 students (see website for details)1 hour 30 minutesMaximum 60 students
This program for students in Stage 1 HSIE also incorporates outcomes and content from Stage 1 History (NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: History K–10).
Students stretch their legs as they explore the working areas of the former farm and do a few chores that would have been part of daily life for children living there in the late 1800s – feeding the chooks, hanging out the washing and pumping water. They visit the 19th-century cottage and consider how
family life lived there would have been different from their own. They also explore the beautiful stables built by the Rouse family, learning about the vital role of horses at the time as an essential means of transport and for getting work done around the farm.
This program can also be combined with Lessons from the Past to create a full-day excursion (see page 6).
EARLY TO RISE
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A full-day excursion combining Lessons from the Past (morning activities only) and Early to Rise (complete program) for just $25 per student
This program integrates outcomes from HSIE, PDHPE and Creative Arts, and gives children the opportunity to learn firsthand what life was like at home and at school in the late 19th century. In the authentic historical setting of Rouse Hill House & Farm, students enjoy activities in the restored 1888 schoolhouse, the stables and the working areas of the former farm.
2-FOR-1 OFFER!
ROUSE HILL HOUSE & FARM Monday to Friday $25 per student, includes both programsFull day, 10am–2pmMinimum 20 students | Maximum 120 students
STAGE 1
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MEROOGAL, NOWRAMonday to Friday$180 for up to 15 students (see website for details)1 hour 30 minutes Maximum 30 students
This program for students in Stage 1 HSIE also incorporates outcomes and content from Stage 1 History (NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: History K–10).
Students explore the drawing room, kitchen and main bedroom of Meroogal in Nowra and learn about the daily lives of the four generations of the one family who lived in the house. They see the sorts of games the children played, listen
to a record playing on the gramophone and investigate other past technologies, such as the meat safe, wood stove and chamber-pot.
Outside in the garden, students visit the well and pump some water by hand. Afterwards they play 19th-century games like quoits, cup and ball, marbles and jacks.
THEN AND NOW Playing with the Past
HSIE, History
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VAUCLUSE HOUSEMonday to Thursday$180 for up to 20 students (see website for details)1 hour 30 minutesMaximum 60 students
This program for students in Stage 1 integrates outcomes from HSIE, PDHPE and SciTech. It also incorporates outcomes from Stage 1 History and Science (NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: Science K–10).
In the kitchen garden, students learn about the life cycle of domestic food
plants, and plant a seed to take home with them. They take a short walk to discover bush foods, finding out some
of the ways the local Aboriginal people sourced their food and cared for the land. In the colonial kitchen they learn about making healthy food choices and then move to the Wentworth family’s sumptuous dining room to examine a dinner-party menu from 1851.
The teacher-led section of the program includes a walk to the waterfall and playing 19th-century games like croquet, cup and ball, skittles, hoops and quoits.
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HSIE, PDHPE, SciTech, History,
Science
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FREE PROGRAM & TRAVEL SUBSIDYAs part of our commitment to providing access to our education programs for all school students in NSW, and thanks to the generous support of the Sydney Living Museums Foundation, we are delighted to offer free access and a $200 subsidy towards the cost of a bus to attend How Does Your Garden Grow? to low-SES schools in the Smarter Schools National Partnerships program. Visit our website for a registration form and further details.
Please book early to avoid disappointment as we can make this offer only to a limited number of school groups.
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VAUCLUSE HOUSEMonday to Thursday$180 for up to 20 students (see website for details)1 hour 30 minutesMaximum 80 students
This program for students in Stage 1 HSIE also incorporates outcomes from Stage 1 History (NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: History K–10).
Students explore the ways of life of different members of the household at Vaucluse House, and make comparisons with their own lives today. They visit the well, dairy, scullery and kitchen to discover how the Wentworth family’s servants ran the house without plumbing, power or electrical appliances.
The students visit the beautiful drawing room, then venture upstairs to see the bedrooms and find out what children wore in the 19th century.
The teacher-led component of the program includes a walk to the vegetable garden, time to explore the stables and the opportunity to play 19th-century games like croquet, skittles, cup and ball, and hoops.
CHILD’S PLAY
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ELIZABETH FARMMonday to Friday$180 for up to 20 students (see website for details)1 hour 30 minutesMaximum 60 students
This program for Stage 1 students integrates outcomes from HSIE, PDHPE and SciTech. It also incorporates outcomes from Stage 1 History and Science (NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: Science K–10).
Students discover what life was like for the Macarthur family and their hardworking servants without the benefits of running water, bathrooms, electricity, appliances or paved roads. They experience what it was like to do the laundry
by hand, see what’s growing in the kitchen garden and explore the colonial kitchen to observe how different it is from their own kitchens at home.
They also visit the drawing room and principal bedroom, and play 19th-century children’s games in the pleasure garden, including hoops, skittles, quoits, and cup and ball.
NOW AND THEN
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SUSANNAH PLACE MUSEUM Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday$135 for up to 15 students (see website for details)1 hour Maximum 35 students
This program for Stage 1 HSIE students also incorporates outcomes and content from Stage 1 History (NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: History K–10).
Students visit the re-created 1920s corner shop at Susannah Place Museum to put on their aprons and step back in time. As trainee shopkeepers, they learn about household goods
and technologies of the day and help to
serve a customer.
Inside the conserved interiors of the working-class terrace at no 60 Gloucester Street, students discover how the Cunninghame family lived in 1844, learn about the technologies they used, and imagine how they might have relaxed and had fun. Students also visit the tiny backyard to see the copper that was used to boil up the laundry every Monday, and to play a game of quoits.
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ELIZABETH FARM Monday to Friday$180 for up to 20 students (see website for details)1 hour 30 minutesMaximum 60 students
This program for students in Stage 2 integrates outcomes from HSIE and Creative Arts and also incorporates outcomes and content from the First Contacts topic in Stage 2 History (NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: History K–10).
By examining a range of historical and contemporary sources, students learn about the traditional hunting, gathering and land-management
practices of the Burramattagal people. In a hands-on group activity, they discover how indigenous plants were used as bush food and medicine and in making tools.
Students visit the kitchen garden, wash clothes by hand and take a guided tour through the kitchen, main bedroom and drawing room of Elizabeth Farm to gain insights into the lives of both convict servants and the Macarthur family.
COLONIAL LIFE AT ELIZABETH FARM
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ELIZABETH FARM Monday to Friday$400 for up to 20 students (see website for details)1 hour 30 minutesMaximum 30 students
This program gives students in Stage 2 HSIE the chance to discover what life may have been like for convict servants assigned to the estate of John and Elizabeth Macarthur in 1828.
After putting on their caps and aprons, students meet their overseers (the cook and the housekeeper) and get their hands dirty as they practise carrying out the chores for which they are responsible as newly arrived convict servants – either washing clothes by hand or baking scones in the colonial kitchen.
Then, during a tour of the main house, students see the drawing room, main bedroom and elegantly set dining table, and hear about the local Aboriginal people, the Burramattagal. Finally, they use a quill pen to put their mark to a ticket-of-leave, and enjoy a freshly baked scone before departing for a new life in the colony.
Alternative program for larger groups: For groups of between 30 and 60 students, at a cost of only $15 per student we offer a version of the program that omits the scone-making activity.
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MUSEUM OF SYDNEYTuesday, Wednesday and Thursday$180 for up to 20 students (see website for details)1 hour 30 minutesMaximum 45 students
This program for students in Stage 2 HSIE also incorporates outcomes and content from the First Contacts topic in Stage 2 History (NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: History K–10).
As students are guided through the museum
spaces, they participate in structured learning
activities that help them to identify different points of view and explain why people
may have behaved as they did in the past.
They analyse artworks and displays of artefacts, handle objects and work in small groups to learn of Aboriginal people’s experiences before and after the arrival of Europeans. They hear the story of Willemering’s spearing of Governor Phillip, and develop the skill of empathetic understanding as they play a game that demonstrates the challenges of communicating without a shared language.
WHOSE PLACE?
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HYDE PARK BARRACKS MUSEUMMonday to Friday$180 for up to 20 students (see website for details)1 hour 30 minutesMaximum 60 students
This program, originally developed for Stage 2 HSIE, is now also offered to Stage 3 History (NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: History K–10) and incorporates outcomes and content from The Australian Colonies topic.
Using a range of sources, including the building itself as an artefact, students learn about the experiences of male convicts who lived at the barracks between 1819 and 1848. They handle
leg-irons and learn about other punishments convicts faced if they broke the rules.
Stage 2 HSIE students find information in convict indents (records) to better understand the personal experiences of individual convicts, and then use this information to create convict portraits. Stage 3 History students work in small groups to compare information from a range of sources and then use it to answer an inquiry question.
CONVICT LIFE AT THE BARRACKS
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HYDE PARK BARRACKS MUSEUMMonday to Friday $180 for up to 20 students (see website for details)1 hourMaximum 80 students
This one-hour program, originally developed for students in Stage 2 HSIE, also incorporates outcomes and content from The Australian Colonies topic in Stage 3 History (NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: History K–10).
Students discover historical evidence by exploring the Hyde Park Barracks Museum and examining a range of sources. Activities include handling leg-irons from the convict
period, trying on convict clothing, resting in a convict hammock and investigating a rat’s nest beneath the floorboards. Students also discuss artworks as historical sources and hear stories about individual convicts who lived at the barracks, helping them to develop their skills of empathetic understanding.
INVESTIGATING CONVICT HISTORY
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HYDE PARK BARRACKS MUSEUMMonday to Friday$180 for up to 15 students (see website for details)1 hour 30 minutesMaximum 35 students
This program allows students in Stage 2 HSIE to learn about the lives of convicts who lived at the Hyde Park Barracks between 1819 and 1848.
Students refer to a variety of primary and secondary sources, including the building itself as an artefact, to learn about the daily routines, misdemeanours and punishments of the convicts.
They also consider the barracks as an archaeological site,
investigating the rats’ nests that were found beneath the floorboards and learning about the unusual role these rodents played in conserving the building’s history.
Students then put on convict shirts, learn how to make bricks and lay them to make a sturdy wall, and sleep in a hammock, all the while following the many rules of the barracks.
RATS Convict Tales
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ROUSE HILL HOUSE & FARMMonday to Friday$180 for up to 20 students (see website for details)1 hour 30 minutesMaximum 60 students
This program, originally developed for Stage 2 students, integrates outcomes from HSIE, Mathematics and SciTech. It is now also offered to Stage 3 History (NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: History K–10) and incorporates outcomes and content from The Australian Colonies topic.
Students explore the former farm and examine a range of sources to learn about the expansion of the colony of New South Wales. They investigate the challenges of travel and transportation
in the 19th century, the impact of European farming methods on the environment and on the lives of the local Boorooberongal clan, and the comparative sustainability of European and Aboriginal land-management practices. A walk through the house gives students a glimpse into the privileged world of prosperous settlers like the Rouse family.
To conclude the program, students work in teams to investigate how rainwater was channelled and collected on the farm.
EXPANDING THE COLONY
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ROUSE HILL HOUSE & FARM Monday to Friday$180 for up to 20 students (see website for details)1 hour 30 minutesMaximum 45 students
Originally developed for students in Stage 2 HSIE and Creative Arts, this program is now also offered to Stage 3 and has been adapted to incorporate outcomes and content from The Australian Colonies topic in Stage 3 History (NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: History K–10) and Stage 3 Visual Arts.
Students study artworks to identify their different genres (eg still life, landscape), discuss how and why artists create art, and make their
own artwork. Stage 3 students also use a range
of sources to investigate the contributions made to colonial Australia by significant artists.
After discussing examples of early Australian colonial art and learning about the use of perspective and effect of interpretation in various artworks, students seek out a place on the hillside from which to create their own landscape drawing of the Cumberland Plains and Blue Mountains beyond. They make a pencil sketch ‘en plein air’, complete it with chalk pastels and exhibit it for the appreciation of their classmates.
A COLONIAL EYE
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VIRTUAL EXCURSION $120 per class 1 hour Maximum 30 studentsBookings for A Convict Story can be made at slm.is/virtual
This one-hour videoconferencing program is for students in Stage 2 HSIE.
Bring the convict story of the Hyde Park Barracks to your classroom with a virtual excursion! This theatrical presentation, woven together
from historical sources, transports students back in time to learn the life story of convict Ivan Gotney.
Students interact with the presenter to gain insights into the everyday lives of convicts at the barracks and the importance of convict labour to the development of the new colony. They are encouraged to observe, analyse and draw their own conclusions.
A CONVICT STORY virtual excursion
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VIRTUAL EXCURSION $120 per class 1 hour Maximum 30 studentsBookings for Law of the Land can be made at slm.is/virtual
This one-hour videoconferencing program is for students in Stage 3 HSIE. It also incorporates outcomes and content from The Australian Colonies topic in Stage 3 History (NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: History K–10).
Students go back to the 1880s to meet a mounted trooper (played by a costumed interpreter) as he talks about the challenges of policing during the gold rushes, and how the NSW police finally
gained the advantage over bushrangers. Students engage in group activities to examine and interpret historical source material, including objects from the museum’s collection, original documents and a number of images and photographs from the era. Based on the evidence, they formulate their own answer to the question ‘Were bushrangers heroes or villains?’
LAW OF THE LAND virtual excursion
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JUSTICE & POLICE MUSEUM Wednesday, Thursday and Friday$180 for up to 20 students (see website for details)1 hour 30 minutesMaximum 50 students
This program for Stage 3 students integrates outcomes from HSIE and Creative Arts. It also incorporates outcomes and content from The Australian Colonies topic in Stage 3 History (NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum: History K–10).
Students analyse and compare a range of sources, including artworks from the period, to investigate the threat bushrangers posed to successful goldminers,
and the technologies used by miners and police to respond to this threat.
The program concludes with a re-enactment of the 1864 trial of NSW bushranger John Vane. By acting out the trial’s historic proceedings, students gain a better understanding of the actions, perspectives and experiences of people during the gold rushes.
BAILED UP Life on the Goldfields
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‘Hands‑on tasks most engaging. Fantastic, informative, motivating presenter! Great to allow our children the chance to move, stand, sit, explore, investigate, share, etc.’Teacher from St Nicholas Public School, 2014
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Visit slm.is/education for details.
$10 FAMILY PASS FOR STUDENTSEvery student attending one of our school excursions receives a special family pass to visit any one of our 12 museums and historic houses for just $10.
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VISIT OUR MUSEUMS
GOVERNMENT HOUSE THE STATE’S VICE‑REGAL HOME 1837
Take a guided tour of the great hall, grand dining room
and elegant ballroom of this magnificent residence designed in England by the fashionable architect Edward Blore.ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS MACQUARIE ST, SYDNEY, NSW T 02 9228 4111
ELIZABETH BAY HOUSE AUSTRALIA’S FINEST INTERIOR 1835
Step inside the Macleay residence, once claimed
to be the ‘finest house in the colony’, and be stunned by the breathtaking harbour views, sweeping staircase and domed roof. 7 ONSLOW AVE, ELIZABETH BAY, NSW T 02 9356 3022
HYDE PARK BARRACKS MUSEUM A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LISTED SITE 1819
Experience what life was like for the convicts who built Sydney at this museum housed in Governor Macquarie’s original convict barracks.QUEENS SQUARE, MACQUARIE ST SYDNEY, NSW T 02 8239 2311
JUSTICE & POLICE MUSEUM LAW AND ORDER 1856
These historic police buildings once hosted infamous criminals like bushranger Captain Moonlite and sly-grog queen Kate Leigh. Enjoy our new exhibitions, including City of Shadows Revisited and Notorious Criminals.CNR PHILLIP & ALBERT STS CIRCULAR QUAY, SYDNEY, NSW T 02 9252 1144
ELIZABETH FARM THE MACARTHURS’ DOMAIN 1793
Visit Australia’s oldest surviving homestead, built
by pastoralist John Macarthur and his wife, Elizabeth. Refuel with a refreshing Devonshire tea in the tearooms.70 ALICE ST, ROSEHILL, NSW T 02 9635 9488
MEROOGAL HOME TO FOUR GENERATIONS OF WOMEN 1885
Gain an insight into the everyday lives of the family of women who lived in this enchanting house in Nowra and tended its charming garden. View their many personal possessions including books, letters and diaries.CNR WEST & WORRIGEE STS, NOWRA, NSW T 02 4421 8150
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Visit sydneylivingmuseums.com.au for full details of opening hours and admission prices.
ROSE SEIDLER HOUSE ICONIC MID‑20TH‑CENTURY DESIGN 1948
Immerse yourself in this 1950s modernist house designed by architect Harry Seidler. Nestled in natural bushland, it is known for its use of open planning, bold colours and modern technology, and promoted the modernist movement in Australia.71 CLISSOLD RD, WAHROONGA, NSW T 02 9989 8020
VAUCLUSE HOUSE A COUNTRY HOUSE BY THE HARBOUR 1805
Delight in the ornate interiors of the home of statesman William Charles Wentworth and his wife, Sarah. See the servants’ quarters, including the kitchen, dairy and cellars, and discover our historic kitchen garden.WENTWORTH RD, VAUCLUSE, NSW T 02 9388 7922
MUSEUM OF SYDNEY ON THE SITE OF FIRST GOVERNMENT HOUSE 1995
Discover the story of our city through history, archaeology and architecture. Enjoy this year’s exhibitions including Towers of Tomorrow with Lego® Bricks (until 12 July) and Toys through Time (28 March – 9 August).
CNR BRIDGE & PHILLIP STS, SYDNEY, NSW T 02 9251 5988
SUSANNAH PLACE MUSEUM SYDNEY’S WORKING‑CLASS HERITAGE 1844
Visit this rare surviving example of a working-class terrace. Discover the 19th-century laundry coppers, worn lino, tiny living kitchens and crowded living quarters.58–64 GLOUCESTER ST THE ROCKS, SYDNEY, NSW T 02 9241 1893
THE MINT MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN A HISTORIC PLACE 1811/2003
The Mint is Sydney’s oldest surviving public building. It houses the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, where you can immerse yourself in the history of interiors and gardens in NSW.10 MACQUARIE ST, SYDNEY, NSW T 02 8239 2288
ROUSE HILL HOUSE & FARM UNTOUCHED HISTORY 1813
Crammed with thousands of objects – everything from the earliest colonial treasures to a 1960s television – this house chronicles the changing fortunes of six generations of the one family. 356 ANNANGROVE RD, ROUSE HILL, NSW T 02 9627 6777
ONE KEY • 12 MUSEUMS • MANY LIFETIMES
To book or find out more about a particular Sydney Living Museums excursion, please contact the property where it will be delivered (see below) or complete an online inquiry form at slm.is/education.
Risk assessments, pre- and post-visit materials and detailed information about school programs are also available on the website.
ELIZABETH FARM 70 Alice Street Rosehill NSW T 02 9635 9488 | M 0478 322 109
HYDE PARK BARRACKS MUSEUM Queens Square, Macquarie Street Sydney NSW T 02 8239 2311
JUSTICE & POLICE MUSEUM Cnr Phillip & Albert streets Circular Quay, Sydney NSW T 02 8313 5640
MEROOGAL Cnr West & Worrigee streets Nowra NSW T 02 4421 8150
MUSEUM OF SYDNEY Cnr Bridge & Phillip streets Sydney NSW T 02 8313 5640
ROUSE HILL HOUSE & FARM 356 Annangrove Road Rouse Hill NSW T 02 9635 9488 | M 0478 322 109
SUSANNAH PLACE MUSEUM 58–64 Gloucester Street The Rocks, Sydney NSW T 02 8313 5640
VAUCLUSE HOUSE Wentworth Road Vaucluse NSW T 02 9388 7922
VIRTUAL EXCURSIONS Bookings for A Convict Story and Law of the Land can be made at slm.is/virtual
BOOKING YOUR EXCURSION
The information in this brochure is correct at time of printing but may be subject to change.
The Historic Houses Trust of NSW, incorporating Sydney Living Museums, cares for significant historic places, buildings, landscapes and collections. It is a statutory authority of, and principally funded by, the New South Wales Government.
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