The 20th annual Beechworth Celtic Festival - three days of entertainment celebrating the historic gold town's rich Celtic heritage. Picture: JOHN RUSSELL
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Like my home town of Bendigo, Beechworth boasts a rich history that began with lure of gold that drew thousands to the North East in the 1850s.
As a youngster, the trappings of what was once one of the world’s richest goldfields were clearly visible all over Bendigo.
Abandoned poppet legs (steel towers used to support apparatus that lowered miners in cages deep into the gold mines) and giant the mullock heaps (waste tailings from the mines) dotted the landscape.
Visiting Beechworth, one of Australia's best-preserved gold towns, for me, always rekindles childhood memories.
Beechworth, like Bendigo, attracted thousands of miners from all over the world, particularly from Europe, the US, China and Britain.
By 1867 more than four million ounces of gold had been discovered in and around the town.
To celebrate the town’s rich gold heritage and the influence of its Celtic forebears, the 20th annual Beechworth Celtic Festival (November 7 to 9) promises a host of Celtic singers, musicians, bands, choirs, dancers, poets and artists with workshops, Saturday’s grand parade, a Celtic market and much more.
For more information visit beechworthcelticfestival.com.au.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6
ALBURY-WODONGA
- The Hoffmans, 6pm to 9pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
- Albury-Wodonga Uke Muster — free entry, 6pm to 7.30pm, first floor, Albion Hotel, Albury
- Mediterranean Cruiser, 6pm to 10pm, Electra Cafe, Albury
- Dinner and Trivia Night: special dinner trivia menu from 6pm, trivia, 7.30pm, St Ives Hotel, Wodonga
- Karaoke Showtime! Hosted by Dial-A-Jukebox, registrations 7.30pm on, singing 9pm, Paddy’s Albury
FURTHER AFIELD
- Wangaratta Country Music Club Dance featuring singer Tom Routledge, 8pm to 11.30pm, Terrace Hall, off Williams Road, Wangaratta
- Benalla Festival, various Benalla and district locations — see benallafestival.com
- Friends of the Benalla Art Gallery November Prom Concerts: Benalla and district piano students, 5.30pm, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla
- Oaks Day Charity Luncheon: Chicken and Champagne Lunch, fashion parade, competitions, Corowa RSL Club, Corowa
- Corowa Sing Australia, 7pm, Oddfellows Hall, Corowa
Popular Border entertainer Rodney Vincent. Picture: ROB LACEY PHOTOGRAPHY
- Oaks Day: Rodney Vincent, noon, Anzac Lounge, ClubMulwala, Mulwala
- Paul Vitullo, 6pm, Anzac Lounge, ClubMulwala, Mulwala
- Touch’n’Go, Mulwala Waterski Club, Mulwala
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
ALBURY-WODONGA
Cabaret and opera singer Ali McGregor.
- Garry O’Brien, 5pm to 8pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
- Fridays on my Mind — relax and unwind: feautiring cabaret and opera singer Ali McGregor, 5.30pm to 8.30pm, The Cube Wodonga Courtyard and surrounding venues, Wodonga
- Tony Lukav, 6pm to 10pm, Electra Cafe, Albury
- Brett and Amy, Azotea, The Albion Hotel, Albury
- Live music, 8pm to 11pm, The Rooftop Bar, The Bended Elbow, Albury
- Step Back, 9pm to 1am, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
- Frankie J. Holden and Wilbur Wilde, 9pm SS&A Albury
- Live Music, 9pm, Boomerang Hotel, Lavington
- DJ Deesy and DJ Zuckr, 9.30pm, beer garden, Paddys, Albury
- DJs, 10pm, Groove Saint, Albury
- Club Nation: Raw FM (87.6 FM Albury) Club Nation DJs BZ, Fleggless and Evan McMahon: electro, remixes, mash-ups and Melbourne sound, 10pm, ONE Nightclub, Albury
- Resident DJs, 10pm, Groove Saint, Albury
- Refresh Your Friday: DJ spins music from the 1970s to today, 10pm, ZedBar, Albury
- DJ Sedgie, 10pm, The Carriers, Wodonga
FURTHER AFIELD
Tim Conlan of Warrambool band The Likely Celts.
- 20th Beechworth Celtic Festival begins with a Gala Celtic Dinner featuring a haggis ceremony, Irish Dancers, Gala Auction, Imogen Brough and The Likely Celts, 6.30pm, The Old Priory, Beechworth (also Blackbird and Meet and Greet, 7pm, Hotel Nicholas, Beechworth) - beechworthcelticfestival.com.au
- Benalla Festival, various Benalla and district locations — see benallafestival.com
- Normie Rowe and The Original Playboys, 8.30pm, Lakeside Community Sports Centre, Benalla
- No Lights, No Lycra dance group, 8pm, Mansfield Uniting Church, Mansfield
- Mick Tenace, 8pm, Corowa RSL Club, Corowa
- Anthony Tenace Duo, 7.30pm, Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort, Mulwala
- Ray Macartney Duo, 5pm, Anzac Lounge, ClubMulwala, Mulwala
- Singing Inspirations Quartet starring Eddie James — A Tribute to the Greats: Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, John Rowles and Friends, 8pm, Mulwala Waterski Club, Mulwala
- The King Kats, Mulwala Waterski Club, Mulwala
- Richard Perso, Sporties Barooga Sports Club, Barooga
- Brendan Britt, Deniliquin RSL Club, Deniliquin
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8
ALBURY-WODONGA
- Albury City Band, 11.30am recital at the St David’s Church Fete, St David’s Church, Albury
- Ken Hill, 5pm to 8pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
- Josh Campbell, 6pm to 10pm, Electra Cafe, Albury
Australian 1960s pop idol Normie Rowe.
- Normie Rowe and The Original Playboys, 7.30pm, auditorium, Commercial Club, Albury
- Mark Haze, 8pm, North Albury Sports Club, North Albury
- Live Music, 8.30pm, Blazing Stump Hotel, Wodonga
- DJ Frenchie: 1940s to 1990s requests, 9pm to midnight, Q Manhattans, Albury
- Sharyn Bilston and The Fifth Element, 9pm, SS&A Albury
- Step Back, 9pm to 1am, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
- DJ Candy B, 9.30pm, Beer Garden, Paddy’s Albury
- Live Music, 9.30pm, Paddy’s, Albury
- Saturday Night Live: Michael Gorham, 10pm, The Albion Hotel, Albury
- ONE Saturday: Biggest Saturday Night Party in town with resident and guest DJs playing commercial dance, RnB, Top 40 remixed and electro, 10pm, ONE Nightclub, Albury
- DJs, 10pm, Groove Saint, Albury
- Saturday Night Fever: Best Party Mix, 10pm, ZedBar, Albury
FURTHER AFIELD
The poultry competition is a fine-feathered highlight of the annual Holbrook Show. Picture: MATTHEW SMITHWICK
- 131st Holbrook Show, Holbrook Sporting Complex, Holbrook
- DJ PayGee — funk and nu-disco, 9pm to 11pm, Grape & Grain Bar & Wine Store, Bright
- 20th Beechworth Celtic Festival — beechworthcelticfestival.com.au
- Benalla Festival, various Benalla and district locations — see benallafestival.com
- Lake Benalla Foreshore Entertainment Program, children’s entertainment and music, 5pm; Homegrown Talent, 6pm; The Absolute ’80s Show, 7.45pm; Nicky Bomba and his Calypso All Stars; Benalla Fireworks, 9.15pm, Lake Benalla Foreshore, Benalla
- The Rumour, 8pm, Corowa RSL Club, Corowa
- Ray Macartney Duo, 5pm, Anzac Lounge, ClubMulwala, Mulwala
- Guns N’ Roses tribute, 9pm, Anzac Lounge, ClubMulwala, Mulwala
- Frankie J. Holden and Wilbur Wilde, Mulwala Waterski Club, Mulwala
- Bender and Richard Perso, Sporties Barooga Sports Club, Barooga
- Rock’n’Roll Dance featuring the Twin City Rock’n’Roll Club with music from the 1960s and ’70s from DJ Sally — prizes, 7pm until late, Tumbarumba Golf Club, Tumbarumba
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
ALBURY-WODONGA
- Albury Council’s Annual Picnic in the Gardens: Return to Neverland, 10am to 2pm (Albury City Band afternoon concert at noon), Albury Botanic Gardens, Albury
- Live Music, beer garden stage, 2pm, Paddy’s, Albury
Enjoy a feast of blues and more at the Highway 31 Blues Club's monthly Sunday get-together.
- Highway 31 Blues Club presents the Murray Conservatorium Big Band, blues duo Times Twelve and the Highway 31 Blues Band, 3pm, The Long Room, The Albion Hotel, Albury
- Sunday Blues: Rusty Bonnett, 3pm, Edwards Tavern, Wodonga
- Paul Gibbs Trio, 4pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
- Live Music, 4pm to 7pm, The Rooftop Bar, The Bended Elbow, Albury
- Live Music, 7.30pm to 10.30pm, The Rooftop Bar, The Bended Elbow, Albury
- Illy, Paddy’s Albury
FURTHER AFIELD
- Live Music plus Open Mic — singers and musos welcome, meals available, 2.30pm to 6.30pm, The Gerogery Hotel, Gerogery
- Culcairn Country Music Club: Live music and walk-up artists very welcome, noon to 5pm, Culcairn Bowling and Recreation Club, Culcairn
- JD and The Kat — blues and beyond, 2pm, Bright Brewery, Bright
- 20th Beechworth Celtic Festival — beechworthcelticfestival.com.au
- Music on the Balcony: Folk with Poke, 11am, Beechworth Bakery, Beechworth
- Sunday Live, 2.30pm to 5.30pm, Bridge Road Brewers, Beechworth
- Open Mic (meals available), 6pm to 9pm, Hotel Nicholas, Beechworth
- Marina Prior: Songbird Tour, 3.30pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre
- Benalla Festival, various Benalla and district locations — see benallafestival.com
- Clarinet festival, 10am to 3pm, Benalla Gardens band Rotanda, Benalla
- Bender, Mulwala Waterski Club, Mulwala
- Teddy Bear’s Picnic, 10.30am to 11.30am, Benalla Botanical Gardens
- A Day in the Gardens: entertainment for everyone, 9am to 3pm, Benalla Botanical Gardens, Benalla
- Glenn Sedgwick, 2pm, ClubMulwala, Mulwala
- Bender, Mulwala Waterski Club, Mulwala
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10
ALBURY-WODONGA
- Sing Australia choir — connecting Australians in singing, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, Wodonga Senior Citizens Hall, Wodonga
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
ALBURY-WODONGA
The Howie Brothers
- Free Morning Show: The Howie Brother and Wayne Horseburgh, 10.30am, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial club, Albury
- Rock’n’Roll Dance Lessons with Johnny’s Rockers, 6.45am (beginners), 7.30pm (advanced), St Patrick’s Hall, Albury
- Tuesday Trivia hosted by Quizmeisters, registrations 7.30pm, Paddy’s, Albury
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
ALBURY-WODONGA
- Paul Gibbs, 6pm to 9pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
- Open Mic Night, 6pm, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thurgoona
- Open Mic Night, 8pm, Albion Hotel, Albury
- Killer Karaoke, 8.30pm, The Rooftop Bar, The Bended Elbow, Albury
- DJ Candy B, 9.30pm, Paddy’s, Albury
- Live Music, 9.30pm, Paddy’s, Albury
- Club-Nation.co.uk and ONE Nightclub present Future Legends DJ Open Decks Night, registrations 9pm, ONE Nightclub, Albury
- Uni Night: DJ Franco, 10pm, Groove Saint, Albury
FURTHER AFIELD
- Irish Jam Session, 8pm, Star Hotel, Yackandandah
- Trevor Doddridge, 6pm to 9pm, Border Bistro, Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort, Mulwala
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Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway's long-awaited new sci-fi adventure thriller Interstellar premieres at Regent Cinemas Albury-Wodonga Thursday, November 6.
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Murray River Farmers' Market is the place to visit to pick up some delicious farm-fresh produce. Picture: JOHN RUSSELL
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6
- MURRAY RIVER FARMERS’ MARKET: 3pm to dusk, Community Woodfired Oven site, Hovell Tree Park, Albury
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8
- HUME MURRAY FARMERS’ MARKET: 8am to noon, Gateway Island, Wodonga
- ALL COMERS MARKET: 8am to noon, St John’s Anglican Church, Beechworth Road, Wodonga
- WODONGA RSL SUB BRANCH COMMUNITY MARKET: 8am to 2pm, Wodonga RSL Clubrooms, 27 Reid Street, Wodonga
- MYRTLEFORD FLEA MARKET: 8.30am to noon, Old School Museum, Myrtleford
- MYRTLEFORD CENTRAL MARKET (INDOORS): 9am to 2pm, Clyde Street, Myrtleford
- TWO-DAY BEECHWORTH CELTIC FESTIVAL MARKET: 9am to 3pm, Queen Victoria Park, Beechworth
- VIOLET TOWN MARKET: 8.30am to 1pm, Tulip Street, Violet Town
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
- ALBURY-WODONGA COMMUNITY MARKET: 8am to noon, Wilson Street Carpark, Wilson Street, Albury
- ROTARY CLUB OF BRIGHT — BRIGHT’S ICONIC HOT ROD RUN MARKET: 9am to 2pm, Ireland Street, Pioneer Park, Bright
- TWO-DAY BEECHWORTH CELTIC FESTIVAL MARKET: 9am to 3pm, Queen Victoria Park, Beechworth
- WANGARATTA TRASH AND TREASURE MARKET: 8am to 1pm, Wareena Park Swimming Pool carpark, Wangaratta
- BENALLA LIONS CLUB CARBOOT SALE: 8am to noon, Fawckner Drive Carpark, Benalla
- BENALLA FESTIVAL: A DAY IN THE GARDENS MARKET: 8am to 3pm, Benalla Botanical Gardens, Benalla
- RUTHERGLEN FARMERS’ MARKET: 9am to 12.30pm, Rutherglen Lions Park, Rutherglen
MARKETS: Email details to: play@bordermail.com.au. Listings deadline: Noon Wednesday. A fresh Border Entertainment Guide is posted every Thursday at bordermail.com.au. Remember, market dates can sometimes change.
NOVEMBER
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QEII Twilight Markets: Patrick James, singer, 5pm to 8pm, QEII Square, Albury
Friends of the Benalla Art Gallery November Prom Concerts: Benalla College and FCJ College Music Students, 5.30pm, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla
Romeo and Juliet — ballet and play, 6.30pm, play, 8pm, Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre, Benalla
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- Travis Collins, 7.30pm, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thurgoona
HotHouse Theatre Studio Ensemble's Letters from the Border - November 14 to 29 at The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga.
- The Border Mail HotHouse Theatre Season 2014: Letters from the Border, 8pm, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga
- MountainGrass: Australia’s national Bluegrass and Old-time Music Festival, Harrietville — see mountainggrass.com.au
- Kissin’ Cousins, Beechworth bluegrass band, 9pm, Snowline Hotel, Harrietville
- The Beechworth Theatre Company presents Murdered to Death by Peter Gordon, a comedy in two acts — Gala Opening Night, 8pm, Beechworth Servicemen’s Memorial Hall, Beechworth
- Romeo and Juliet — ballet and play, 6.30pm, play, 8pm, Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre, Benalla
- James Blundell, 9pm, Corowa RSL Club, Corowa
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- The Border Mail HotHouse Theatre Season 2014: Letters from the Border, 8pm, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga
- Hilltop Hoods: Cosby Sweater tour with Thundamentals, K21 and DJ Morgs, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Albury
- The Spring Rhythm Old-Time Social Dance — diabetes kids camp fund-raiser, 7.30pm to 11.30pm, St Peter’s Lutheran Hall, Lavington
- Travis Collins, 8pm, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thurgoona
- Bizarre Gazzard stage hypnotism show plus stand-up comedian Adam “Chicken” Palmer, 8pm, Howlong Country Golf Club, Howlong
- Tintaldra Store 150th Anniversary Celebrations: Old Time Dance, Tintaldra Hall, Tintaldra
- Cudgewa State School Historic Reunion: buffet dinner, supper dance, historic displays, children’s activities, past teachers and principals, wine tastings, helicopter joy flights, charity auction and more, various Cudgewa locations
- MountainGrass: Australia’s national Bluegrass and Old-time Music Festival, Harrietville — see mountainggrass.com.au
Beechworth bluegrass and old time music band Kissin' Cousins. Picture: MARK JESSER
- Kissin’ Cousins, Beechworth bluegrass band, 2pm, Harrietville Community Hall, Harrietville
- Pete Denahy, Yackandandah bluegrass singer and fiddler, 3.50pm, Harrietville Hotel, Harrietville
- The Beechworth Theatre Company presents Murdered to Death by Peter Gordon, a comedy in two acts — theatre restaurant (BYO food and drinks), 8pm, Beechworth Servicemen’s Memorial Hall, Beechworth
- Romeo and Juliet — ballet and play, 2pm, play, 6.30pm, Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre, Benalla
- La Dolce Vita Festival, King Valley Wineries, King Valley - see winesofthekingvalley.com.au
- Born2Perform Wangaratta presents QA Night at the Movies, noon and 6.30pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta
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- Music in the Gardens: David Hyams' Miles to Go Trio, 1pm to 3pm, Albury Botanic Gardens, Albury
- Tintaldra Store 150th Anniversary Celebrations: includes a re-enactment of the store opening, Tintaldra, Tintaldra
- Cudgewa State School Historic Reunion: buffet dinner, supper dance, historic displays, children’s activities, past teachers and principals, wine tastings, helicopter joy flights, charity auction and more, various Cudgewa locations
Two of the members of US bluegrass masters The Special Consensus.
- MountainGrass: Australia’s national Bluegrass and Old-time Music Festival, Harrietville featuring US bluegrass band The Special Consensus — see mountainggrass.com.au
- La Dolce Vita Festival, King Valley Wineries, King Valley - see winesofthekingvalley.com.au
- Rockabilly Jump Band, Empire Hotel, Beechworth
- Mansfield Show
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- Free Morning Show: Roland Storm — Australian Ambassador of Rock’n’Roll, 10.30am, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
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- Wangaratta High School Music Department End of Year Concert, 7pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta
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- The Border Mail HotHouse Theatre Season 2014: Letters from the Border, 8pm, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga
- Friends of the Benalla Art Gallery November Prom Concerts: Wangaratta Strings, 5.30pm, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla
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- Albury-Wodonga Theatre Company presents Ma Baker’s Tonic — the hilarious gangsters and flappers theatre restaurant, Albury-Wodonga Theatre Company, South Albury
- The Border Mail HotHouse Theatre Season 2014: Letters from the Border, 8pm, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga
- The Beechworth Theatre Company presents Murdered to Death by Peter Gordon, a comedy in two acts — theatre restaurant (BYO food and drinks), 8pm, Beechworth Servicemen’s Memorial Hall, Beechworth
- Wangaratta Players junior Youth Production group presents The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, 7pm, Stage Door Studio, Wangaratta
- Cafe Culture Series: The Wild Women Show with Kelly Auty, 8pm, Vine Hotel, Wangaratta
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- Dreaming of Summer hosted by Wodonga Institute of TAFE — Albury-Wodonga Regional Foodshare fund-raiser: Live music by Korey Livy and Wedding Crashers Entertainment plus food, wine, cider, children’s rides, exhibitions, summer gardening advice, market stalls, photography tasters, tree climbing, kids on campus tours, coffee-making workshops, raffle with $10 in prizes and more, 11am to 5pm, McKoy Street Campus, Wodonga Institute of TAFE, Wodonga
- Wodonga Bluesfest: Dog Gone South, noon; Geoff Achison, 1.15pm; Lloyd Spiegel, 2.30pm; Phil Manning, 3.45pm; Fiona Boyes, 5pm; Blue Eyes Cry, 6.15pm; Sweet Felicia and The Honey Tones, 7.30pm; Collard Greens and Gravy, 8.45pm; Geoff Achison and The Souldiggers, 10pm to midnight, Edwards Tavern, Wodonga
- Albury-Wodonga Theatre Company presents Ma Baker’s Tonic — the hilarious gangsters and flappers theatre restaurant, Albury-Wodonga Theatre Company, South Albury
- Women in Chamber Gala Event featuring special guest Catriona Rowntree, 7pm, Huon Hill, Wodonga
- The Border Mail HotHouse Theatre Season 2014: Letters from the Border, 3pm and 8pm, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga
- Mount Beauty Community Band End of Year Concert, 8pm to 10pm, Mount Beauty Community Centre, Mount Beauty
- Cafe Culture Series: The Wild Women Show with Kelly Auty, 8pm, Bright Art Gallery, Bright
- The Beechworth Theatre Company presents Murdered to Death by Peter Gordon, a comedy in two acts, 2pm, Beechworth Servicemen’s Memorial Hall, Beechworth
- Eric Bogle, 8.30pm (dinner from 6pm), Hotel Nicholas, Beechworth
- Wangaratta Players junior Youth Production group presents The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, 2pm, Stage Door Studio, Wangaratta
- Andrew Wishart (over-18s event), Corowa RSL Club, Corowa
- The Katy Perry and Robbie Williams Show, Mulwala Waterski Club, Mulwala
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Wodonga Bluesfest headliner Jeff Lang.
- Wodonga Bluesfest: Dog Gone South, noon; Ian Collard, 1.15pm; Mike Elrington, 2.30pm; Claude Hay, 3.45pm; Acoustic Jam: Geoff Achison, Phil Manning, Fiona Boyes and Lloyd Spiegel; Jeff Lang, 7.15pm to 8.45pm, Edwards Tavern, Wodonga
- Cafe Culture Series: The Wild Women Show with Kelly Auty, 5pm, Arts Space Wodonga
- 2014 Festival of Fun for Kids — a day of family entertainment, 10am to 3pm, Corowa Racecourse, Corowa
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- Arts Space Echoes: Miriam Briggs, piano, 10.30am, Arts Space Wodonga
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- Free Morning Show: Pete Denahy — Comedy and Bluegrass Live, 10.30am, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
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- The Inaugural Wodonga Gold Cup Ladies’ Lunch — hosted by Kerri-Anne Kennerley: Fashion, including prizes for the most beautifully dressed lady of the day and most fabulous hat plus food and bubbly, noon to 3pm, Huon Room, Huon Hill, Wodonga
- The Border Mail HotHouse Theatre Season 2014: Letters from the Border, 8pm, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga
- Dave Hughes: Pointless, 7.30pm, Albury Entertainment Centre, Albury
- Col Elliott: Australia’s Resident Madman, Deniliquin RSL Club, Deniliquin
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- Wodonga Gold Cup, Wodonga Racecourse
- Albury-Wodonga Theatre Company presents Ma Baker’s Tonic — the hilarious gangsters and flappers theatre restaurant, Albury-Wodonga Theatre Company, South Albury
- The Border Mail HotHouse Theatre Season 2014: Letters from the Border, 8pm, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga
- Mental As Anything, 9pm, SS&A Albury
- Christmas Celebration: Entertainment with Maurice Milani — canapes on the balcony, The Ablett Function Centre, Myrtleford
- Danzworx presents Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta
- Benalla Theatre Company: A Night of Entertainment, Raffetys Reception Centre, Benalla
- Paradise Festival 2014, Thoona
- Col Elliott: Australia’s Resident Madman, Corowa RSL Club
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- Doll, Bear and Hobby Show, 10am to 4pm, Mirambeena Community Centre, Lavington
- RACV Great Victorian Bike Ride begins, Hovell Tree Park, Albury
- Albury-Wodonga Theatre Company presents Ma Baker’s Tonic — the hilarious gangsters and flappers theatre restaurant, Albury-Wodonga Theatre Company, South Albury
- The Border Mail HotHouse Theatre Season 2014: Letters from the Border, 3pm and 8pm, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga
- Murray Conservatorium Orchestra: Swoon — majestic and rousing orchestral classics, 7.30pm, The Cube Wodonga
- Anh Do — The Happiest Refugee Alive!, 8pm, Albury Entertainment Centre, Albury
- Harvest’n’Graze Festival: James Reyne, The Black Sorrows, Ross Wilson, Jason Singh (Taxiride) plus food and wine stalls, cooking, children’s activities, Howitt Park, Bright
- Virtuoso — A Homage to my Ancestors: Matthew Fagan, classical guitarist, 7.30pm, Christ Church Beechworth
- Danzworx presents Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta
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- Doll, Bear and Hobby Show, 10am to 4pm, Mirambeena Community Centre, Lavington
- Pulsate Dance Academy presents The Wrong Spell, 3pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta
DECEMBER
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- Surprise Christmas Show, 11am, Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre, Benalla
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- Christmas Countdown Dinner Show: Favourite his of rock, pop and disco, 6.30pm, Albury Entertainment Centre, Albury
- Festival of Folk, Rhythm and Life, Eldorado
- Christmas with Lazy Harry and Friends, meal 6pm, show 8pm, Vine Hotel, Wangaratta
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Creedence Clearwater Recycled
- Creedence Clearwater Recycled: Christmas Dinner and Show, 7pm, auditorium, Commercial Club, Albury
- Festival of Folk, Rhythm and Life, Eldorado
- Beechworth Community Christmas Celebration – phone 0428 565 195 for details
- Music on the Murray: Kate Delaney, noon to 4pm, St Leonards Vineyard, Wahgunyah
- Scarecrow — The John Mellencamp Show, Mulwala Waterski Club, Mulwala
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- Allday with special guests WZRDKID, Paddy’s, Albury
- Beechworth Community Christmas Celebration – phone 0428 565 195 for details
- Festival of Folk, Rhythm and Life, Eldorado
- Ostinato community choir presents Celebrating Christmas: Remember the Christmas Truce 1914, 2.30pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta
- Carols by Candlelight, 7.30pm, Town Hall Gardens, Beechworth
- Carols by the Creek, noon to 4pm, Pfeiffer Wines, Wahgunyah
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- Beechworth Community Christmas Celebration – phone 0428 565 195 for details
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- Beechworth Community Christmas Celebration – phone 0428 565 195 for details
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- Beechworth Community Christmas Celebration – phone 0428 565 195 for details
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- QEII Markets, 5pm to 8pm, QEII Square, Albury
- Beechworth Community Christmas Celebration – phone 0428 565 195 for details
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- Beechworth Community Christmas Celebration – phone 0428 565 195 for details
- Christmas Countdown Dinner Show Extravaganza: Number One Hits of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s — pop, rock and disco, 7pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta
- Rutherglen Carols by Candlelight, 6pm (8pm traditional carols), Lions Park, Rutherglen
- The Biggest Ever Christmas Party: Food, entertainment and unlimited beverage package, 7pm to midnight, All Saints Estate, Wahgunyah
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- The Beach Boyz: Christmas Dinner and Show, 7pm, auditorium, Commercial Club, Albury
- Beechworth Community Christmas Celebration – phone 0428 565 195 for details
- INXSive, Mulwala Waterski Club, Mulwala
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- Wodonga Carols By Candlelight, Birallee Park, Wodonga
- Beechworth Community Christmas Celebration – phone 0428 565 195 for details
ALBURY LIBRARY MUSEUM
- BEHIND THE LINES: THE YEAR’S BEST POLITICAL CARTOONS 2013 (UNTIL DECEMBER 14): 2013 will be remembered as a year of challenges for Australia’s political leaders, drama for their constituents, and endless inspiration for the nation’s cartoonists. Behind the Lines 2013 tells the tale of broken parliamentary alliances, caucus instability, leadership spills, prime ministerial change, corruption scandals, cabinet reshuffles, policies and opinion polls. Enjoy this selection of works from Australia’s best political cartoonists, chosen from almost 900 submissions, as well as cartoons from the Museum of Australian Democracy’s own collection.
This travelling exhibition from the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians. Free entry.
Note: The Albury Library Museum's historical exhibitions are listed in the History section below.
ALBURY REGIONAL ART GALLERY
- TEMPORARILY CLOSED (RE-OPENING JUNE 2015): After 32 years, the Albury Art Gallery has temporarily closed its doors to make way for a $10.5 million redevelopment to be known once more as the Albury Regional Art Gallery. For more information about the gallery’s history, and its future, go to alburycity.nsw.gov.au/leisure-and-culture/albury-regional-art-gallery/redevelopment-plans.
LAVINGTON LIBRARY
- LAZY LIONS LOUNGING IN THE LAVINGTON LIBRARY (UNTIL NOVEMBER 16): Join the lazy lions from renowned author Graeme Bases’ award-winning book Animalia and experience this beautiful exhibition of limited print illustrations from many well-loved Australian children’s picture books. The exhibition showcases a range of illustration media and techniques, awakening in us all the joy of storytelling through illustrations. Lazy Lions Lounging should thrill and delight people of all ages.
Adela Sommer Picture: DAVID THORPE
ARTS SPACE WODONGA
- KISS MY ART (UNTIL NOVEMBER 8): Adele Sommer reflects joyfully upon her past experiences of love gained and love lost. This energetic visual display of semi-abstract acrylic paintings highlights the benefits of broken hearts, emotional exchanges and life experience that have informed the works in this exhibition. For more information phone (02) 6022 9350. Free entry.
CREATORS ARTSPACE, WODONGA
- TRUDEWIND ART EXHIBITION: DOG DAYS – NAN HOYSTED (NOVEMBER 5 TO 12)
- 9” BY 5” IMPRESSION EXHIBITION (UNTIL NOVEMBER 30): See small-scale paintings reminiscent of those exhibited in the famous early Australian Impressionist Exhibition that featured artists including Arthur Streeton and Tom Roberts. The works painted on cigar box lids. However, this Albury-Wodonga Artists Society (AWAS) exhibition will display varied styles and subjects that reflect the wide interests of the members of the society. Our poster is based on the original poster designed by artist Charles Conder for the 1889 exhibition. It features a woman entangled in binding, symbolic of the binding of conventions. The early Impressionists broke with traditional realist style, paving the way in Australia for all the Modernist styles we see in 20th century art and the amazing variety of styles we see hanging on contemporary gallery walls. Free entry. The Paintbox Gallery in is Gateway Village, Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga. Open 10am to 4pm Tuesday to Sunday 10am-4pm.
GATEWAY ISLAND INFORMATION CENTRE, WODONGA
- GREEN SPACES PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION (UNTIL NOVEMBER 9): Parklands Albury Wodonga has invited local photography enthusiasts to submit photographs that showcase and celebrate the natural beauty of the region’s local green places and open spaces — photos within 50 kilometres of Albury-Wodonga. Go to http://www.parklands-alburywodonga.org.au/news/events/2014717172196.htm for more information or phone (02) 6023 6714.
GIGS ART GALLERY
10 DAYS-10 WORKS-10 YEARS EXHIBITION (NOVEMBER 7 TO 16):
- A showcase of all of the winning works of the Arts Wodonga Hume Bank Acquisitive Contemporary Art Award. Usually housed at the Hume Bank, these works will be shown together in public for the first time and celebrate Hume Bank’s support for the arts over the past 10 years. On display will also be some of these artists’ more recent works in the adjoining consignment gallery: 2004 - David Jones, 2005 - Bronwyn Cossor, 2006 - Stephen Anderson, 2007 - Nan Hoysted, 2008 - Lynne Gasperov, 2009 - Stephen Anderson, 2010 - Linda Fish, 2011 - Rita Lazauskas, 2012 - Ken Raff and 2013 - Susie Losch. Official opening: 5.30pm Friday, November 7. Open Tuesday to Sunday. GIGS Art Gallery is in Gateway Village on the Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga. Information: artswodonga.org.au.
SPIRITUS GALLERY, YACKANDANDAH
- SOUL SPECTRUM (UNTIL NOVEMBER 9): Michael Laubli combines his imagination and sculpting talents with engines parts in this unique exhibition. Spiritus Gallery is at 1 High Street, Yackandandah. See spitritusgallery.com.au
YACK STATION, YACKANDANDAH
- YACKANDANDAH ARTISTS ON SHOW (OPEN TUESDAYS TO SUNDAYS): Yack Station was created to provide a practical space for artists to work and a destination for visitors to watch art being made and purchase the original pieces. The tranquil location is the site of the old Yackandandah Railway Station which is no longer operational as a railway station. Future plans include a railway museum to become an integral part of Yack Station paying homage to the town’s cultural history. The end result will be artist work spaces and art gallery, a market style area for visitors to watch talented artists create their pieces and an educational, cultural experience at the Railway Museum. Stage one is complete with artists on site and visitors increasing daily. It’s a must-see destination for artists, tourists and cultural history enthusiasts. Open 11am to 3pm Tuesday to Sunday. You can find Yack Station at 6 Turntable Lane, off Railway Avenue, Yackandandah. For more information go to yackstation.com.
YACKANDANDAH COURTHOUSE
- FRESH AND UNFRAMED YACKANDANDAH (UNTIL NOVEMBER 9): Snap up an original artwork for $200 or less at this annual showcase of work by local artists. Phone (02) 6027 1819 or go to arts.yackandandah.com.
THE GALLERY STUDIO, CHILTERN
- LOCAL ARTWORKS (OPEN DAILY EXCEPT TUESDAYS AND MOST SATURDAYS): Works by Meaghan Louise and local and regional artists, with an eclectic mix of quirky handmade gifts, garden art sculptures, unique glass art and jewellery. The Gallery Studio and Craft Room is at 19-21 Conness Street, Chiltern and is open from 10am to 4pm.
THE POTTED CUMQUAT, TALLANGATTA
- CHRISTMAS EVENING (NOVEMBER 7): Showcasing Tallangatta artists and local designers Belinda Fraser, Bubba Sook and Jenny Forrest-Girl on a Pony Vintage, 4pm to 8pm Friday, November 7. Phone Debra on 0418 482 285 for more information. Complimentary bubbles, wines and tasty treats.
KHANCOBAN ARTISAN GALLERY AND WORKSHOP
- ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION AND SALE (OPEN DAILY): Local artists and craft people are invited to display and sell their creations in this gallery, which can be found in the Khancoban General Store. The workshop is opposite, in the Community Technology Centre. Twenty per cent of sales fund local events programs. To find out more phone Ann-Maree de Wit on (02) 6076 9099 or email her at annalby57@gmail.com or phone Louise Werrett on (02) 6076 9408. Open daily.
MOUNT BEAUTY LIBRARY
- MOUNT BEAUTY ART GROUP WORKS (ONGOING): The Mount Beauty Library now features a rotating display of works by members of the Mount Beauty Art Group. The artworks are available for purchase from the artists. The Mount Beauty Art group meets from 10am to 4pm every Thursday at the Alex McCullough Hall in Mount Beauty with new members always welcome. Go to mtbeauty.com/art group for more information.
BRIGHT ART GALLERY
- TIME AND PLACE 2 (UNTIL NOVEMBER 14): Bright Art Gallery presents another spectacular exhibition of Aboriginal art never before seen in North East Victoria. Works have been selected from the very best of the Dreamtime Lo Spirito Dell’Arte Aborigena exhibition shown in Italy in 2011. This exhibition was the largest and most diversified exhibition of indigenous art ever shown overseas. To view images of artworks and set up of the Italian exhibition visit istitutoculturasiciliaustralia.org. The artworks included in Time and Place 2’ have been described by the Koori Heritage Trust and the Australian Museum as modern aboriginal art representative of many regions and styles, cutting edge art that represents traditional stories expressed in a contemporary style and art that includes established artists as well as urban artists breaking new ground in their interpretation of their culture. Artists include Mary McLean and Eunice Napangard, Djambu Barra Barra (who combines cross-hatching with modern acrylics) and Billy Doolan whose unique stories and style has become familiar to many in Bright. Open 10am to 4pm Monday to Thursday. Bright Art Gallery is at 28 Mountbatten Avenue, Bright. Entry: $5. Phone (03) 5750 1600 or go to brightartgallery.org.au.
OLD SCHOOL HOUSE GALLERY, BEECHWORTH
- WORKS BY LOCAL ARTISANS (OPEN DAILY): North East painters, jewellery makers, textile artists, woodworkers, glass artists and more display their works in the 1863 building that once housed a school. 1 Loch Street. Open 10am to 4pm daily. Visit oldschoolhousegallery.biz.
WANGARATTA ART GALLERY
- JAZZ AND BLUES INTERPRETED (UNTIL NOVEMBER 9): Twenty regional artists were invited to participate in this exciting exhibition project, each presenting their own interpretation of jazz and blues music. Get involved and have some creative fun in an interactive Jazz Art space over the jazz festival weekend.
- NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE 2014: A NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY TOURING EXHIBITION (UNTIL DECEMBER 4): Wangaratta is the only Victorian host venue for The National Photographic Portrait Prize 2014, an annual exhibition by the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra intended to promote the very best in contemporary photographic portraiture by both professional and aspiring Australian photographers. This year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize attracted more than 1400 entries. National Portrait Gallery curator Dr Sarah Engledow, National Portrait Gallery senior curator Dr Chris Chapman and guest judge, acclaimed Australian photographer Greg Weight, selected the final 45 portraits that make up the exhibition.
10 TO 4 GALLERY, GLENROWAN
- LOCAL ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE (OPEN DAILY): Enjoy a diverse variety of textiles and wood, iron and other handcrafted items created by local artists and craftspeople. The gallery is at 32 Gladstone Street, Glenrowan and is open from 10am to 4pm.
BENALLA ART GALLERY
- WARLUKURLANGU — ARTISTS OF YUENDUMU (UNTIL NOVEMBER 23): Located three hours west of Alice Springs, Warlukurlangu Artists’ Aboriginal Corporation is one of the longest running and most successful Aboriginal-owned art centres in Central Australia. Warlukurlangu means ‘belonging to fire’ in the local language, Warlpiri, and is named for a fire dreaming site west of Yuendumu. See this exhibition of Warlukurlangu artists and their gloriously colourful acrylic paintings. A series of interactive workshops for adults and children will be run in collaboration with Indigenous artists from the area.
- TRADITIONALISTS OF AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE PAINTING (UNTIL FEBRUARY 15): An exhibition of landscapes from the school of Australian Impressionism. The images of Australia’s landscape have touched the imaginations of artists for centuries. It was a key source of inspiration to artists of the nineteenth and 20th century and they produced a large volume of work depicting people, places and landscapes using ‘impressionist’ techniques with quick, broad strokes to capture the light and colour they saw as they painted. The paintings and watercolours in this exhibition are drawn from the Alec Cato Collection, Wesley College, Melbourne and the Benalla Art Gallery Collection. Australian painters include Arthur Streeton, Frederick McCubbin, Tom Roberts, Hans Heysen , Penleigh Boyd and others as they travelled to all to all four corners of Australia. The works on display have rarely been exhibited. Floor talks by Kenneth Park, Curator of Collections at Wesley College are scheduled to take place during the exhibition.
Benalla Festival 2014 hay bale art.
VARIOUS BENALLA AND DISTRICT LOCATIONS
- HAY BALE ART COMPETITION (UNTIL NOVEMBER 9): This Benalla Festival 2014 Hay Bale Art competition has attracted with 31 entries. People can download a touring map and vote for their favourites. You can see some pictures of them on the festival Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Benalla-Festival/268785386496713. See them at Devenish Rd, Devenish: a Minion from Despicable me - "A ‘Minion’ reasons to Davies at Devenish Open live near Devenish”; Boxwood Road, Devenish - Wise Old Owl Anna Little Open; 24 Boxwood Road, Devenish - Ipsy, Wipsy Spider, Colin and Olive Hooper Open Goorambat at the Oval - a combine harvester and a tractor, almost to 1:1 scale; Moorngag Hall - a giant wine bottle; and Benalla Airport - a road grader.
TATONG MEMORIAL HALL, TATONG
- REGIONAL ART SHOW (UNTIL NOVEMBER 9) - Original works in oil, acrylic watercolour, gouache pastel, photography and mixed media. Gala opening night 6.30pm, Friday, October 31 with complimentary beverage and supper ($10 entry). Open daily 1pm to 7pm.
COROWA ARTS SPACE
- COROWA COLLECTION (OPEN DAILY) - The Corowa Collection showcases the prize winners in all sections of the annual Federation Art Show that have been acquired by the Federation Art Show Committee and held in trust by Corowa Council for the past 14 years. This is the first time that these art works have been displayed together as a collection and for many of these works it is the first time they have been on public display. The gallery is open 11am to 4pm weekdays, 11am to 3pm Saturdays and 11am to 1pm Sundays.
GALLERY 294, COROWA
- MODERN VINTAGE (UNTIL NOVEMBER 30) - An exhibition of still life art and vintage fashion by Chiltern artist Meaghan Aitchison (Meaghan Louise). Meaghan was raised and educated in Corowa and has a degree in Fine Arts. She has owned and run the DCI (Dream, Create, Inspire) Art Gallery in Chiltern for the last six years, recently closing the gallery to give herself more flexibility and spend more time working in her home studio. Her exhibition features still lifes and flowers, inspired by old vases from the antique shops of Chiltern, as well as her unique range of new “vintage” clothing designed and made by Meaghan Louise and based on the materials and patterns of old. She says of her work: “The message…is simple and direct. It’s all about finding beauty, expressing an atmosphere and creating an aura”. Further information on Meaghan Louise’s artwork can be found on her website www.dciarts.com. Gallery 294 is at 294 Honour Avenue (the Albury road), Corowa, and is open daily from 10am to 4pm. For more information, visit gallery294.org.au or phone (02) 6033 5086.
VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITIONS: Email details to: play@bordermail.com.au. Listings deadline: Noon Wednesday. A fresh Border Entertainment Guide is posted every Thursday at bordermail.com.au.
Albury Library Museum
ALBURY LIBRARY MUSEUM
- RED CROSS: 100 YEARS (UNTIL MAY 31, 2015): Part of the world’s largest humanitarian movement, Red Cross has been woven into the fabric of Australian life for 100 year, responding to natural disasters, providing a blood service and everyday work to help vulnerable people. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers signed up during World War I, and by World War II Red Cross had become Australia’s largest charitable organisation. In partnership with regional Red Cross branches this compelling exhibition celebrates and remembers 100 years. Phone (02) 6023 8333 for more information.
- CROSSING PLACE: A STORY OF ALBURY (ONGOING): This compelling multimedia exhibition is on permanent display in the main galleries of the Albury Library Museum. Crossing Place uses objects, audio and film to tell the story of Albury from first contact with the Wiradjuri people, traditional owners of the land, to the city we share today. Highlights include Wiradjuri Talkback, celebrating the perspectives and traditional knowledge of the region’s Aboriginal people and The Bonegilla Story, exploring the immigration experiences of those who passed through the migrant reception centre at Bonegilla. The exhibition is told through objects, audio and film, is on permanent display in the main galleries of the Albury Library Museum. Pick up an audio tour to be guided through the exhibits while listening to stories and memories that will carry you back into Albury’s history or book a free guided tour.
ARMY MUSEUM BANDIANA
- EXTENSIVE MILITARY DISPLAY (MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS — BY APPOINTMENT): The Army Museum Bandiana is among Australia’s best army museums where 190 army vehicles, dozens of field guns, weapons, uniforms, medals and items dating back as far as the 18th century are displayed in about 5000 square metres of display space. The museum is at the Gaza Ridge Barracks, Anderson Road, Bandiana, just out of Wodonga. Open by appointment 9.30am to 4pm Monday to Saturday but not on New Year’s Day, Good Friday and Anzac Day or from December 24 to 28. Phone (02) 6055 2525.
8TH/13TH VICTORIAN MOUNTED RIFLES MUSEUM, NORTH BANDIANA
- LIGHT HORSE AND ARMOURED EXHIBITIONS (PHONE (02) 6021 2835 FOR OPENING TIMES): Located at Colonel Tom Price Lines, North Bandiana on the eastern edge of Wodonga, the 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Museum’s aim is the preservation, interpretation and display of artefacts and documents related to light horse and armoured units that make up the lineage of the 8/13 VMR. These units include the 8th (Indi) Light Horse, the 13th (Gippsland) Light Horse, the 20th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, the 2/8th Armoured Regiment, 41st, 42nd and 43rd Landing Craft Companies, the 8th Cavalry Regiment, the 13th Armoured Regiment and the 20th Motor Regiment. The focus of the new museum is an Honour Wall that was constructed with a grant from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, “Their Service-Our Heritage” Program. It features a central Commemorative Alcove watched over by a mounted light horseman, and flanked by two six-metre long uniform cabinets.
BONEGILLA MIGRANT EXPERIENCE, BONEGILLA
- MULTICULTURAL HISTORY (OPEN DAILY): With National Heritage listing, Block 19 Bonegilla has become part of the narrative of nation. A two-metre plinth on site declares the place to be ‘a symbol of post-war migration which transformed Australia’s economy, society and culture’. Twelve kilometres from Wodonga on Lake Hume, Block 19 was one of 24 similar blocks built in the Bonegilla complex as an army camp during World War II. It became the Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training centre in 1947, and housed migrants until 1971. The original camp covered a 130 hectare area. Its style of accommodation was basic with timber framed, corrugated iron army hut buildings providing staff and migrants with housing, offices and communal kitchen, dining and toilet facilities. Now, Block 19 Bonegilla is a public memory place. The site and its associated oral, written and pictorial records in the Bonegilla Collection at the Albury Library Museum bring to light post-war immigration policies and procedures that changed the composition and size of the Australian population. They provide evidence and insights into post-war migration and refugee experiences. For the migrants who spent time at the centre and their descendants, the site and its records are resources for personal, family and group histories. For Wodonga and the region, they provide a backdrop for the rich multicultural fabric of the area. For the broader Australian community, they help represent the role of Australia as the ‘host’ nation. Both the site and its records have powerful connections for many people. The Bonegilla Migrant Experience is at 82 Bonegilla Road, Bonegilla and is open seven days a week from 10am to 4pm. For more information go to bonegilla.org.au or phone (02) 6020 6912.
JINDERA PIONEER MUSEUM
- JINDERA HISTORY (OPEN OCTOBER TO APRIL): The first German settlers arrived in the Jindera area in 1867, having trekked from Adelaide in horse drawn wagons. Before they arrived, probably in the 1840s, a small wattle and daub hut was built just off the main track through town. This hut still stands at the site of the Jindera Pioneer Museum, and probably is the oldest remaining cottage or house in the Albury District. In 1874 Mr Johann Rosler and Mr Peter Wagner built a store and three room residence on this same sight. It became known as Wagner’s Store. Formed in 1967, the Jindera Pioneer and Historical Society purchased Wagner’s Store, the residence, and the grounds around the wattle and daub hut, and restored them to their original condition. It IS filled will all kinds of articles —furniture, household goods and machinery, gathered into an original and historic setting of old world architecture and charm. Wander through the fully furnished general store and residence and down to the Pioneer Slab Hut and the original wattle and daub cottage, and then on to the huge machinery shed with its large collection of farm machinery and equipment. The museum is in Urana Street, Jindera. For more information go to jinderapioneermuseum.org.au. Open daily, 10am to 4pm, October to April.
YACKANDANDAH MUSEUM
- DISPLAYS FROM YACKANDANDAH’S PAST (OPEN VARIOUS TIMES -SEE BELOW): The museum is housed in the Bank of Victoria building, 21 High Street, Yackandandah. Building began in 1860. The cottage at the rear was an original street building of the 1850s. Banking ceased in 1893. Thereafter Thomas Haig, tailor, and his family, worked and lived in the building until 1969. The collection held by the Yackandandah and District Historical Society, which is based at the museum, is a large and comprehensive collection of the many stories of this district, held in photographs, images, objects, registers, documents, letters, textiles, digital forms and research material. It is almost fully catalogued on a specific cataloguing data base, much of it is also either digitally scanned or photographed. It is always a work-in-progress, receiving deposits, creating material or updating processes. Extensions to the purpose-built storage have added necessary storage space to a building originally built in 1996. This collection is used for rotation of displays, our own publications, research and display, as well as outside requests for research, copies or access to material. Specific requests must be made by appointment to allow for retrieval or collation of material. The museum is open during Victorian school holidays and public holidays daily from 11am to 4pm and throughout the school term Wednesday to Sunday from 11am to 4pm or by appointment. For more information phone (02) 6027 0627 or go to yackandandahmuseum.wordpress.com/.
CHILTERN ATHENAEUM MUSEUM
- CHILTERN HISTORY (OPEN MOST DAYS): The present brick building was erected in 1866, replacing an earlier timber construction, and used as Council Chambers, Town Hall and Library/Reading Rooms. When the Library was relocated in 1970 many old books remained in the present building forming an interesting collection of Goldfields reading matter in the original setting. About this time the Chiltern Athenaeum Museum was formed by enthusiastic members of the public who operate the museum on a volunteer basis. See a collection of novels and publications by local authors: Henry Handel Richardson, who penned, amongst other stories, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony and The Getting of Wisdom; Mary Gaunt, daughter of Judge Gaunt, goldfields magistrate, who wrote Kirkham’s Find and several travel tales; and Wilfred Busse whose History of Chiltern gives a wonderful insight into the development of our areas. There’s also a display of memorabilia relating to Chiltern-born Sir John “Black Jack” McEwen, who became Prime Minister after the disappearance of Harold Holt and a series of paintings by Alfred William Eustace, a self-taught artist and poet, who came to this area in 1852 and was employed as a shepherd on the Eldorado Run. A First World War honour roll is a dominating feature of the Chiltern Athenaeum and forms the central point of an ongoing collection of photographs, profiles, medals, certificates and other memorabilia relating to Chiltern and district people who served in both World Wars. The Museum also houses photographic displays and an outdoor exhibition featuring our mining and agricultural past and long with microfilm of the local newspaper The Federal Standard (1859-1970), an extensive collection of local family histories and community records enable the volunteers to carry out family and historic research. Open 10am to 4pm most days and other times by appointment — phone (03) 5726 1280. The museum is at 57 Conness Street, Chiltern. Go to chilternathenaeum.com.au for more information.
STATION HOUSE MUSEUM, CULCAIRN
- CULCAIRN AND RAILWAY HISTORY (OPEN SATURDAYS OR BY APPOINTMENT): Home to seventeen stationmasters and their families from 1883-1979, the Station House is a tangible reminder of the great railway expansion of the last century. For more than a century, Station House has dominated the railway scene in Culcairn. Together with the historic Culcairn Railway Station, the complex reflects the significance of Culcairn as a major rail junction of the steam era. Culcairn is now serviced by XPT trains daily. Station House has been faithfully restored and was the winner of the 1994 Tidy Towns Award for Cultural and Heritage Protection. The two-storey brick building with its beautiful wrought iron and stairway together with the original floors and ceilings is one of the best examples of a building of its type in Australia. Station House is being refurbished with pieces from the period 1880 to 1890. Early railway memorabilia is also on display. Open 10am to 4pm Saturdays or on other days by appointment. Admission by donation. For information and bookings phone Valda Hensel on (02) 6029 8486.
DALES CELLAR MINI MUSEUM, HENTY
- TRASH AND TREASURE MEMORABLILIA (PHONE FOR OPENING HOURS): Dales Cellar Mini Museum is a collection of trash and treasure memorabilia of the past including Henty’s Manual Telephone Exchange, the first “ambulance” — a two wheeled stretcher, cash registers, jugs, irons, toasters, radios and much more. The museum is located in the cellar beneath Dales IGA Supermarket. Free entry but donations are welcome to help preserve the past. The supermarket and museum is at 9 Sladen Street, Henty. Phone: (02) 6929 3302.
HENTY OBSERVER PRINTING MUSEUM, HENTY
- NEWSPAPER HISTORY (PHONE FOR OPENING HOURS): The Henty Observer Printing Museum is housed in the original 1934 brick building of The Observer newspaper. Visitors can observe how the newspapers of yesteryear were printed and how much printing has changed since then. The museum is home to a variety of Platen machines, some pre-1900, one of the original Wharfedale printing machines of 1907, a large Miehle auto printer, linotype machines, newspaper folding machines, a guillotine and other printing memorabilia of historical interest. Free entry but donations are welcome to help preserve the past. The museum is behind Dales IGA Supermarket, 9 Sladen Street, Henty. Phone: (02) 6929 3302.
HOLBROOK SUBMARINE MUSEUM, HOLBROOK
- SUBMARINE HISTORY AND MEMORABILIA (OPEN DAILY): Up periscope and dive aboard HMAS Submarine Otway. See the original above water line superstructure of the Oberon Class submarine HMAS Otway set within beautiful parkland. There’s also a large scale model of Lt Norman Holbrook VC’s submarine BII (the town of Holbrook was named after the courageous British World War I submariner. The museum display includes an extraordinary hologram display in the 40-seat theatre in which Lt Holbrook’s wife, Mrs Gundula Holbrook, tells the fascinating story of her husbands’ brave exploits on B11 in 1914 and the subsequent change of the town’s name from Germanton to Holbrook. There are two rooms full of interesting information and artefacts including an original torpedo tube with a torpedo mounted. Sit in the officers’ wardroom and experience what it would be like to live in a submarine before going aft into the red lights of the control room and peeking through a periscope for 360-degree views of Holbrook. There’s also a photographic exhibition depicting how the Otway was transported to Holbrook and re-built in the town. HMAS Submarine Otway and the Submarine Museum are in Submarine Park, Holbrook.
WOOLPACK INN MUSEUM, HOLBROOK
- HOLBROOK’S HISTORICAL TREASURES (OPEN DAILY*): This large, unique and varied display of historical treasures includes the best collection of submarine artefacts in Australia. There’s also an exhibition on the Holbrook bypass. The Woolpack Inn Museum is a two-storey heritage listed historic building located in the main street of Holbrook. The original Woolpack Inn was opened in 1839 by John Mitten and continued trading until it was destroyed by fire in 1895. All of the items on display have been donated by local residents over many years and now fill 22 rooms, depicting life in the 19th century include bedrooms, dining room, sitting room, kitchen, pantry and laundry, along with a number of other rooms filled with interesting items from bygone years. Relocated and erected in the grounds is a drop slab school house, built in about 1872, a replica of the old Holbrook bakery, a blacksmith’s shop and a large collection of old machinery, wagons and coaches. The museum is at 83 Albury Street, Holbrook. Phone: (02) 6036 2131 or go to woolpackinn.com.au for more information. The Museum is open daily from 9.30am to 4pm at a cost of $5 per head for adults, $3 concession and $1 for children. *Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Good Friday. Catering for morning or afternoon tea or light lunch for groups of 20 or more by arrangement.
TALLANGATTA MUSEUM
- HISTORICAL TALLANGATTA (PHONE FOR OPENING TIMES): The Tallangatta and Districts Heritage Group Museum is at 75 Towong Street, Tallangatta. The group operates the museum and a shop on a voluntary basis and collects, preserves and records the history of Tallangatta district. Phone (02) 6071 2227 for more information and details of opening times.
MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER MUSEUM AND RILEY’S VILLAGE, CORRYONG
- LIVE THE LEGEND (OPEN DAILY*): Home to a diverse and colourful exhibition that celebrates the history of the Upper Murray and its people. Learn about the legend of Jack Riley. The Man from Snowy River Museum and Riley’s Village is at 103 Hansen Street, Corryong. For more information, visit manfromsnowyrivermuseum.com. Phone (02) 6076 2600. *The museum is open 10am to 4pm from September to May and from 11am to 3pm June to August but is closed on Good Friday and Christmas Day. Those interested in volunteering at the museum an contact Bob Kaighin on (02) 6076 1511.
MOUNT BEAUTY VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE
- KIEWA VALLEY HERITAGE (OPEN DAILY): The Kiewa Valley Historical Society aims to preserve and conserve the history and heritage that is unique to the Kiewa Valley and surrounding Bogong High Plains situated in North East Victoria. Through the use of permanent, and temporary exhibitions, information walls, a photo gallery, a diorama of the Bogong High Plains, a model hydro system, and two DVD screens we show the area’s history and highlights, that tell our social history, natural science areas and technological developments. The collection has many items that show the social history of how the first settlers of the Kiewa Valley and Mount Beauty lived, worked and socialised. Photos, books, farming equipment, hospital equipment, technological equipment from the Kiewa Hydro Scheme, household items, plus oral histories and genealogy records and books. Open 9am to 5pm daily. The society is at the Mount Beauty Visitor Information Centre, 31 Bogong High Plains Road, Mount Beauty. Phone (03) 5755 0596 for more information.
HARRIETVILLE HISTORICAL MUSEUM
- HISTORICAL GEMS (OPEN SUMMER PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND WEEKEND AFTERNOONS OR BY APPOINTMENT): One of the towns few surviving miner’s cottages has been relocated and lovingly restored with a new museum added on behind. You can’t miss it, with the enormous Tronoh dredge bucket and a four-headed gold mining battery out front. Learn about the early gold mining days, mountain cattlemen, ski pioneers, St Bernard’s Hospice, the building of the Hotham Road constructed completely using hand tools in the 1860s as well as the wonderful array of colourful characters who have played a part in Harrietville and district’s past. The display includes original home-made horse snowshoes used for hauling supplies up to Mount Hotham and hand-carved artefacts from the town’s old Chinese Joss House. Catch a glimpse of what daily life was like in Harrietville 100 years ago as you wander through the miner’s cottage. The museum is open on public holidays and weekend afternoons in summer or otherwise by arrangement with curator Kaye Purdon. Phone her on (03) 5759 2797. The museum is located in Athenaeum Reserve on the Great Alpine Road in Harrietville next to the Harrietville General Store. Entry is by gold coin donation and groups are welcome.
BRIGHT MUSEUM
- HISTORICAL BRIGHT (OPEN VARIOUS TIMES AND BY APPOINTMENT): The Bright and District Historical Society welcomes you the heritage-listed former Bright Railway Station, now the Bright Museum, which features rolling stock typical of that used on the old Ovens Valley Railway. The museum covers railway history, gold mining history and also the social history of the area with local family histories and a photographic collection. A large number of Chinese miners worked in the goldfields and the museum has a reconstructed Chinese Joss House based on one destroyed in the Buckland Valley and has a diverse collection of artefacts from Chinese miners. The museum is open from 2pm to 4pm every Sunday afternoon except from mid-June to early September. During the summer, Easter and September school holidays and festivals the museum is open on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday afternoons. The museum can also be opened at other times by prior arrangement by phoning the society’s secretary on (03) 5755 1949.
MYRTLEFORD OLD SCHOOL MUSEUM
- MYRTLEFORD’S PAST (OPEN SUNDAYS MAY TO SEPTEMBER OR BY APPOINTMENT): Displays include old school room, 1930's kitchen and living room, gold mining equipment, barber shop and tobacconist cabinets, newspaper printing machinery, horse-drawn agricultural machinery, farming equipment, bottle collection, military photographs and memorabilia, and sporting trophies. Genealogical research is also available with many photographs and records of historical significance including district scenery, local industries, people and events. Open 2pm to 5pm Sunday, September to May or other times by appointment. Phone (03) 5727 1417 or (03) 5752 1963 for more information.
BURKE MUSEUM, BEECHWORTH
- BEECHWORTH HISTORY (OPEN DAILY*): Originally built as the Beechworth Athenaeum in 1857, The Burke Museum is one of Australia’s oldest museums and is considered a “Museum of Museums” with its significant collections from the 1800s and contemporary internally produced and touring exhibitions. Following the death of Beechworth's former Superintendent of Police, Robert O'Hara Burke (of Burke and Wills fame) at Coopers Creek in 1861, the Athenaeum was renamed in his honour as The Robert O’Hara Burke Memorial Museum. Highlights include the RE Johns Aboriginal, Chinese and Natural History collections, The Ned Kelly Story including the Burke Museum Ned Kelly Collection plus The Street of Shops, a 19th century recreation of a Beechworth streetscape. Beechworth and the Ned Kelly story are inextricably linked. All four members of the Kelly Gang spent time in Beechworth Prison. Ned appeared in the Beechworth Courthouse on August 6, 1880 on a charge of murder. Kelly’s mother Ellen also appeared in the Beechworth Courthouse and was held in the Beechworth Prison for a short time. The Burke Museum is in Loch Street, Beechworth. Phone (03) 5728 8067 or go to burkemuseum.com.au for more information. *The museum is open daily from 10am to 5pm (last entry 4.30pm) except on Christmas Day.
STANLEY ATHENAEUM, STANLEY
- STANLEY NEW YEAR’S DAY SPORTS EXHIBITION (UNTIL JANUARY 31): See photos from the Beechworth Family Albums depicting the Stanley New Year’s Day Sports in the Stanley Athenaeum. The Stanley Athenaeum and Library is an historic brick building comprising a Main Hall and Back Room, erected in 1874. The Main Hall houses the Library, which boasts a large and diverse collection of books, housed in shelves around the building’s walls including more than 3000 volumes of fiction (adult and children’s) and non-fiction published between 1820 and 1970, including reference, biography, government, history, philosophy, poetry, politics, science and natural history and travel publications. A collection of early photographs of Stanley is also on display. The Library contains assorted historic library tables and other period furniture. The building is classified by the National Trust of Australia and is entered on the Australian Heritage Register and is used for public meetings and functions. The Stanley Athenaeum and Library is one of the few remaining locally owned public library buildings with collections in Victoria. It’s in Main Street, Stanley.The Friends of the Athenaeum meet on the third Tuesday of each month from 5.30pm at the Stanley Athenaeum. For information about open days, exhibitions and how to become a becoming a ‘Friend’ of the Athenaeum, phone (03) 5728 6594. Stanley is a 15-minute drive from Beechworth. Visit http://stanleyvictoria.com.au/community-pages/stanley-athenaeum/.
ELDORADO MUSEUM
- TIMES PAST (PHONE FOR OPENING HOURS): The Eldorado Museum holds a collection that reflects the life and times of the region from 1850 to 1950. The displays cover mining, farming and social history of Eldorado and surrounds and is housed in the old school building as well as in outside displays. The Eldorado Museum offers you an opportunity to step back in time and view life as it was from the time of the discovery of gold. The museum is at 136 Main Street, Eldorado. Phone (03) 5725 1542 for more information.
WANGARATTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM
- WANGARATTA AND NORTH EAST HISTORIC COLLECTION (OPEN SUNDAYS, TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS): The museum is operated by the Wangaratta Historical Society and is housed in the former Wangaratta Fire Station building in Ford Street. The collection features smaller items of historical significance — household, commercial, industrial, agricultural, military and more — from the Wangaratta district. There is also a collection of about 10,000 historic and recent photographs from the North East plus a collection of more than 3000 glass plate negatives taken by a former Wangaratta photographer. The lower floor of the museum comprises two display rooms and a research room while upstairs these is a storage area — approximately 160 square metres of floor space in all. In addition there are a number of items on display in the cellar of the historic Vine Hotel at North Wangaratta. For more information about the society and its museum, go to wanghistsoc.org.au. The museum is open 2pm to 5pm on Sundays and 9am to noon on Tuesdays and Fridays.
NED KELLY MEMORIAL MUSEUM, GLENROWAN
- KELLY COUNTRY HISTORY: The museum can be found at 35 Gladstone Street, Glenrowan. Phone (03) 5766 2448 for more information.
BLACKSMITH SHOP AND MUSEUM, GLENROWAN
- FARM MACHINERY FROM THE PAST (OPEN DAILY): An authentic operating blacksmith shop featuring Kelly Gang souvenirs and practical items. The museum’s focus is farm machinery from the past that has been gathered locally. The museum and shop is in Seige Street, Glenrowan.
GLENROWAN COBB & CO MUSEUM, GLENROWAN
- TRANSPORT AND KELLY HISTORY (OPEN DAILY): Explore the large underground cellar museum specialising in the story of the Kelly outbreak and other notorious Australian bushrangers. Open daily from 9am to 5.30pm. The museum is in Gladstone Street, Glenrowan. Phone (03) 5766 2409 for more information.
BENALLA AVIATION MUSEUM
- MILITARY AIR TRAINING HISTORY (OPEN WEDNESDAYS AND SUNDAYS): The Benalla Aviation Museum offers a fascinating look at Australia’s military air training history, AT the historic home of a World War II RAAF pilot training school. Attractions include a unique collection of military training aircraft, a number of which are fully operational and available for passenger flights, and many related static displays. Located in an historic Bellman Hangar at Benalla Airport, just two hours from Melbourne on the Hume Freeway, visitors to the museum are welcomed by one of our knowledgeable volunteers, who will provide a personalised tour of the facility, answering any questions you may have. The museum is open on Wednesdays and Sundays from 9am to 3pm and other times can be arranged for groups by phoning (03) 5766 2455. Entry is $5 for adults, children free. The Museum is located in the historic home of the 11 EFTS Wartime Training Unit which was stationed at Benalla from 1941 to 1945, where 80 de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moths operated from. Displays include working engines, a flight training simulator, period uniforms and photographs and a large collection of model aircraft. Among many other projects, members are restoring a Tiger Moth and have recently rebuilt a DH.100 Vampire T.33 Jet trainer for static display. Flights are also available in two fully restored ex-RAAF training aircraft — a rare de Havilland DH.84 Moth Minor and a CAC CA-25 Winjeel — as well as a Chinese trainer, the Nanchang CJ-6. Flights are available by booking directly with Mark Carr. For more information about the museum go tobenallaaviationmuseum.org.au.
BENALLA COSTUME AND PIONEER MUSEUM
- COSTUMES, ARTEFACTS AND NED KELLY (OPEN DAILY): This unique museum houses a costume collection dating from 17790, local historical artefacts and a permanent Ned Kelly story display. Benalla Costume and Pioneer Museum is open from 9am to 5pm and is at 14 Mair Street, Benalla. Phone (03) 5762 1749. For more information, visit home.vicnet.net.au/~benmus. $8 entry.
BARC HUT 11, BENALLA
- BENALLA MIGRANT CAMP EXHIBITION: This exhibition of personal photos, documents and memorabilia tells some of the stories of the 60,000 European post-war migrants who made their home at the Benalla Migrant Camp between 1949 and 1967. BARC Hut 11 is in Samaria Road. Drive into the Benalla Gliding Club entrance, follow the road past the Benalla Aviation Museum. BARC Hut 11 is the last hut on your right. For more information phone (03) 5762 6678 (after hours).
MANSFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
- MANSFIELD'S YESTERYEAR (OPEN FRIDAY TO SUNDAY AND MOST PUBLIC HOLIDAYS OR BY APPOINTMENT): Mansfield Historical Society is located at the Mansfield Railway Station at the start of Mansfield town. The society preserves and promotes the history of the Mansfield region. Its archives contain a wealth of information about the history of Mansfield and the surrounding district including genealogical information, microfiche documents, photos, memorabilia, maps and an extensive clothing collection. The society has many books and photographs of the local area that are available for purchase and has made digital copies of their hundreds of photographs, cataloguing print material and clothing collections. The society is at 175 High Street, Mansfield. Opening hours 11am to 3pm Friday, Saturday, Sunday and most public holidays, other times by appointment. Phone: (03) 5779 1094 or email mansfieldhs@bigpond.com for more information.
RUTHERGLEN COMMON SCHOOL MUSEUM
- EDUCATIONAL HISTORY (OPEN SUNDAYS OR BY APPOINTMENT): The Rutherglen Historical Society Old Common School Museum contains an early 20th century school room including old desks, artefacts, and teaching aids and there is a growing collection of school class photos. Opening hours are 1pm to 4pm Sundays or any time by appointment for research, school groups and tours. Phone the secretary on (02) 6032 9425 for more information. The museum is next to the Rutherglen Primary School, which is in Murray Street.
FEDERATION MUSEUM, COROWA
- THE BIRTHPLACE OF FEDERATION (OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY OR BY APPOINTMENT): Displays on Corowa’s role in Federation, Aboriginal artefacts including Tommy MacRae sketches, agricultural implements manufactured locally, horse-drawn vehicles and saddlery, 1900s lifestyle displays. Tom Roberts’ Shearing the Rams display and more. Open 1pm to 4pm Saturday and Sunday and by appointment. Phone (02) 6033 4041, (02) 6033 4332 or (02) 6033 2189. The museum is in Queen Street opposite the Presbyterian Church.
MAX’S MOTOR MUSEUM, COROWA
- AUTOMOTIVE HEAVEN (OPEN SATURDAY TO MONDAY OR BY APPOINTMENT TUESDAY TO FRIDAY): See vintage to modern cars and motors from all ages including oil engines and a free-standing V-12 motor. Max Maclean’s private collection is a must-see and includes cars belonging to local enthusiasts who house their cars at the museum, at the corner of Hammersley and Norseman roads, Corowa. Phone (02) 6033 1429. Entry: $5.
YARRAWONGA MULWALA PIONEER MUSEUM
- PIONEERING AUSTRALIA (OPENING HOURS BELOW): See one of the largest and most comprehensive exhibits of the early pioneering days of Australia. Housed in a spacious and modern facility, exhibits include sport and leisure, early aviation, vintage cars, dental surgery, community quilt, blacksmith’s shop and much more. Group tours by appointment. Opening Hours — Christmas to Easter: 9.30am to 1pm Wednesday to Saturday, public and school holidays and 1pm to 4.30pm Sunday. Opening Hours — Easter to Christmas: 1pm to 4.30pm Wednesday to Sunday, public and school holidays 1pm to 4.30pm. The museum is at 151 Melbourne Street, Mulwala. For more information phone (03) 5744 1402.
BERRIGAN AND DISTRICT HERITAGE MUSEUM
- BERRIGAN’S PAST (OPEN WEDNESDAY MORNINGS): The Museum features collections of a number of oral histories, Federation information, fire brigade memorabilia and material relating to the Berrigan RSL Club, including guns, medals uniforms and service records of Berrigan men and women who served in World War I and World War II. Open 9am to 11am Wednesdays.
FINLEY HISTORICAL MUSEUM AND LOG CABIN
- FINLEY DISTRICT HISTORY (OPEN MOST DAYS OR BY APPOINTMENT): The Finley Historical Museum and Log Cabin is a showcase of the heritage of the Finley District and provides the opportunity to step back in time and view those items that supported the lives of our pioneering rural families. Includes a replica of the log cabin home, which was the first permanent residence in the Finley district, at Myrtle Park in 1878. The museum and log cabin can be found at Mary Lawson Wayside Rest, Murray Street, Finley. You can also walk through the McAllister Homestead, and the original Myrtle Park School, built in 1896. Open most days or by appointment. For more information on the Museum and Log Cabin phone (03) 5883 1374 or (03) 5883 1907.
CHRYSTIE’S MUSEUM, TOCUMWAL
- TOCUMWAL’S YESTERYEAR (OPEN DAILY): Turn back the clock to the era of the classic cars, trucks, caravans, tractors and a host of other memorabilia and collectables. Highlights include working vintage cars, an old logging truck and one-of-a-kind tractors — something for everyone. Open 10am to 4pm daily. The museum is at 139 Thorburns Road, Tocumwal. Phone (03) 5874 3358 for more information.
FINLEY RAILWAY MUSEUM
- RAILWAY HISTORY: Finley was the first town selected in the 19th century for a Pioneer Railway. The rail was extended to Finley in 1898, at a time when NSW was experiencing financial difficulty. The Railways saved money by adopting the Pioneer Rail Standards for this, and some other stations that were connected at this time. The Pioneer system followed the US style to link into regional areas to boost trade and travel, but at low cost due to the harsh economic conditions of the time. Incredibly well preserved, Finley Station is one of the few Pioneer stations still standing, and is also host to the Finley Pioneer Railway Museum containing artefacts and real life railway stories. Take a guided tour with a volunteer and learn about the history of the Finley Pioneer Railway Station or simply have a look around at the on-site railway memorabilia dating back to the 1890s.
ADJACENT TO THE LIBRARY IN THE OLD PRINTERY, JERILDERIE
- CONVICTS AND BUSHRANGERS (DOING THE BOLT EXHIBITION): There is an extensive collection of exact replicas and originals including 30 storyboards and banners detailing the life of bushrangers and convicts, pistols and guns flag flown at Eureka Rebellion, Cat O’ nine tails and whipping post, shackles and locks and much more. The exhibition is housed adjacent to the Library in the Old Printery building, the historic printing office of the Jerilderie and Urana Gazette where Ned Kelly attempted to have his manifesto, The Jerilderie Letter, printed. Open by appointment only. For more information go to jerilderie.nsw.gov.au
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