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• Social Activities – Calendar

  Despite the bitterly cold weather that occurred throughout the last few winter months when many of the events were held, it did not seem to daunt the invited guests/audiences who…

  October 15, 2023

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  PARKS

  Central Park, Armidale, is one of my favourites. Age-old trees dapple the spacious lawns, the War Memorial at the very centre of this uncluttered, special, peaceful place. Settle yourself down…

  October 15, 2023

• The Chinese Temples Project and McCrossin’s Mill McCrossin’s Mill Museum and Function Centre

  Last year in the capacity of the museum collection manager I had the pleasure of working along side Paul Mc Gregor and Junita Kwok from Our Chinese Past Inc. The…

  April 1, 2023

• People Ask About the Unusual Signs on our Garden Sheds etc. So, here you go …

  BUNNINGS – Where you go to get all sorts of stuff for building exhibitions, etc.(“Lower standards are just the beginning”.)BUGGERY – The Garden Shed, you know, “way to buggery up…

  March 11, 2023

• LACE AT THE MILL
  The Curator’s perspective

  . Last November the Mill’s Spaces Make Lace exhibition was a winner in the Small Museums category of the Museums and Galleries Annual IMAGinE Awards which were held at the…

  March 11, 2023

• Australia Day Honour for our Director

  Huge congratulations to our Honorary Director who was acknowledged for his service to the community and was named in the Australia Day Honours List as a recipient of the Medal…

  February 3, 2023

• Our Constant Gardeners

  When I became a volunteer at the Mill, I had no idea of the huge amount of work that had created such a unique cultural icon from a very sad…

  October 15, 2022

• Great Work Kirk! A surprise Visit

  On a chilly June morning, I was taking it easy in a chair in front of the Mill fire and chatting to the attendant. A couple came in. He with…

  October 9, 2022

• Does Our Museum Glorify A Criminal? – Thunderbolt – Life and Legend

  Well, that depends on whether you are a woke, latte-sipping, counter-cultural, moralising history revisions or…Fred Ward, “Captain Thunderbolt”? Me? I’m in the latter category, so let me explain. When we…

  October 9, 2022

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  Spaces Make Lace: The Janice Jones Collection

  Janice Jones began collecting lace in the early 1980s and soon after she began making it. She had a keen eye and the support of respected dealers so her collection…

  September 3, 2022