News

The Government has announced funding to assist the South Australian Museum to purchase the Fire of Australia opal.

20 Jan 2017

The purchase of the sundial for permanent exhibition will assist in better interpretation of Port Macquarie's history as a British penal settlement and the part Port Macquarie has played within the overall theme of white settlement of Australia.
—Ms Debbie Sommers, Vice President, Port Macquarie Historical Society.

4 Aug 2015

Unique Dame Nellie memorabilia goes under the hammer

3 Apr 2015

The National Library of Australia is embarking on a ground-breaking project to conserve, catalogue and digitise 12,000 glass-plate negatives from the Fairfax photographic archive.

1 Jun 2012

The National Cultural Heritage Account helped Sydney's Powerhouse Museum buy a historically significant Wedgwood Swan Vase.

1 Feb 2012