Rouse Hill Estate
Rouse Hill Estate is probably my favourite historic place in Sydney. It is run and cared for by Sydney Living Museums but is still closed at the moment due to the pandemic. Given this, I thought I’d share some photos…
Bligh: Hero or Villain
Bligh: Hero or Villain is an exhibition currently on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum. But who is Bligh? He is a part of Sydney’s colonial past but what is generally known about him really doesn’t cast him in…
Songs of Home Highlights II
Recently, the Museum of Sydney held an exhibition called Songs of Home fall about Australian musical traditions. I found that I had so many interesting artefacts and songs to share with you from the exhibition that I split my blog…
St Anne’s Church, Ryde
St Anne's Church Ryde is a lovely old sandstone building adjacent to a graveyard that contains the gravestones of First Fleeters.
Elizabeth Macarthur: A Life at the Edge of the World
Reflections on the biography, Elizabeth Macarthur: Life at the Edge of the World by Michelle Scott Tucker.
