Museums

Bowraville Folk Museum | Frank Partridge VC Military Museum | Mary Boulton Pioneer Cottage & Museum | Nambucca Headland Museum

The Nambucca Valley has four remarkable museums that showcase the rich history of the valley through its extensive collections. The range of objects and articles available to view range from buttons to bombs, mowers to movie sets and everything in between including working demonstrations and interactive exhibits. All four museums have knowledgeable volunteer staff that engage visitors in the collections and make visits to the museum educational, entertaining and memorable.

All four museums have different collections but all share one characteristic -
'Appearances can be deceiving'. When viewed from the exterior all four museums look smaller than they really are! Plan to spend hours at the Bowraville Joseph & Eliza Newman Folk Museum, Bowraville's Frank Partridge VC Military Museum, Macksville's Mary Boulton's Pioneer Cottage & Museum and the Nambucca Headland Museum.
 

BOWRAVILLE FOLK MUSEUM
86 High St. Bowraville NSW 2449
PHONE: (02) 6564 8200
HOURS:
10AM - 3PM Saturday and Tuesday
10AM - 12PM Wednesday and Friday
11AM - 3PM Sunday
Open Everyday during school holidays
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BOWRAVILLE FOLK MUSEUM (Eliza & Joseph Newman Folk Museum)

The Eliza and Joseph Newman Folk Museum is home to a vast amount of memorabilia which records and commemorates the development of the Nambucca Valley. This includes an old Presbyterian Church and boarding house which was used as a set for the 1986 film "The Umbrella Woman" starring Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward, farm equipment, automobiles, and entire pioneer home settings. If it was used in the valley, chances are it can be found here.




FRANK PARTRIDGE VC MILITARY MUSEUM

Frank Partridge VC Military Museum was named after the youngest Australian militiaman who was awarded the Victoria Cross for courage under fire. It showcases an extensive collection of military memorabilia, photos and a real WWII Jeep. There is also an impressive reference library relating to the Royal Australian Navy, Army & the Air Force from the Boer war to the present day.
Entry is by donation and more information can be accessed at www.militarymuseum.org.au

FRANK PARTRIDGE VC MILITARY MUSEUM 29 High St. Bowraville NSW 2449
PHONE: 02 6564 8200
HOURS: 10AM - 3PM Monday to Friday
10AM - 12PM Saturday (or by appointment)
Phone: 02 6564 7056
Email: fpvcmuseum@tsn.cc
http://www.bowraville.org.au/frankpartridgeVCmilitarymuseum

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MARY BOULTON'S PIONEER COTTAGE & MUSEUM

River Street, Macksville (past the Police Station)
Phone: 02 6568 1280 or 02 6568 1377
Hours: Wednesday & Saturday 2.00PM - 4.00PM
or by appointment

The Mary Boulton Pioneer Cottage & Museum at Macksville features a delightful settler's cottage replica, fitted out with period furniture and household items in a cottage garden setting. While this is the focal point, the museum also has other period buildings including an old Police 'Lock-Up', hand and horse operated machinery and tools and an extensive range of objects that would interest almost everyone.
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NAMBUCCA HEADS HEADLAND MUSEUM (Nambucca District Historical Society)

 Headland (end of Liston Street), Nambucca Heads
PO Box 128, Nambucca Heads NSW 2448
Phone: 02 6568 9289 or 02 6568 6313
Web: www.here.com.au/museum
Hours: Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday 2.00 - 4.00 PM & by appointment
Admission: Adults $2.00 & Children $0.50c

Nambucca's Headland Museum is operated by the Nambucca District Historical Society and has comprehensive collections that document the area's history of the timber and shipping industries, shipwrecks and the 'Royal Tar' expedition to Paraguay, the 'Boulton Collection', fine needlework and early household memorabilia and local Gumbaynggirr cultural artefacts. Located on the headland beside the Headland Hall at the end of Liston Street Nambucca Heads, visitors can take in the maritime history and at the same time enjoy the spectacular ocean views of this great Nambucca location.



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