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Lockhart's Greens Gunyah Museum

Locality: Lockhart, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6920 5674

Address: 39 Urana Street 2656 Lockhart, NSW, Australia

Website: https://lockhartmuseum.org

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25.01.2022 Working Bee at the museum on the weekend. Some old displays have been relocated to the Billabong building. New wall has been erected for some new displays which will shortly be open to the public.

25.01.2022 The oldest part of the museum is getting a coat of paint thanks to Blue Harper.

23.01.2022 Two Art Workshops were held on Sat & Sunday and then Monday & Tuesday in the Showroom at the museum. Some of our volunteers were able to participate.

23.01.2022 It is now 20 years since Polio was eliminated.

19.01.2022 This classic restos video features Greens Gunyah Museum. We love your video Fletch. https://www.shannons.com.au//antique-pete-the-greens-guny/ In this episode Fletch travels to Lockhart in NSW (or Greens Gunyah as it was known back in 1897) to the Greens Gunyah Museum and Doris Golder Wool Art Gallery. Opened in 1970 the Museum now resides in a new building along with several outside sheds that accommodate an array of farming machinery from what was a very productive sheep ...district in its day. The Museum captures the history of the region including the Brookong Station, a significant sheep property in the district, along with stories of notable locals including Tim Fisher the local state & federal member, and Jackson Strong, a freestyle motocross champion. But it's out the back of the Museum we meet 'Antique Pete', a local who has a long association with the Museum, in charge of the mechanical machinery. Pete takes Fletch on a tour of some of the notable vehicles on display. First, a T Model Ford acquired by the Museum some time ago from a local who had every intention of restoring but just never got around to it. Then onto the tractor section, Pete's favourite, there's a 1938 W30 International that springs into life without a problem, now that's reliability. Next is a 1927 Hart-Parr Tractor, Pete tells us it's not as powerful as the W30, but a very reliable twin-cylinder, two-speed that runs at a top speed of 3mph. That's equivalent to the walking speed of a horse. It was the first piece of machinery donated to the Museum, and one of only two that remain. Next up is a 1922 Garford Fire Truck, and as you'd expect, Pete knows the complete history and workings of the truck and a few anecdotes along the way. Antique Pete lives and breathes the Lockhart district. It's on his 900-acre property outside Lockhart that you see his real character come to life, with his collection of machinery and cars, including his beloved 1927 Dodge Four that he still drives today and of course there is a story about that too. Another colourful Australian unearthed by Fletch on his travels.

17.01.2022 Lots of visitors in town this morning.

17.01.2022 Due to increasing visitor numbers we will be opening every day, usually between 10am and 2pm. Hours may vary depending on volunteer availability.

16.01.2022 Lots of visitors at the museum this morning including members of Finley Car Club driving a variety of vehicles.

08.01.2022 Early in the development of Lockhart Township Henry (Harry) Davies opened a Blacksmith and Wheelwright business on the site in Green Street where the National Bank was later built. Later, moving to the corner of Matthew and Ferrier Streets, he expanded to become a leading maker of farm machinery, wagons and horse vehicles. His patent silt scoop is still used and Davies scoops and harrows were exported to North America. In 1912 Harry Davies obtained franchise to supply the township with electric light, using charcoal gas driven engines to drive generators, Lockhart being among the first areas electrically lighted, west of the Dividing Range. Harry Davies Drive in the Lockhart Industrial Estate is named after him. The Greens Gunyah Museum is looking for one of his silt scoops to put on display.

08.01.2022 Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. Open every other day 10am to 2pm. Merry Christmas to everybody.

06.01.2022 After a big clean last week all our display areas are open. The oldest section has been closed since March and had collected a lot of dust. First group in this area was a Bill Peach Tour on Friday.

06.01.2022 Classic Restos are filming at the Museum.

05.01.2022 While visiting Lockhart Andrew & Milla Cutler purchased a lock and engraved it then put it on the Lovelocks.

05.01.2022 Sad to hear of the passing of long time museum volunteer Barbara Buck. Her funeral will be held at Lockhart Cemetery at 10-30am Friday January 29th.

01.01.2022 Check out the Talking Machines video about the unique Hot Air Engine on display in the museum. https://lockhartmuseum.org/collection/talking-machines

Lockhart's Greens Gunyah Museum in Lockhart, New South Wales | Tourist information centre