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Moruya and District Historical Society

Locality: Moruya, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4474 3224

Address: 85 Campbell Street 2537 Moruya, NSW, Australia

Website: https://mdhsociety.com

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24.01.2022 Trouble in Nelligen Readwhy the 'Nelligenites' thought that the name of the Batemans Bay Progress Association "might be suitably altered to The Bateman’s Bay Retrogressive Association. They progress like the crab is supposed to dobackwards." Read this article and more by clicking on the link.

21.01.2022 Is the mental capacity of women equal to that of men? This was the topic of a debate in Moruya exactly 100 years ago. Luckily the affirmative team won. Click on the link to read the news from 100 years ago. https://mdhsociety.com//is-the-mental-capacity-of-women-e/

18.01.2022 'Modern foxtrots... and shimmey shakes seem to have no place on local ballroom programmes' stated the editor of the Moruya Examiner on 5 November 2020. Read this article and more on our blog. Simply click on the link..

18.01.2022 The Moruya Museum will be illuminated and open each afternoon and evening of LUMINOUS from 4:30pm-6:30pm and then 8pm-9pm. Come along, see our permanent displays as well as our two fantastic exhibitions 'ILLUMINATED: The Art of Children's Book Illustration' and 'Treasures from the Ground, Early Mining in Eurobodalla'. Our Little Book Shop will be selling quality books. Moruya Business Chamber MUSEUM AFTER DARK

17.01.2022 Bush Furniture A small set of drawers made from Kraft cheese boxes. This object is just one of our significant collection of bush furniture, mostly made out of necessity during the Great Depression of the 1930s. There is real beauty in its simplicity. #bushfurniture #depressionfurniture #makedo #ingenuity #mdhscollection #moruyamuseumcollection #significantobjects

15.01.2022 Who is the best looking man in Moruya Clarrie and Clive were the best looking men in Moruya in 1920. Can you nominate Moruya's best looking man in 2020?

13.01.2022 News from 100 years ago Douglas Fairbanks arriving in Moruya ..in the 1918 fit "Arizona' led the news 100 years ago. Read about district happenings, including this event, in this week's post. The featured photo of the museum was taken during Luminous, on 17 December 2020, almost exactly 100 years after this issue of the Moruya Examiner was published. The building would have very different at night then.

11.01.2022 Wanted: The Facebook Brains Trust to identify these children This photo from 1948 is of the Turlinjah Store with children waiting to go to school and has been sent in. High school students went to Moruya on Bartlett's bus from Bega while the primary children went to Turlinjah PS. Mr Miller was the teacher there. Surnames include: Stephens, Clarke, Crapp, Mays, Sheras, Boulch, Stilling and Martin. Can you name these students?

11.01.2022 HRH Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh 1921-2021 These commemorative plates are part of the Moruya Museum's collection and are a reminder of the way Prince Phillip has been a contstant presence in the lives of .many people for many, many years.

10.01.2022 Today Is Wattle Day This post was originally published on our blog on Wattle Day in 2013. The Golden Wattle is a truly beautiful tree! Don't forget to click on the links that take you to articles on Trove.

10.01.2022 Moruya Museum is part of LUMINOUS We are open Thursday 17 December, Friday 18 December and Saturday 19 December. As well as our regular opening hours, we will be open from 4.30pm-6.30pm and then from 8pm-9pm each day. Don't miss our latest exhibition ILLUMINATED: The Art of Children's Book Illustration Moruya Business Chamber MUSEUM AFTER DARK

09.01.2022 Buttons After reading a brief article in the Moruya Examiner of 11 December 1920 I wondered what Moruya's clergymen did with all of the buttons. Any thoughts?

09.01.2022 Read about the events that made the news 100 years ago when the Moruya Examiner was the Facebook of its day.

07.01.2022 Mr Read received 'a Roland for his Oliver' Has anyone heard the expression 'a Roland for his Oliver' before? I hadn't. Find out just what Mr Read did at the Moruya races to deserve 'a Roland' by reading the news from 100 years ago.

05.01.2022 Put 10 am on the 25 November into your diary. We have two exciting exhibitions opening.

05.01.2022 Moruya Museum goes MAD during Luminous We are open on Friday and Saturday from 4.30pm-6.30pm, and then for the lighting from 8pm-9pm. Don't miss out. The Little Book Shop will be open on Friday from 4.40pm-6.30pm. Moruya Business Chamber #thelittlebookshop #moruymuseum

03.01.2022 Opposing views expressed in The Moruya Examiner 100 years ago While Moruya's Methodist minister was preaching against spiritual shallowness, especially dancing, the bar-room and the racecourse, the editor of the Examiner wrote that pleasure is the oil of life. Who did the citizens of Moruya believe?

02.01.2022 Looking good! The exhibition ILLUMINATED: The art of children's book illustration will be installed in this wonderfully fresh space. Don't miss out.