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24.01.2022 Every few years there's somebody asking this question and interviewing locals, here's one of the earlier ones, featuring a few of our local legends: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-JuUtjoHR4w&feature=youtu.be

23.01.2022 Some local footy snippets... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=20pKR6De8lc&feature=share

22.01.2022 Our next street walk that was scheduled for 30th Oct has been postponed. We'll let you know when it's going ahead.

20.01.2022 Congratulations to Ray Waters, Vice President of the Upper Murray Historical Society and regular volunteer and researcher at our museum.

20.01.2022 The UMHS put on an end of year talk, tour and afternoon tea for the volunteers at the museum. We stopped at Lloyds and Towong Hall and finished at Lighthouse Crossing. A lovely day enjoyed by all.

19.01.2022 Come and see us tomorrow! Jack Riley Remembrance event in the back yard of the museum...just come through the front door...FREE admission for tomorrow morning (Thursday April 4th) Open 10am, Event runs from 11am to 11.30am.

16.01.2022 Official opening of the Great River Road project today by UMBI, Towong Shire and Helen Haines, Member for Indi. The project was part of the 2030 UM Vision. The museum was involved in providing some video snippets for some of the storyboards along the road, which goes from Bethanga to Khancoban.

13.01.2022 One for you guys

13.01.2022 Thought this might be relevant at the moment

13.01.2022 History Week celebrations this year run from 13th to 20th October....and we're launching some exciting new additions to our collection to coincide with History Week! Keep the afternoon of Sunday 13th free for a bbq, followed by a screening of some local movies from our archives that have recently been digitised! We're very excited!

12.01.2022 A beautiful and interesting afternoon touring the gardens and homesteads of Bringenbrong Station and Towong Hill Station for our end of year Volunteers' thank you. Special thanks to Ian Nankervis and John Mitchell for opening their homes and gardens for our visit.

11.01.2022 We are launching some exciting new additions to our collection to coincide with History Week! Come see some local faces from an era past. These incredible home made videos from the 60's and 70's were recently donated and digitised and we are really excited to share them. The Launch will be Sunday the 13th of October at 10am followed by a B.B.Q lunch and a 2pm screening of the Corryong Centenary Celebrations. Normal entrance fee applies.

11.01.2022 A fabulous event this morning at the museum with almost 500 people in attendance! Thank you to everybody that helped set it up or performed or helped in any other way! Feel free to share your photos of the event here because I wasn't able to take any! I did catch Geoffrey & Ralph Graham's show last night though and it was very entertaining, don't miss their other events this weekend! #manfromsnowyrivermuseum #manfromsnowyriverbushfestival #geoffreygraham... #banjopaterson #jackriley See more

10.01.2022 Room setup ready for Sunday's movies launch!! See you here at 10am!

09.01.2022 A beautiful day at the museum - and Spring is getting closer! Don't forget our Winter hours are from 1pm to 4pm...but on the 1st Sept we go back to 10am to 4pm! A working bee for volunteers to do a general cleanup on Tue 27th August...new helpers always appreciated

05.01.2022 Due to the current health situation the Man From Snowy River Museum is now closed until further notice. We hope to see you when we're back in business!

04.01.2022 The Spanish flu and Covid 19 share many of the same responses one hundred years apart. Just goes to show how important history is and that we can all learn from it and, in some cases, repeat the same mistakes! The Spanish Flu of 1919 in Australia The Spanish flu did not originate in Spain but Spain was the first country to report it. Starting at the end of WW1 the virus was spread around the world as many servicemen returned home from the war....Continue reading

04.01.2022 Our committee met recently to look at the requirements for opening the museum again. At this stage there's a long list of work to be done so opening is unlikely before 1 Sept. If you've got some spare time to help though we'd love to have some help! Anytime on Thursdays from 10am to 3pm there'll be somebody there to coordinate volunteers with the list of jobs to do. ... If you can make it we'd love to see you. Jobs include cleaning, dusting, moving items, erecting barricades, installing sanitizer stations, printing signs, measuring rooms, tidying the grounds, digitizing photos, plus more.

03.01.2022 The museum was closed due to the bushfires all of January and part of February, and then in the middle of March it was closed due to Covid19 requirements. 90% of our volunteer reception desk staff are over the age of 70 yrs. The latest government announcement has said museums can open from 1st June, but request that people over the age of 70 are not exposed to the public. There are also new requirements to put in place at the museum. The committee have decided that the museum... will stay closed for the short term. They will work hard to put in place the new procedures, hand sanitizing stations, line markings, adapting some of the exhibitions, adding new signage, and doing a good clean. Hopefully by July the museum may be able to be opened by request with a limited number of volunteers, and back to 7 days/wk by 1st September. The health and wellness of the volunteers is really important, and so is keeping the collection safe. In the meantime it has been a good time to get some maintenance and painting done. The Police Station has the roof painted, and the inside of that building will be painted shortly. Maintenance to the ramp access to the reception area and the flooring of the Cudgewa North School entry have also been undertaken. There’s always lots to do, please contact the museum if you have skills or time you would like to offer. In the meantime, follow The Man From Snowy River Museum on Facebook, or via the website (www.manfromsnowyrivermuseum.com.au), or email [email protected].

02.01.2022 Similar story from 1939, but in those fires that came through from Holbrook, the fire jumped from Mt Mittamatite to Mt Elliot and spared the township of Corryong, but not the surrounding district. The fire then burned through to the coast.

02.01.2022 Even though we're not allowed to open yet, there's still lots going on to get ready! Our Jack Riley hut replica is one of our projects, led by Brett Lee, John Williams & John Whitehead. The shingles started going on this week! ... (Ps. We have a working bee this coming Tue 6th Oct to get ready to open with covid restrictions (mainly moving and cleaning objects), please come along if you can give us an hour or 2...or 3 or 4 )

01.01.2022 Thank you to the 400 people who have liked our page! Let's keep building that number!