Whitton Courthouse & Historical Museum in Whitton, New South Wales | Museum

Whitton Courthouse & Historical Museum

Locality: Whitton, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6953 6481

Address: Gogeldrie St 2705 Whitton, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.leeton.nsw.gov.au

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22.01.2022 MUSEUM IS CURRENTLY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT COVID-19 SITUATION. FEEL FREE TO PHONE ONE OF THE CONTACT NUMBERS FOR ANY INFORMATION. Group bookings & Special bookings by request. Contact us by message on this page, the contact details listed here or alternative phone number 0434060973. Volunteers of help of any kind, very welcome. Meetings are generally held on the 3rd Monday of the month.

21.01.2022 For those unable to view the link. The story will be posted later in a different format.

20.01.2022 Not actually Whitton, but of interest as part of the MIA.

20.01.2022 OPEN this weekend 10am -1pm.

17.01.2022 Full article from The Irrigator (Local Leader Article 27/6/19) There are 3 frames here, tap on each one to view in full.

16.01.2022 Hello to everyone living here and the visitors to our page. Thank you again for all your likes and lovely comments and shares to our recent photos. A lovely day... to be out and about seeing what's around the area, it's quite awhile since we have been out to Whitton and we came across this in the lovely park the story of Whitton and thought we would share it with you for those that haven't seen it ( sorry 1 story was hard to photograph) See more

15.01.2022 A final Mass of Thanksgiving for the ministry and mission of St John the Evangelist, Whitton. A fitting dedication to the memories, the love, the laughter and t...he friendship from the mother church of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. Many thanks to Fr Robert, Deacon Tim, and to Bishop Donald for a meaningful last service at St John's, and to all those who attended. Thankyou for the memories.

13.01.2022 Original photo supplied with thanks to Tanya who was an Art Deco visitor with the Early Ford V8 Club of NSW

11.01.2022 WHITTON has an ART DECO history. Following fires in 1892,1906,1914, 1923 and 1927 which destroyed most of the colonial style buildings in Benerembah St, Whitton's Main Street was rebuilt during the 1930's with Art Deco style architecture. Some of those buildings still remain there today. Museum open Sunday 10am-4pm.

09.01.2022 Moving on from Narrandera we come to Yanko, New South Wales. Yanco is known as the gateway to the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA). Just as you come arrive at... Yanco, you come across a sculpture by John Wood which celebrates this incredible irrigation story. The compass pays tribute to the engineering prowess of the Water Conservation and Irrigation commission which was tasked with developing the MIA's intricate network of canals, channels and drains to efficiently and effectively move water using predominanyly gravity. FEEDING a Nation - The MIA was the brainchild of Sir Samuel McCaughey who successfully trialed an irrigation scheme on his farm "North Yanko", now the sight of the Yanco Agricultural High School on Euroley Road. Today over 150,000 ha of land in the MIA is irrigated, forming what is Australia's premier food bowl. A statue of Sir Samual McCaughey can be found at McCaughey Park in Yanco. Continuing along Irrigation Way towards Leeton we come across a sculpture of a Stag by Tobias Bennett. This is just before you arrive at The Golden Apple. Next post we will spend some time around Leeton. Enjoy.

05.01.2022 This is the story from the Irrigator for those who are unable to view it. 2 pages, tap on each page to view in full.

04.01.2022 From The Irrigator. If you can't see full article tap on it.

03.01.2022 Look at this stunning image of our Train Station, sourced from the Australian Railway History Society (ARHS) Collection