celebrating 150 years of calala house in 2025
The Museum is a collection of buildings housing Tamworth Historical Society’s vast collection of objects, photographs, agricultural equipment and ephemera which tell the story of Tamworth. On site are two original buildings, the town house of the first Mayor of Tamworth, Philip Gidley King, an original shepherd’s hut, and a number of buildings which have been moved onsite from the local area.
Amazing. Thanks to John for showing us around.
Good to see old Tamworth again.
Wonderful display and tour. We loved it. Very interesting.
What a wonderful place to come visit & see all of this wonderfully presented stuff.
Very thorough walk through history – learned a lot. Thank you.
Fabulous conducted tour by Peter.
Museum Collections
Discover how people lived, worked, celebrated, studied, ate, cooked and dressed in days long gone.
Hill Collection
Items from the Hill family, gathered by Edwin Hill in Borneo and Papua New Guinea from 1916 to 1951.
King Collection
A collection of national as well as local significance, spanning five generations of the King family.
Blacksmiths Shop
A working blacksmiths featuring items belonging to Angus Martin, blacksmith and wheelwright, Dungowan, 1909.
Stepping ashore from the Beagle on January 12, 1836, P G King, aged 18, made his way to his parent’s farm “Dunheved’ situated in what is now known as the Penrith and St Marys area of outer Sydney. He had not seen his mother for 10 years.
Tamworth’s Ison’s World War 1 cinema slides Collection of Tamworth Historical Society Image from Australian Memory of the World The…
Tamworth Historical Society is again presenting two events during 2024 Tamworth Regional Heritage Festival. The first is a look behind…