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                                                                               Our museum is at 88 Venetia Street
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Our central theme SSHS’s new Venetia Street museum is ‘Old but New’. Here we highlight a selection of objects and stories reflecting this old but new history of Sutherland Shire – described in 1929 as, ‘A sort of no-man’s land between Sydney and the Illawarra’.
Museum displays highlight:
  • Aboriginal life and art
  • First contact - Captain Cook’s arrival in 1770, including Banks and botany
  • The story of Bass and Flinders
  • Early landholders in the district especially Thomas Holt
  • The Holt-Sutherland Company  
  • Farming 
  • Industry 
  • Essential services, including electricity, water, toilets, health
  • The Coming of Suburbia
  • Migrant stories 
  • Surfing and water sports
  • Science & research
  • Murder & Mayhem
  • Local government, Sutherland Shire Council 
  • Environmental disasters 



​​The Primary School curriculum is especially well catered for in the museum content and presentation.
A specialist research room contains a very comprehensive data base of suburb and general histories, books and artwork relevant to the Shire.
SUTHERLAND SHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Inc

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 email shirehistory@gmail.com



The Sutherland Shire Historical Society

Mindful of the past ..........            

   .......... Focused on the Future


  • Home
  • MAIN MENU
    • Events and Meetings calendar >
      • Heritage Festival 2022 CURIOUS
    • latest news
    • East Coast Encounters 1770
    • Sponsors and Friends
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    • Historical Research >
      • Shire History Research
    • Oral Histories
    • publications >
      • Bulletins
    • useful links
    • Committee Members
  • Walking Tours
    • Sutherland Walking Tour
    • Cronulla Walking Tour
    • Kurnell Walking Tour
  • Our Museum
    • About
    • Books,Videos and dvds
    • Museum Objects
    • Primary Schools - museum box
    • Museum gallery
    • Donations
    • Museum Location
  • photo gallery
  • Contact
  • ABOUT
  • Public Meetings