Sutherland Shire Historical Society
​Mindful of the Past..
​Focused on the Future.



​Our Museum 
   88 Venetia Street   
​ Sylvania

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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.
Opening hours are:
Saturday 9:00- 1:00pm
Tuesday 12:00 - 4:00pm
Thursday 9:30- 1:30 pm
Except Christmas , Easter and some public holidays
Other times by appointment incl school groups, Probus, Rotary etc.
Entry $5.00pp 

​We have purchased drawers for the aboriginal room at our new museum and will be taking this opportunity to reorganise aboriginal artefacts making it  easier for visitors to understand our collection.   During this time we hope to be able to photograph and catalogue all articles and artefacts ​

email shirehistory@gmail.com

or phone 0424600150



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