Chillagoe Historical Centre
Exhibits at the Chillagoe Historical Centre include a pictorial history of local smelting operations (1901-1943), large mineral samples and a detailed bottle collection, a butterfly collection, old coins and notes, old mining machinery, an entrance area paved with local marble, projectors from a local theatre, local pioneering family histories, Aboriginal and New Guinea artefacts, and old dentist's chair and cameras.
Address:
Hill Street, Chillagoe, QLD
Tel:
070947109
Hours:
8.30am-5pm daily, also by appointment for groups
Admission:
Adults $5, children $1, family $12, group discounts
Collection:
Estimated 1,000 items
Subject:
- Social History Museum
- Art
- Furniture
- Archives
- Armed Forces
- Business
- Childhood
- Domestic Items
- EducationAndSchools
- Historic People
- Organisations
- Philately
- Politics
- Religion
- Rural Life
- Social History
- Weapons Arms and Armor
- Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry
- Aviation
- Clothing, Fashion, Costume
- Communications
- Engineering
- Horse Drawn Transport
- Hunting, Fishing, Trapping
- Industry
- Instrumentation
- Lighting
- Manufacturing
- Mass Media
- Mathematics
- Medicine and Health
- Mines and Mining
- Photography
- Postal Services
- Printing
- Railways or Tramways
- Science and Technology
- Aboriginal Art
- Aboriginal Culture
- Pacific Cultures
- Torres Strait Cultures
- Natural Sciences
Items
Movie projector
Silent Movie Projector
Description:
Hand operated movie 35mm projector, retrieved from disused Mungana Theatre.
Date:
1910