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Otherwise known as : Great Lakes Historical Museum
Cape Street, Tuncurry, NSW, Australia

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Great Lakes Museum houses both indoor and outdoor exhibits, and collections of artefacts, photos and documents relating to past shipbuilding, fishing, farming and forestry activities in the Great Lakes of NSW, Australia. Models of many of the vessels constructed in Tuncurry and in Forster prior to the 1950's are on display.
Other exhibits include collections which record education and schools, rural life, aboriginal history, pioneer families, farming and tourism activities including the history of the Great Lakes' biggest industry, Sydney Rock Oyster farming.
The museum is open by appointment with a small fee for entry.

We are always interested to obtain historical photographs, documents, artefacts and memorabilia with a connection to the NSW, Mid North Coast, Great Lakes Region of, Australia.

We welcome your comments on photos and appreciate the provision of any related information which may add to our knowledge. This may include names of individuals in particular photos, dates and any other more specific detail.



John Wright House, From Painting by Clarrie C.
The House is today a private home having been moved in 1981 from its original location across the road from John Wright Park in Tuncurry.


Just some of the many interesting exhibits on display at the Great Lakes Historical Museum in Cape Street Tuncurry, NSW.

SS Tuncurry - Built in The Wright Shipyards at Tuncurry, NSW in 1903 - From Don Wright's painting - Artist unknown,

The SS Tuncurry - Built at the Wright Shipyards in Tuncurry in 1903 and wrecked off in Broken Bay 1916.
NB : Our Flickr Buddy Icon is the SS Tuncurry

The Great lakes
The coastal twin tourist towns of Forster and Tuncurry, set on the shores of idyllic Wallis Lake, are the largest towns within the region.
The region with all its attractions of beautiful lakes, beaches and National Parks has increasingly become a popular lifestyle holiday and retirement destination.
Historically Tuncurry had a significant wooden ship building industry which commenced around 1875 and extended till the early 1950s when steel vessels made wooden ships redundant forcing the closure of the Tuncurry's Wright Shipyards.
Sydney Rock Oyster Farming, Commercial Fishing, Tourism and Lifestyle Industries have been, and continue to be, the main contributors to the the Great lakes economy.

TERMS of IMAGE USE
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Use in blogs or forums is conditional on provision of a link back to the original site as per Flickr use policy.

Historical and Scenic photo Galleries by other photographers from the NSW Great lakes.

HISTORICAL TUNCURRY
Historical Tuncurry - Gallery 1.

HISTORICAL FORSTER
Historical Forster - Gallery 1.

SCENIC FORSTER
Scenic Forster - Gallery 1.
Scenic Forster - Gallery 2.
Scenic Forster - Gallery 3.

SCENIC TUNCURRY
Scenic Tuncurry - Gallery 1.

SCENIC GREAT LAKES
Scenic Great lakes - Gallery 1.
Scenic Great lakes - Gallery 2.

SCENIC HALLIDAYS POINT
Scenic Hallidays Point - Gallery 1

OTHER GALLERIES
Australian Motor Cycle Museum - Nabiac, NSW

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