Home in St George 1920-1960 Our local domestic treasures on display

Home in St George 1920-1960 will be on exhibition at Hurstville Museum & Gallery until 23 July.

This exhibition explores different aspects of domestic life in the Georges River area, from building your own house and garden to the lives of the men, women, and children who occupied them.

Excitingly, this exhibition is made up almost entirely of items from the Hurstville Museum & Gallery collection, and is the largest display of our collection to date - over 150 items have been selected from our collection of over 6000 objects. This is the first time that many of the objects have been on display inside the Museum & Gallery.

Some of the highlights from the collection that will be on display include a kerosene powered iron, a set of clockwork toys made in U.S. Zone Germany, and a beautiful beaded reticule bag, made in Czechoslovakia.

Home in St George – Open Day

As part of the Home in St George 1920-1960 exhibition, we will offer an Open Day on Saturday 8 July 2023 filled with free activities for the whole family.

The day will start with Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of New South Wales, who will open the day and share a recollection of her memories while growing up in the area. The Curator of the exhibition will be offering tours throughout the day, and we will have a permaculture talk in the afternoon. We will also have a craft station for families to create their own wooden peg doll.

Join us for a day filled with fun activities!

Saturday 8 July 2023

Hurstville Museum & Gallery

10.00am - 4.00pm

Free event

Building Recollections

How were homes designed and built in the local area between the 1920s to the 1960s?

As part of the Home in St George 1920-1960 exhibition, we would love to know if you, your family members or relatives built their own home (as owner-occupiers) in the Georges River Council area or worked in the industries of building.

Hurstville Museum & Gallery invites you to come along on Monday 17 July from 10.30am to 11.30pm, to view the exhibition and share your recollections of building and making your home during these decades. If you have photographs, documents or objects related to the design, planning or construction of your home, please bring them along too.

Free, light refreshments provided.

Monday 17 July 2023

Hurstville Museum & Gallery

10.30am - 11.30am

Free event

Visit on Council’s website for more information on the exhibition. For further information events, visit Council’s What´s On page.