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Current exhibitions
Catholic North Sydney
This Library exhibition celebrates 150 years of Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College and 30 years of Mary MacKillop Place Museum, using artefacts and archives kindly lent by both organisations. The displays tell the story of Monte, the first independent north shore girls’ school and Mary MacKillop, Australia’s first saint.
The Big Picture: North Sydney panoramas
This Heritage Centre exhibition commemorates the 150th anniversary of the ‘Holtermann Panorama’, created by Charles Bayliss in 1875. The display showcases original panoramic prints made to document and celebrate the growth of Sydney or the north shore.
Online exhibition: Hidden history of the Chinese in North Sydney
This website explores the Chinese community who lived and worked in this area, often as market gardeners and shopkeepers, from 1870 to 1932. Their personal stories help to write the Chinese back into North Sydney’s history and enrich the broader story of Sydney.
Locality: Telling North Sydney stories in objects and pictures
This Library exhibition explores various aspects of North Sydney’s history using the stories associated with intriguing objects from North Sydney Council’s historical and pictorial collection.
Online exhibition Discover at Home in North Sydney
This award-winning website explores North Sydney's history of diverse and fascinating range of dwellings dating from the first half of the 19th century through its built environment, featuring architecture, architects, builders and residents.
