Good Friday Closure 2025
Eskbank House will be closed for Good Friday on the 18th April 2025
Thelma McKenzie (1915-2019): Australian, NSW State and Local sporting career
An exhibition to celebrate women in sport for IWD2025:Marching Forward for all Women and Girls
Thelma McKenzie (nee Murden) was born at Wallerawang in 1915 and lived in Lithgow during her school years. Her adult life was spent in Annandale were she began playing cricket. Thelma McKenzie died on the 12 January 2019 in Los Angeles, USA.
This exhibition features Thelma McKenzie’s uniforms, cricket gear, photographs, and documents from her cricketing career as a member of the Australian International Women’s Cricket squad in 1948, as the regular wicketkeeper for the NSW State cricket team and for Annandale Cricket Club, and as a local sportswoman.
Thelma Murden played in the first Women’s Football game in Lithgow.
The exhibition runs from 8 March to 6 April 2025 during museum open hours Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm
Museum entry fees apply $5.50, $2.50 concession & group bookings
We celebrate the cultural diversity and rich heritage of the Lithgow LGA
Afternoon Tea with the Pollinators
Join Megan Halcroft (PhD), from Bees Business, for a ‘talk and walk’ around Eskbank House Museum gardens.
• Sunday the 19th of January 2025. From 3pm – 5.30pm
• 45-minute science-based, image-rich presentation on native bees.
• Light afternoon tea, compliments of our insect pollinators.
• Get up close and personal with our insect pollinators.
Bookings are essential:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/afternoon-tea-with-the-pollinators-tickets-1116074010409
This is a free intergenerational event, children are welcome but must be accompanied by a supervising adult
More information: Phone 02 63529123
Lithgow City Council website https://council.lithgow.com/
School Holiday Activities
School Holiday Activities are happening across the Lithgow region.
Click here to download a copy of the School Holiday Activities Guide
Marking Time: 200 Years of History in the Seven Valleys of Lithgow
1824 was a very significant year in Colonial NSW history. The Legislative Assembly met for the first time in August 1824 and the infamous declaration of Martial Law was proclaimed in August 1824.
This exhibition will feature the objects and framed works held by Eskbank House Museum with connections to our local pioneers from this colonial time period and look at some initial and continuing local participation in political activities over time.
Exhibition dates: 9 October 2024 to 1 December 2024
Eskbank House Museum is open Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 4pm. Entry fees are $5.50 full, $2.50 concession and under 6 years free
We will celebrate the cultural diversity and rich heritage of the Lithgow LGA
