The raspberry canes, fig tree and plum trees need their winter prune.
Join the Eskbank Volunteers for a demonstration of pruning by Jessica Lawn, the designer of our Community Heritage Garden, an imagined 1880s kitchen garden fondly known as Mary’s Garden.
22 May 2025 – Demonstration begins at 11am and finishes with a cup of tea or coffee at about 12pm
The Community Heritage Garden was funded by a NSW Recovery and Resilience Grant after the Black Summer Fires. The garden is cared for but a small group of volunteers.
Eskbank House Museum is open Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm
This is a free event
Caring for the community, the environment and the communities heritage.
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
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
