Corner of Inch and Bennett Street, Lithgow, Lithgow, NSW, Australia, New South Wales 2790
Jean Cullen, long term volunteer and researcher at Eskbank House Museum, tells the stories of the trials and tribulations of the sea voyage to Australasia in the 19th Century, with reference to the colonial pioneers of the Lithgow Region.
To accompany this water travel theme the museum’s travel essential related objects and clothing will be on exhibition during September and October 2025.
What were their journeys like? Did Thomas and Mary Brown, the original owners of the Eskbank property, and Mary’s sister Wilhelmina Maxwell suffer greatly?
Please note the date has been changed from May 22nd to May 29th due to prediction of rain
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.
29 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
