“The benefit of journaling is not limited to what you produce but rather found in your experience and how you think along the way.” (John Muir Laws, 2016)
Journaling is a process that facilitates and deepens connections to everyday objects, events, and places through a combination of writing and art.
In this session, we will consider historical objects at Eskbank House Museum and reflect on both their stories and our own. No previous writing, artistic or historical skills are necessary. All you need is curiosity.
Tracie McMahon is a published writer and teacher, whose short stories have been shortlisted in local and national writing competitions. She is currently working on taking her historical fiction manuscript to publication, in between exercising her creative muscles with short stories and art. Her writing can be found online at www.themovingpen.com.au and https://lithgowlocalnews.com/
All materials and morning tea supplied.
This is a free event funded by NSW Department of Communities and Justice. The event will be followed by light refreshments
Have you ever wanted to tell your story and not been quite sure how to go about it ?
We all have stories we would like to tell and this free session will give you the inspiration and confidence you need to begin.
Louise Dean is a local and experienced Genealogy Researcher and everything you will need to get started writing your story will be provided on the day.
You just need to bring your memories and sense of humour ( and don’t forget your glasses )
All materials and morning tea supplied.
This is a free event funded by NSW Department of Communities and Justice. The event will be followed by light refreshments
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.
