School Holiday Activities
School Holiday Activities are happening across the Lithgow region.
Click here to download a copy of the School Holiday Activities Guide
Change of hours for ANZAC Day 2024
Eskbank House Museum will open from 12pm to 4pm on Thursday 25 April 2024
Lest we Forget
Pictured: Post cards from the Front
Summer Market Harvest Basket Day Come and Help
The Community Heritage Garden Team shares the produce from Mary’s Garden with the community.
In the school holidays come to the museum to pick your own vegetables and help prepare for the next season’s planting. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Thursday 18 January 2024
Drop-in anytime from 11.30am to 3pm
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Voices from the past
Session 1
Deaconess Cordelia Moberly (and father) at St Paul’s, Lithgow, a presentation by Keith Painter
Cordelia Moberly served as a Deaconess at St Paul’s, Lithgow, from September 1922 to January 1924. Her father, Rev. E. G. Moberly, had preceded her as locum tenens at St Paul’s on several occasions in the early 1900s.
The Moberly family story has connections with Bishops and Archbishops, the Suttors of Bathurst, pioneering photography, discoveries at the Mitchell Library, and great tragedies.
Session 2
Discussion session on Lithgow Heritage Tourism led by Ramsay Moodie
A discussion session looking at what we have as written material supporting the sale of our history to heritage tourists and to students/prospective heritage tourists, lovers of colonial history.
History is very tangible in our region. There is much to see that is related directly to the colonial period of New South Wales/Australia’s early development. In addition, there is a wealth of written material that can be used to “tell” our story.
Heritage tourism as one element of our tourism economy has great potential for all the reasons outlined above. How do we prepare for this, how do we organise our resources in a way to ensure that we can really tell the story of our history?
Dates & Times
28 September 2023 5pm to 7pm
Cost
Free
What’s in Your Backyard – Seven Valleys Locals Day
An event especially for Seven Valleys locals, come and rediscover our magnificent home region. Show your proof of residence in the Lithgow City Council area and you will receive discounts and free entry to participating attractions on Sunday 17th September 2023.
Attractions include:
Zig Zag Railway – Concession Prices for locals
Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park – Free entry for locals
Eskbank House Museum – Free entry for locals
Hartley Historic Site – Half price Courthouse & Church tour for locals
Glen Davis Ruins Tour – Gold coin donation for locals
For all information and to book Zig Zag Railway tickets go to https://sevenvalleys.com.au/event/backyard/
These are great savings especially for locals, so get out and support these attractions by making a day of it, enjoy the spring weather and reacquaint yourself with what’s in your backyard.
Mary’s Garden, a heritage style kitchen garden – winter pruning session
Mary’s Garden is a heritage styled kitchen garden at Eskbank House Museum. This garden was designed and seasonally cared for by Arborist and Heritage Garden consultant Jessica Lawn of Arborvitae. The project was funded by NSW Recovery grant after the major bushfires of 2019/20.
As a final event for this funded project Jessica Lawn will demonstrate winter pruning for the garden fruit trees. This event is open to the Lithgow Community, and it is an invitation to come and share this wonderful peaceful space.
This event is funded by NSW Recovery Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund
Where: Eskbank House Museum Lithgow
Date: Thursday, 22 Jun 2023
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Bookings are via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/marys-garden-a-heritage-style-kitchen-garden-winter-pruning-session-tickets-653679321447
More information
Lithgow City Council https://council.lithgow.com/
Eskbank House Museum https://eskbank.lithgow.com/