Holden Wartime Production – Not Just Cars

Holden Wartime Production – Not Just Cars

From the Boer War to WWI, Holden and Frost of Adelaide, South Australia produced ammunition bandoliers, bayonet holsters, saddlebags and other leather products. However, by WWII the dynamics of the company had changed dramatically into motor vehicle assembly. During...
Keysight Technologies at the Museum Site

Keysight Technologies at the Museum Site

Article by Tony Bell No doubt some members have seen the unusual looking shipping container with Keysight Calibration Laboratory written on the side. The container has been in the south-east corner of the Museum precinct, next to the toilet block. First of all, what...
Ridgehaven Retirement Village Visit

Ridgehaven Retirement Village Visit

Today the museum had a visit from the Ridgehaven Retirement Village, which was organized by Des Page. The tour was a great success and enjoyed by all members that attended. To conclude the week of organized tours was a visit from the Northern Careers Network on the...
Army Cadet Weekend at the Museum

Army Cadet Weekend at the Museum

The museum had a highly successful visit from the Army Cadets from Keswick a couple of weeks ago. Everyone had a good time and learned plenty. We look forward to working with the Cadets again in the future. A synopsis of the visit is below: On the weekend of the 24th...
Brittany Jean Museum Visit and Photo Shoot

Brittany Jean Museum Visit and Photo Shoot

Tuesday afternoon, we had a flying visit from US model Brittany Jean. Brittany also provides care packages and supports various US and foreign military veteran organisations including Soldier On (Australia and UK) and many...
2015 Calendar Now Available

2015 Calendar Now Available

Our calendar for 2015 is now available and is in the form of a single A3 sheet printed in full colour on photo quality paper. They cost $10 each, with $5 going towards the museum building fund (a great cause!) and the remainder going towards production costs. It has...