Spring Fair 2023 at Calala Cottage Museum 142 Denison Street, West Tamworth. Join us for a fun family day with craft demonstrations, sheep shearing, entertainment, barbeque, kids games, bric-a-brac and book stalls plus MORE. Entrance fee is a gold coin donation.
Please join us for the Tamworth Historical Society’s first meeting for 2024, to be held at Calala Cottage at 7:30 pm on Wednesday 21st February. All are welcome to attend and hear our resident historian Melinda Gill’s presentation on The Great White Train’s 1925 journey to promote Australian-made products. This free event will be followed […]
The next meeting of the Tamworth Historical Society will be held at the Calala Cottage Museum on Wednesday 20th March at 7:30pm. Our guest speaker this month is Gordon Holding, who will present on the growth of railways in NSW from 1850 to the early 1900s. This will be followed by a light supper, and […]
The Tamworth Historical Society will next meet at Calala Cottage Museum on Wednesday 17th April at 7:30pm. Melinda Gill will present ‘The Great White Train Part 2’ - more on the Australian-Made Preference League’s travelling promotion train. This presentation will include a section on the establishment of Berlei, which was one of the products featured […]
If you’ve ever wondered where the expression “Buckley’s Chance” comes from, our May meeting is for you! Join the Tamworth Historical Society at Calala Cottage Museum on Wednesday 15th May at 7:30pm where Mike Cashman will tell the fascinating story of convict escapee William Buckley. This free event will be followed by light supper, and […]
All are invited to join the Tamworth Historical Society (THS) at Calala Cottage Museum for our meeting on Wednesday 19th June at 7:30pm. Our talk this month is on NSW’s first Undercover Detective, Senior Sergeant Jules Pierre Rochaix, who retired in 1911. The presentation will be given by the Detective’s great-great-granddaughter, THS Member Natalie Willsallen. […]
Calala Cottage Museum is delighted to host the 2024 Travelling Quilters Challenge. This exhibition can be viewed during our opening hours, 1-4pm Friday 5th-Sunday 7th July and Friday 12th-Sunday 14th July. Free entry, come along to see the quilt show and vote for your favourite!
