Homemade Hot Cross buns Photo © Jacqui Newling for Sydney Living Museums
In readiness for our fun family Easter Trails we’ve been investigating Easter traditions over time, including, of course, Hot Cross Buns. Continue reading
Two boys and a girl eating slices of watermelon (detail), Sam Hood, 1930s. State Library of NSW DG ON4/3045
The ancient Egyptians valued watermelons so highly that they entombed Tutankhamen with a stash of them. In colonial NSW, that sweet ruby flesh was hardly less prized – as a story from the early years of Vaucluse estate goes to show. Continue reading
Moirs Jam jar from the Rouse Hill House storeroom. Rouse Hill House collection R74/78:4 Photo (c) Scott Hill for Sydney Living Museums
Along with 6 generations-worth of furniture, paintings, clothing and ephemera, Rouse Hill House is crammed with a rich collection of kitchenalia. Routine housekeeping of the house’s service wing provides a great opportunity to see these objects up close. Continue reading
No.2 of panorama on two sheets, 1811 (detail). Hand-coloured engraving by John Heaviside Clark after John Eyre. Museum of Sydney Collection, © Sydney Living Museums
No city is without its skyscrapers, and Sydney is no exception. All eyes seem to be on the current developments at Barangaroo on the western foreshores below Millers Point, which itself was named after the sailed flour mill run by John Leighton – known as ‘Jack the Miller’. Continue reading