Lisa Bishop Studio and Art Store
This quirky lively and very unique working Studio and Art store / Gallery is packed with a diverse range of art that will appeal to just about everyone. Lisa’s inspiration comes from the beautiful nature that surrounds the local areas and also dips into fantasy and whimsy with just a touch of darkness. The store…
Read MoreGoods Shed Craft Hub
Goods Shed Craft Hub offers a collection of arts and crafts, painting, dollmaking, many examples of sewing, embroidery, model railway museum, hard plastic modelling and scratch-built dioramas. A meeting venue for all crafters to participate in craft workshops and tutorials conducted by qualified instructors. A venue that accommodates specific exhibitions of craft created by local…
Read MoreKirrily Anderson Art Studio
Head to the Eastern end of Conness Street to find the working studio space of award-winning artist Kirrily Anderson. When not out and about painting murals, you will find Kirrily creating in her studio – a great opportunity to see an artist at work and peruse or purchase originals and prints. Studio visits are by…
Read MoreLake View House
Acclaimed Australian author Henry Handel Richardson immortalised Lake View in her trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. Built in 1870, the red brick house is furnished in period style recreating a lakeside country villa residence in a prosperous mining town. In 1876 Lake View House was home to Ethel Florence Richardson (known by her pen…
Read MoreDow’s Pharmacy
Step back into one of the few historically authentic shops in Australia with a visit to a country pharmacy. A pharmacy for over 160 years, this fascinating commercial premises was established in the mid-nineteenth century. The current building was constructed in 1868, but a pharmacy had been in operation on the site since 1859. David…
Read MoreThe Federal Standard Printing Works
Established in 1859, the Federal Standard Printing Works is one of the few substantially intact provincial newspaper printeries remaining from the gold mining era. The first proprietors were Felix Ashworth, George Boyer, and George H Mott. Within two years the Federal Standard had incorporated Rutherglen’s first newspaper, The Murray Gazette, Albury’s first newspaper, The Border…
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