
“The Millers’ Tales” is the Uralla Historical Society’s (UHS) newsletter. It is published quarterly, printed and posted out free to all members, sponsors, patrons and councillors. The Newsletter keeps all members informed on the latest news and up-to-date happenings at…

While delving through the files in the Stables looking for something else, one of our members came upon this story about Uralla. It had been retyped by some keen past member (in the days prior to computers). It was taken…

Our “Death of Thunderbolt” paintings collection by highly regarded regional artist, Phillip Pomroy, is one of our Museum’s most popular displays, attracting coach groups and others from far and wide for many years. Pomroy became fascinated by the legends surrounding…

Barnaby Joyce recently visited our museum with the support of a recent grant from the Australian Government for the new exhibition “A Dark Red Rose” which tells the story of WW1 soldier Cecil Stoker from Uralla. You can view the…

Uralla’s first ‘Heritage Walk’ brochure was produced in 1982, a year of big celebrations in Uralla . . . The Centenary of the arrival of the railway, and of local Government, the Official Opening of McCrossin’s Mill, and the…

Uralla’s Post Code is 2358 and thus the only town in all of Australia that fits the amazing Fibonacci number series: 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89 etc. Due to the series of unfortunate interruptions to normalcy in Uralla (and elsewhere) the brilliant and unique…

In case you missed it, the Northern Daily Leader did a big story on “Our Chinese Past Inc” this weekend about their new project. In the coming weeks their team will post more stories on each of the museums involved,…

Our International Women’s Day Official Opening and Celebration Dinner was held just in time before Covid 19 changed all our plans. On 14 March, 2020, approximately 70 guests gathered at the Mill to celebrate the Opening of our new Exhibition…

My move to Uralla in 2015 put an end to 37 years involvement with the Powerhouse Museum.I hadn’t even unpacked properly before a dear friend, also a “Museum person”, came to visit, so of course our first stop was the…

“SUNNY JIM MACKAY” Exhibition OpeningUnfortunately, this has had to be postponed until a date to be set. Guest Speaker Malcolm Knox was very understanding and has held his Qantaslink tickets over to appear at the Opening Event . . ….

It has been a long process as the committee wanted to involve as many members as possible, considering the various ideas and comments of everyone who put forward their suggestions for a slogan or logo design.Just before we were forced…