Nepean Historical Society Museum (Sorrento)
Featured Displays include:
- Treasures of Early Sorrento - Photos of the first Sorrento families and Sorrento as it used to look.
- Stories of Famous People - George Coppin, the entrepeneur, who brought the Tram to Sorrento as one of his many achievements. Harold Holt, the Prime Minister, who drowned at Cheviot Beach ....and many others
- 1803 Settlement Site - A display about the 1803 Settlement Site at Sullivan Bay, Sorrento.
- Aboriginal relics
- an original water cask from the 1803 Sullivan Bay Settlement
- beautifully displayed, authentic 19th century fashions
- household equipment
- china
- examples of early technology
- shipwreck relics
- memorabilia from early pioneering families
- models of the first ships to sail into Port Phillip Bay - 'The Lady Nelson' and 'H.M.S. Calcutta'
- model of the Sorrento Trams
- model of a limestone kiln
- The Electric Ball
Opening Hours:
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Cost:
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Location
827 Melbourne Road, Sorrento 3943 Map
✆ (03) 5984 0255
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Web Links
→ www.nepeanhistoricalsociety.asn.au