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Volunteer Hette explores how engines like the Boulton and Watt Steam Engine, changed work, social structures and the lives of women and children, during the Industrial Revolution.

Image: Electric C-class Sydney tram. The C-class were the first electric trams produced in quantity for Sydney. 

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Volunteers are at the heart of our community. Both on-site and virtually, these passionate, generous and skilled individuals contribute to a Museum that fosters connection and curiosity.  These virtual talks provide access to the Museum collection and are designed to inspire conversations and evoke memories.

Join Volunteer Hette as he discusses the light box delivery Wagon used by the Wong family.

Image: American-style light box delivery wagon used by Wong family, NSW, 1870s-1916
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Volunteers are at the heart of our community. Both on-site and virtually, these passionate, generous and skilled individuals contribute to a Museum that fosters connection and curiosity.  These virtual talks provide access to the Museum collection and are designed to inspire conversations and evoke memories.

Join Volunteer Hette as he gives an informative talk on the iconic Boulton and Watt steam engine.

Image: Boulton and Watt rotative steam engine, 1785.  This is the oldest rotative steam engine in the world.Matthew Boulton's capital and entrepreneurship, and James Watt's engineering skill and prudent management, made Boulton and Watt rotative engines the first commercially successful stationary power plants that were independent of wind, water and muscle...

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Volunteers are at the heart of our community. Both on-site and virtually, these passionate, generous and skilled individuals contribute to a Museum that fosters connection and curiosity.  These virtual talks provide access to the Museum collection and are designed to inspire conversations and evoke memories.

In this podcast, volunteer Hette talks about his own memories of miniature cars and play.

Image: Dinky toy 'Shell Aviation Service' car. This toy is from a small collection of 16 pre-Second World War Dinky vehicles which illustrate design and production at a time when Dinky Toys were the market leaders in die-cast toy vehicles.
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Volunteers are at the heart of our community. Both on-site and virtually, these passionate, generous and skilled individuals contribute to a Museum that fosters connection and curiosity.  These virtual talks provide access to the Museum collection and are designed to inspire conversations and evoke memories.