Code Red - Looking back at the Big W Liverpool fire of 1972
50 years ago today, on 11 October 1972, a blaze broke out in the Woolworths Family Shopping Centre in Liverpool. The structure was...
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- Sep 5
- 2 min
"Hands on History" History Week 2022
On Sunday 4th September 2022 the Museum hosted our 2022 Annual Keynote Presentation. Our guest speaker for 2022, returning by popular...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
- Aug 26
- 3 min
In Commemoration – Looking Back 100 years Ago to William Brown
Beginnings Turning back the clock, we begin in the 19th century with William Hamilton Brown born in Darlinghurst in 1897. Living most of...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
- Aug 11
- 7 min
Station Focus: South Tamworth Fire Brigade (1878 - 2020)
*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to commemorate the opening of South...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
- Jul 5
- 4 min
Station Focus: Casino Fire Brigade (1883 - 2019)
*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to commemorate the centenary of...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
- Jun 6
- 5 min
Station Focus: Carrington Fire Brigade (1888 - 2018)
*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to commemorate the centenary of...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
- May 3
- 6 min
Station Focus: Bulli Fire Brigade (1918-2019)
*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to commemorate the centenary of Bulli...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
- Apr 5
- 5 min
Station Focus: Fairfield (now Yennora) (1919 - 2016)
*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to commemorate the relocation of...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
- Mar 15
- 2 min
Station Focus: Rhodes (1921 - 2022)
*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the centenary of Rhodes...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
- Feb 8
- 4 min
The International ACCO C1600
In the lead up to the Museum’s ‘International’-themed Heritage Day this Sunday, we thought it an opportune time to take a look at an...
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