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Did you know that it has been a decade since the Hon. Robyn Parker, Minister for the Environment and heritage attended the Museum to announce the listing of several of the Museum’s collection items onto the NSW State Heritage Register.   What is the heritage register? The NSW State Heritage Register was created to identify places and objects that are of significance to the state of New South Wales. These places and objects help provide us with insight to previous generations

Dennis Bros. Pty. Ltd. was founded in 1895 with the company first entering the market producing bicycles. Six years later Dennis Bros. would continue to grow and branch out into the production of cars by 1901. It would not be for another seven years until Dennis Bros. would further develop the business and diversify into the production of fire engines. Their first fire engine would be produced in 1908, using a White and Poppe petrol engine and a Gwynne turbine pump. From then