McCrossin's Mill Museum, Uralla

McCrossin's Mill Museum, Uralla

McCrossin's Mill Museum - external site, Uralla, near Armidale NSW, is owned outright and operated by Uralla Historical Society Inc. - external site, whose members all work on a voluntary basis. Housed in a restored granite and brick flour mill, McCrossin's Mill is a multi-award winning museum and gallery. Upstairs its collection of Chinese artefacts from the Rocky River goldfields and a near-complete Chinese Joss House is recognised as being of national significance. McCrossin's Mill Museum, Uralla

Chinese Joss House in the McCrossin's Mill Museum originally came from the Rocky River goldfields, Uralla. Courtesy of the Museum

The downstairs is dedicated to the story of Captain Thunderbolt (Frederick Ward), one of the last roaming bushrangers in NSW, who lived around Uralla. In addition to paintings by Philip Chauncey, artefacts belonging to Thunderbolt include the table on which his body was laid out in Uralla courthouse. McCrossin's Mill Museum, Uralla

Another exhibition 'Trickett's Triumph' tells the story of rower Ned Trickett - external site, a 'forgotten piece of Australian history' about the son of a convict who became Australia's first world champion. The museum holds Trickett's world championship rowing trophy, bought by Museum director Kent Mayo out of his own pocket after a six-year hunt, and the rower's massive headstone. McCrossin's Mill Museum, Uralla

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