Stage 2-3
Bathurst Rail Museum & Chifley Home
Duration: 2.5 hours Transport is required between venues.
Follow the footsteps of Ben Chifley and learn about a young farm boy became a train driver and then went on to become one of the most loved Prime Ministers of Australia.
Visit the Chifley Engine at the Bathurst Railway Station, the Bathurst Rail Museum housed in the Railway Institute building where he studied and taught, and Chifley Home, the home of Ben Chifley and his wife Elizabeth.
This tour covers content from Present and Past Family Life, the Past in the Present, Community and Remembrance and the Australian Colonies.
Museums Bathurst is a suite of public museums managed by Bathurst Regional Council, located on Wiradjuri Country. Museums Bathurst acknowledges the Wiradjuri People as the Traditional Custodians of the land in the Bathurst Region. We pay respect to Elders, past, present, and emerging and acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who live, work and play in the Bathurst region.
