Chifley
Home and
Education
Centre

Life in the 1940s

Stage 1 – Stage 3

Step back in time to life in the 1940s in the home of Prime Minister Ben Chifley and his wife Elizabeth

Using Prime Minister Ben Chifley and his home in Bathurst as the key focus – the themes include:

  • Everyday life in the 1940s
  • Life in the home: household duties; cooking; changes in domestic technology and appliances
  • Using artworks, artefacts and oral history as a means to discovering what life was like during this period

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.