In the 1897 school building adjacent to the Tin Centre, there’s a display on the social history of Derby as opposed to its mining past, including some amazing old photos. Opening hours can be patchy (volunteer staffing).
Derby Schoolhouse Museum
The East Coast
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Derby’s tin-mining heritage is on display in this architecturally impressive space, part of the Trail of the Tin Dragon tourist route (www…
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Out the back of the town visitor centre is this unexpected little museum, with more than 1000 items cataloguing the town's social and natural history…
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Nature reserve en route to Binalong Bay, loaded-up with native blooms and birdlife (yellow-tailed black cockatoos, gannets, petrels, wattlebirds,…