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1999 Down Survey
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Frontispiece
Photograph of Australian visitors to the Museum in search of their ancestors transported to Australia in 1822.
Highlights of the Year.....
Main events of the year, commendations, exhibitions, community events.
David Haggart the murderer.....Gordon Wheeler
The life, adventures and execution of a murderer as told in a contemporary pamphlet now in the Museum.
Paintings by "Ooloo".....M. Lesley Simpson
A description of eight watercolours by Richard Douglas Perceval acquired by the Museum.
Streets apart?.....Linda McKenna
An account of the work of a rural museum in Norway the maintenance and development of a musical Archive.
The Raleagh Bible.....Allan Blackstock
Unravelling the secrets of an old bible, found in an attic...
Description of some swords, bayonets, pikes and other weapons donated to the Museum.
Catalogue of health related material and instruments in the Museum's collections.
Description and commentary on a quilt completed in 1894 in the Museum's collections.
Friends of Down Museum visit the border town and see some of its notable architecture.
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