TOMAREE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION

The Tomaree Museum Association has
launched the Tomaree Museum Project:

Aim

To develop a Tomaree Museum which through community and Government contributions and engagement

• Documents, Protects and Promotes the history and changing natural environment of Port Stephens 

• Identifies challenges, risks, opportunities and a sustainable future for the region

Concept

The Tomaree Museum Project Plan aims to establish a regional museum for Port Stephens on the Tomaree Peninsula

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The key steps in this plan are:

1. Gain Government and community support

2. Secure the best possible site in Port Stephens – ideally the Tomaree Lodge historical site but there other excellent options such as Fly Point, Nelson Bay.

3. Gather and secure museum treasure – build a collection of virtual and physical artefacts using all community resources

4. Develop Tomaree Museum Infrastructure

• Build a Virtual Tomaree Museum at tomareemuseum.org.au

• Protect and re-purpose any assigned historic sites – eg Tomaree Lodge, Outer Lighthouse

• Establish a new, purpose built Museum and Interpretative Centre with café and shop

• Encourage co-location of stakeholder facilities – eg NPWS Visitor Information Centre, Arts Centre, Conference Centre, Marine Parks Information Centre, PSC Visitor Centre

• Establish a roadmap to the network of other specialised Port Stephens historical and natural attractions – eg Heritage listed houses, Tomaree Coastal Walk trailhead, Tomaree Mountain trailhead, Fighter World, Inner Light Maritime Museum, Worimi Centre

For more about the Association:

The themes of the proposed regional museum include:

• Natural history and sustainability

• First Nations People – Worimi history

• European discovery and impacts

• Pioneering settlement

• Maritime history

• Naval and military history

• Industry – pastoral, fishing, mining,

• Modern development and tourism