The Eric Thomas Galley Museum (also known as the Galley Museum) is a photographic and general museum in
Driffield Street in
Queenstown.
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Tasmania museums that house records and relics from the mining communities of the past, the museum is housed in a former 1897 constructed the Imperial Hotel, which has also been a mining office and Youth Hostel.
As a repository of the historical photographs and materials from the history of Queenstown it contains collections that hold in some cases the last vestiges of the former mines and localities on the west coast.
The collection of photographs and text and materials relating to the
1912 North Mount Lyell Mining disaster is extensive.
Considerable parts of the photograph collection were photographs collected by and also processed by Eric Thomas.
An object from the museum was utilised in a 10 objects 10 stories exhibition in Hobart in 2016.
See also
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West Coast Heritage Centre
West Coast Heritage Centre (formerly known as the West Coast Pioneers Museum) is a complex of buildings and collections in Main Street of Zeehan, Tasmania in West Coast Tasmania in Australia.
The complex and centre are currently (2016) managed b ...
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Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
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Mining museums in Australia