The Kandos Museum has officially unveiled their new outdoor addition showcasing the area’s industrial history, following the completion of a major landscaping project.
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The display – on the previously unused lot next door – now highlights some of the museum’s machinery collection used in cement making.
It’s steeped in the history of the area, even the “gate” is re-purposed from a grille from the old No1 colliery, where it was rescued by Bernie George in the 1990s.
As for the boundary of the display, Kandos Museum president Buzz Sanderson said, “what else would you make a fence out of in Kandos other than cement?”
The project was the recipient of a State Goverment grant and member for Bathurst, Paul Toole, was on hand on Friday to cut the ribbon and "open the gate".
He said it’s the latest step in a major revitalisation of the Kandos Museum.
“Having been the local member for six years I can remember coming here and to see the transformation of the Kandos Museum over that time is something that has been quite amazing,” he said.
“It has now become a facility that is attractive and able to bring visitors to the area.
“And when they go in there there’s so many stories to be told about the history of Kandos, the families that come from here, and there’s been various events we’ve been able to hold at the museum because the quality that it is.
“This site next to the museum was pretty well rundown, looked pretty sad, but I’ve got to congratulate Buzz, the committee and all of the volunteers – because it’s your ideas.
“[The grant] was $13,000 but it’s been tripled or quadrupled by the time you put the amount of labour and the time that’s been given by those individuals.
“What we see today is something quite unique, you don’t see this at a lot of museums, to be able to see the machinery telling the history of Kandos and having it so well presented.”
