Pioneer Settlement Facts for Kids

The Pioneer Settlement, in Swan Hill, Victoria, is Australia's first open-air museum, portraying life on the Murray in the era 1830-1930. It opened in 1966 as the Swan Hill Folk Museum, before being renamed, following a visit by the Queen in 1970. It contains approximately 50 replica buildings, including Masonic hall, coach-house, post office, photographic studio, original 1895 kaiserpanorama, and newspaper office. The collection also contains numerous tractors – including the first tractor ever brought to Australia – and historic vehicles, and two 19th century riverboats, including the 1876 paddlesteamer PS Gem. This vessel was towed to the site in 1963, and now functions as the main entrance and contains a restaurant.

In 1994 an act of Parliament brought the Settlement under the control of the Swan Hill City Council.

Museums and galleries in Victoria

Unclassified	Churchill Island Heritage Farm Kerrisdale Mountain Railway & Museum National Holden Motor Museum Surf World Museum Tiger Moth World

Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula	Ford Discovery Centre (closed) Geelong Art Gallery Geelong Maritime Museum Portarlington Mill National Wool Museum (Geelong) Barwon Grange The Heights Heritage House

Gippsland	Coal Creek Community Park and Museum Foster and District Historical Society Museum Coal Creek Community Park and Museum Gippsland Armed Forces Museum Gippsland Regional Maritime Museum Gippsland Vehicle Collection Lakeside Antique Machinery Museum Latrobe Regional Gallery Maffra Sugar Beet Museum Mallacoota Bunker Museum Old Gippstown Sale Historical Museum State Coal Mine

Goldfields and Macedon Ranges	Art Gallery of Ballarat Ballarat Tramway Museum Bendigo Art Gallery Buda Historic Home and Garden Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum Clunes Museum Convent Gallery Creswick Museum Golden Dragon Museum Kyneton Museum Maldon Museum Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum Post Office Gallery Smythesdale Court House Sovereign Hill St Arnaud Historical Museum The Bible Museum Worsley Cottage Complex

Melbourne	Altona Homestead Museum Ambleside Park Museum Australian Army Signals Museum Bundoora Homestead Art Centre Burrinja Cultural Centre Como House Fire Services Museum Victoria Fox Classic Car Collection Heide Museum of Modern Art HMAS Castlemaine Labassa Maroondah Art Gallery Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Melbourne Tram Museum Monash Gallery of Art Mulberry Hill (Langwarrin South, Victoria) Museo Italiano Newport Railway Museum] Rippon Lea Estate Royal Australian Army Pay Corps Museum Schramm's Cottage Complex Schwerkolt Cottage Steamrail Victoria Tasma Gallery Victorian Jazz Archive Villa Alba Warrandyte Post Office Museum Werribee Park Whitehorse Art Space Williamstown Historical Society Museum Yarra Ranges Regional Museum

Mornington Peninsula and Phillip Island	Beleura Cape Schanck Lighthouse HMAS Cerberus Museum Charlie's Arthur's Seat Auto Museum Coolart Wetlands and Homestead Reserve Dromana Historical Museum Flinders Historical Museum Hastings-Western Port Historical Society McCrae Homestead Mornington Old Post Office Museum Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery National Vietnam Veterans Museum Sorrento Museum

North and North-east	Alexandra Timber Tramway Australian Army Museum, Bandiana Australian Army Artillery Museum (closed) Beechworth Gaol Benalla Art Gallery Benalla Costume and Pioneer Museum Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre Burke Museum (Australia) Cohuna & District Historical Society Museum Echuca Historical Society Museum Eldorado Museum Forestry Heritage Museum Melbourne Tramway Museum National Alpine Museum of Australia Ned Kelly Museum Royal Australian Armoured Corps Memorial and Army Tank Museum Seymour Railway Heritage Centre Shepparton Art Museum Wangaratta Art Gallery Wangaratta Museum Yackandandah Museum Chiltern Athenaeum Chiltern Motor Museum Dow's Pharmacy Federal Standard Printing Works Lake View House

North-west	Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery Pioneer Settlement

South-west	Apollo Bay Museum Barwon Park Bass Strait Shell Museum Cape Otway Lightstation Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village Fort Queenscliff Port Fairy History Centre Portland Maritime Discovery Centre Portland Powerhouse Motor & Car Museum Queenscliffe Historical Museum Queenscliffe Maritime Museum Warrnambool Art Gallery

West	Allansford Cheese World Museum Ararat Gallery TAMA Coleraine Car Museum Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre Hamilton Art Gallery J Ward Langi Morgala Museum Mooramong Sir Reginald Ansett Transport Museum Horsham Regional Art Gallery Stawell Historical Society Museum

Yarra Valley and Yarra Ranges	Andrew Ross Museum Gulf Station Lilydale & District Historical Society Museum Mont De Lancey Homestead and Museum TarraWarra Museum of Art Upper Yarra Museum

Coordinates: 35°20′50″S 143°33′53″E / 35.3472°S 143.5646°E / -35.3472; 143.5646

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