Bingara District Historical and Military Museum

Housed in the original Post Office Hotel, which was built in 1860 from pit-sawn and hand-sewn local cypress timber, the building once had a very mixed clientele, including the 'Father of Federation', Sir Henry Parkes, and Fred Ward, the bushranger.

It was also once a blacksmith's shop and an old school room from the days when one-teacher schools were very popular among the small country towns and villages.

The museum is home to historical machinery, local memorabilia and an extensive geological collection.

The Bingara Historical Museum Complex comprises several buildings other than the Museum itself. One houses an extensive photo collection which the Bingara District Historical Society has catalogued, and another houses a fascinating collection which comprises fossils, minerals (Australia wide), sea shells and bird's eggs.

A sign Gil "Goldfinger" Craig's Gem and Mineral Museum takes pride of place on the centre wall as you enter the museum as it was Gil Craig, a local geologist, who donated the majority of the collection to the museum.

A great example of some fascinating finds in the museum is this bottle made for H J Fay, Bingara. It is no ordinary bottle, the top is sealed bar a few holes which released the liquid and in the neck of the bottle sits a marble. The only way to access the marble was to break the bottle.