Global Wanderers

A selection of some of the great art murals in and around Nelson Bay NSW.
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In the small town of Gulgong is the Holtermann Photographic Museum. This is a most impressive museum that exhibits some fantastic photography from a collection of glass photography plates that were discovered in a garden shed in Chatswood. These glass plates had been left undisturbed for 80 years and were in excellent condition. One of those glass photography plates was of Andrew’s Great Great Grandfather Charles Giugni, the Watchmaker and Jeweller from Gulgong.

On our way to the coast we stopped by the quaint little town of Gulgong. This town is quite significant for a few reasons. Firstly Andrew’s second great grandfather (Charles Giugni) had a watchmaker and jeweller store on the main street of Gulgong. Here is Andrew standing out the front of the location where Charles shop was located. The B&W photos show Charles standing out the front of his store in 1872.
The other reason Gulgong is significant is because it was depicted on the original $10 note when we first changed over to decimal currency in 1966.