THE MANILLA COMMUNITY COLLECTION
comprises
The MUSEUM COMPLEX
The MANILLA & DISTRICT ARCHIVES
The ROYCE HOUSE COLLECTION
MANILLA RURAL MUSEUM

MANILLA & DISTRICT  COMMUNITY ARCHIVES

Building the Archive Facility
Manilla's Archives are housed in the old I.X.L Bakery at the rear of Royce's house. Here the many hundreds of gathered and contributed documents, photographs, maps, records, histories and miscellaneous items which collectively make up our Heritage are safely held in trust on behalf of the Local Community.
REFERENCE ROOM GUIDE
REFERENCE ROOM GUIDE

The ROYCE HOUSE COLLECTION

The former Royce family home is furnished with items from Manilla's everyday domestic, social, working and military  collections. The external area at the rear of the house has been upgraded for security and covered for protection of the back rooms. Property fencing has been recently restored and the back yard well utilised for fundraising and other events. 

History of the House

The MANILLA & DISTRICT RURAL COLLECTION

Expanding the Machinery Shed
M.C. Mackenzie's former mechanical workshop (c.1913) in Alexander Lane behind the shops, has housed Manilla District's antique farm machinery collection since 1975. The southern yard has been recently covered and the grounds extended by Council's acquisition of land adjacent to the northern boundary. 
Burrell's Platypusary
The replica Platypusary
Yarramanbully School
Yarramanbully Schoolhouse 1935