A Milestone

It is the 1st Birthday of the Mallala Wiki “nowandthen” site on the 15th September 2010. Since the launch of the Museum wiki there are now approximately 200 articles telling the Mallala stories.
It has been an intrepid journey from being chosen for the pilot project to the benefits and the interaction of people discovering and using the site.
One such example is the dialogue which was initiated when a person living in New South Wales had discovered the Museum’s wiki and made contact about an inscription on a chair. The dedication noted that the chair was a gift to the parents of F.Cullen in memory of their son, who had died in WW1. A photograph of F.Cullen in WW1 army uniform was sent to the enquirer.
An added bonus was redirecting attention to a chair displayed in the upstair gallery at the Museum. The inscription on that chair informs the item was a gift to the parents of R.A.Lindsay who had been killed in WW1.

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