The textiles machines are of historic significance as evidence of the transfer of haberdashery and tailoring of clothing from the Italian village to Fairfield in the Australia suburbs.

The pincers are historically significant as they were made by Carl Konemann. The Konemanns’ are regarded as one of the early pioneering families in Fairfield, providing the essential services of horse shoeing, tool making and repairs and coach building.

The bank note has historical value as evidence of the 1988 Bicentennial celebrations and the recognition of the cultural diversity that had evolved in the Australian community up to that time.

The butter churn and pat have historic and technological significance as they demonstrate the labour intensive nature of early dairying and butter making and the impact that technological developments such as the cream separator and butter churn and improvements in rail and road transport had on the industry.

The cake maker has historical value as evidence of the economic transformation that swept over the suburbs of Sydney in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

This cane stripper has historical and technological significance in that it demonstrates the the hard manual labour involved in planting, cutting and loading sugar cane before mechanisation of the sugar industry, first of planting and loading sugar cane and later of harvesting the crop.

The cape has historical significance as evidence of the experience of women in middle class families in the nineteenth century and of colonial millinery and clothing retail practices.

The Cash register has historic significance as it represents the continuing role of Chinese families in retailing in country New South Wales, well into the second half of the twentieth century.

The bell is historically significant as evidence of the changing agricultural practices in the Liverpool area after 1850.

The cane knife is historically significant as evidence of the manual labour of the many South Sea Islanders, Indians and migrants from Europe who were the backbone of the sugar industry in northern NSW.