The Museum of Lost Things

The Secret Tunnels at St James Station

by museumoflostJanuary 4, 2022March 1, 20253

Never used for train services, the secret tunnels at St James station in Sydney have led a fascinating, shadowy existence.

by museumoflostDecember 23, 2021April 9, 20236

In 1962 the Southern Cross Hotel opened on Exhibition Street, and the international jet set came to Melbourne.

by museumoflostDecember 9, 2021December 9, 20211

In the remote desert northwest of Adelaide you can find Marree Man: a giant glyph of unknown origin and purpose.

by museumoflostNovember 20, 2021March 15, 20231

For 50 years, the SS Casino hauled cargo and customers along Victoria’s south coast. In 1932, it foundered in Apollo Bay.

by museumoflostNovember 11, 20211

The history of Fed Square in Melbourne is short, but rich. The site has already gone through a number of iterations, before arriving in its present day form.

by museumoflostOctober 15, 2021September 8, 20220

In 1966 the heir to the British throne came to Australia for two terms of high school. This is Prince Charles at Geelong Grammar.

by museumoflostOctober 2, 2021October 2, 20210

Japanese architecture, wealthy industrialists, and Doctor Emmett Brown; the real Back to the Future house has quite a backstory.

by museumoflostSeptember 19, 2021November 22, 20250

In 1976, celebrity chef Willi Koeppen disappeared from his restaurant in the Dandenongs. The case has never been solved.

by museumoflostSeptember 12, 2021January 15, 20220

Pando is the world’s largest organism: a clonal colony of quaking aspen trees, that has been growing in Utah for the last 14 000 years.

by museumoflostSeptember 5, 2021September 19, 20211

‘Jetpack Man’ has been spotted over LAX international airport several times in the last year. Is it a clever prank, or has someone finally created a real jetpack?