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The Riv talks ... Border Flywheelers Club Heritage Museum

By Jaci Hicken

Jan 16, 2026

In this episode of The Riv talks we visited the Border Flywheelers Club heritage Museum at Barham.

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We caught up with Malcolm Boyd, who, along with his wife, Lynn, and another member, Gwen, is a curator at the museum.

The Border Flywheelers Heritage Museum is a place where you could spend more than a couple of hours exploring the local past, which is being preserved for the future by a dedicated bunch of volunteers.

We started with Malcolm turning on the Audiffren Refrigeration machine, which was used by the German Army in World War I and somehow ended up in Barham.

The ‘big green one’ steam engine. Photo by Jaci Hicken

Malcolm Boyd with the Vickers Aussie tractor, the first tractor he helped rebuild at the Border Flywheelers Club. Photo by Jaci Hicken

Outside are various engines being restored. Photo by Jaci Hicken

Malcolm with the current engine the club is working on “gettin’ going”. Photo by Jaci Hicken

Border Flywheelers Club Heritage Museum at Barham. Photo by Jaci Hicken

The project after next at the Border Flywheelers Club Heritage Museum at Barham. Photo by Jaci Hicken

The wire of the 1903 brick cutting machine, which was found in the grass after being run over by a mower. Photo by Jaci Hicken

A firebox in the brick kiln at the Border Flywheelers Club Heritage Museum, Barham. Photo by Jaci Hicken

The brick kiln at the Border Flywheelers Club Heritage Museum, Barham. Photo by Jaci Hicken

That was only a taste of what is on offer at the Border Flywheeler Club Heritage Museum located in the JR Jamieson and Co Brickworks on Jamieson Ave in Barham.

There is a lot more to look at, including a collection of local Indigenous artefacts, the remains of the local Masonic lodge, classic cars in every state and condition, from ready to take them for a spin (if the wife lets Malcolm), to needing some, or a lot, of work, and every tool and old tractor you can imagine.

Now, I’m not sure when the museum is open, but if you are in Barham and it is any day but Sunday, it is likely you will find Malcom there in the afternoon, if you drop by.

He is always up for a chat and to show you around.