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Holden museum re-opens in unlikely venue

Twenty-five classic vehicles from the former National Holden Museum have found a new home.

Stephen Ottley by Stephen Ottley
13 August 2024
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The new National Holden Motor Museum at the Bunker Gallery Coffs Harbour

The history and legacy of Holden is no laughing matter, but 25 cars from the now-defunct National Holden Motor Museum will sit alongside cartoons in a surprising twist.

As we reported earlier this year, the former National Museum in Echuca, Victoria was forced to close permanently in April and its contents were sold. One of the buyers was Coffs Harbour businessman, Geoff King, who snapped up 25 cars from the museum and has donated them to his local Bunker Gallery.

READ MORE: What happened to the Holden brand?

The Coffs Harbour venue was previously the home to the National Cartoon Gallery and will remain that, it will also have the Holdens and other memorabilia from the brand displayed alongside a rotating collection of cartoons, in what is now also the new National Holden Motor Museum.

It’s an unlikely combination but King wanted to ensure that the Holdens could remain on display to the public to carry on the brand’s legacy.

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“Holden is one of Australia’s most iconic brands, and this exhibition will give a home to another major slice of our national identity and history,” King said.

“The cars, including a Peter Brock Bathurst-winning No. 05 Commodore tribute, the Holden 48-215 (FX), the first model to be built in Australia, and a collection of rare motoring memorabilia all deserve to be on show and what better place than the historic Bunker Gallery.”

The Holdens are now on display alongside the Cartoon Gallery’s latest exhibit on political cartoons.

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