The Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society was established in February 1972 and became a Limited by Guarantee Company in 1979.
The main objectives of the Society are:
- To establish a light railway museum in Albion Park, NSW Australia.
- To
provide a place for public exhibition of light railway locomotives and
rolling stock, along with other related items of historical interests.
- To
educate the public in the mechanics, manufacture and operation of steam
engines and other mechanical devices used for light railway operations
and industry.
- To inform the public in the
use of railways and tramways for industrial and other purposes,
particularly those within the Illawarra region of New South Wales.