Gwoonwardu Mia - Gascoyne Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Centre Overview

Gwoonwardu Mia - Gascoyne Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Centre

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Celebration of Aboriginal heritage and culture

The spacious and modern Gwoonwardu Mia Gascoyne Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Centre celebrates the culture and country of five Gascoyne Aboriginal language groups. You can learn much about the ancient and modern history of Gascoyne Aboriginal people through a permanent collection and exhibitions. You may also spot an artist in residence at work. Be sure to leave time to visit the gallery shop and cafe.

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Address:

146 Robinson St
Carnarvon WA 6701
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9941 1989

Email:

gwoonwardumia@museum.wa.gov.au

Opening Hours

Mon to Fri 9.30am - 3.30pm

Mandu Beads

World’s oldest jewellery?

Could this be some of the world’s oldest jewellery? These 32,000-year-old shells feature delicate holes through which Aboriginal people once threaded string to fashion body ornaments such as necklaces...

Emu Egg by Bill Poland

Emu egg artistry

Like many Shark Bay people, Bill Poland was a man of both the sea and land. As a boy he worked on one of his dad’s five sail-powered pearling luggers. In the book Yammatji, published in 1992, he is...

Grinding Stone

Return of the grindstone

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Heaven for vintage farm machinery enthusiasts

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Geraldton Regional Art Gallery

Artistic heart of Geraldton

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Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum

Carnarvon's role in the race to land humans on the moon

Carnarvon may not be the most likely place you’d expect to encounter world-changing space technology but it once played a key role in the global race to land man on the moon. The Carnarvon Space and...

Gascoyne Junction Museum

Tiny museum provides glimpse into pastoral and mining past

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