Museum of Geraldton

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Harbourside museum showcasing rich shipwreck history

From its enviable position sprawled along the waters of the Batavia Coast Marina, the Museum of Geraldton paints a picture of the region’s colourful past - from its rich Indigenous heritage through to its emerging fishing and pastoral industries. The museum also showcases a rich assortment of artefacts from various Dutch shipwrecks, including the infamous Batavia, whose demise sparked one of the most gruesome tales in maritime history.

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Address:

2 Museum Pl
Geraldton WA 6530
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9431 8393

Email:

reception@museum.wa.gov.au

Opening Hours

7 days 9.30am - 3pm. Closed public holidays

Jim Joseph medals

Indigenous war time mementos

Wajarri man James (Jim) Joseph was born in Yalgoo in 1912 and worked on farms and stations across the red heart of the Murchison and Gascoyne regions. Come World War II he put up his hand for service...

Ella - Then and Now by Julie Dowling

Artwork captures one woman through time

Acclaimed artist Julie Dowling painted these ‘then’ and ‘now’ paintings to depict an Aboriginal woman called Ella. Ella had worked with Dowling’s grandmother in the Gascoyne bush in the 1950s and...

Batavia Road model

A creative fisherman’s handiwork

For three months every year rock lobster fishermen and their families would head to the low-lying windswept Houtman Abrolhos Islands for the fishing season, where they lived in basic shacks, sent...

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...

City of Greater Geraldton Local History Collection

Treasure trove of historical records

The City of Greater Geraldton’s Local History Collection holds a treasure trove of material recording the region’s colourful past. From research documents and historical books to photos, oral history...

Carnamah Historical Society and Museum Overview

Carnamah Museum and Macpherson Homestead

Take a stroll through Carnamah History

A stroll through the Carnamah Historical Society's museum is like a journey through the region’s past. You’ll find an extensive collection of old machinery and tools in the Museum’s yard and sheds...

Central Greenough Historical Settlement Overview

Central Greenough - Cafe and Historic Settlement

Step back in time

Stroll through the historic buildings of Central Greenough, close your eyes, and imagine the settlement as it once was, bustling with school children, shop keepers, policemen, magistrates, school...