The Big Camera - Museum of Photography Overview

The Big Camera - Museum of Photography

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Walk through the lense of the Big Camera, into a world of cameras.

Walk through the lens of the Big Camera to be transfixed by wall-to-wall cameras! This is believed to be the largest working camera display in the Southern hemisphere. It is a place to learn about the evolution of the camera and photography.

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Address:

Great Eastern Highway
Meckering WA 6405
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9625 1335

Email:

cameras@westnet.com.au

Opening Hours

Fri to Tuesday 9am - 5pm

Praestantia Magic Lantern Slide Projector Riley Brothers England circa 1895

Magic lantern

The Praestantia magic lantern slide projector originally used candles, or oil lamps, as the light source. This projector takes dynamic glass slides. Dynamic slides all have an element which moves...

Kiku 16 Mod II Japan 1956

A camera small enough to hold in your hand.

Feel like a spy with a fully operational subminiature camera. These cameras were produced from the 1930s onwards, as cheap alternatives to the bulky 35mm SLR camera. A standard SLR camera takes 35mm...

Leica Gold 'Luxus II' Germany 1932

A gold plated camera with crocodile skin

This camera is a copy of the original Leica Gold, or Luxus II which was 24-carat gold-plated and covered in real crocodile skin. Only a small number of the original special edition cameras were...

Dowerin District Museum

A charming museum in an old house built by a saddler.

This charming museum is built upon the legacy of one family: the O’Shaughnessy’s. It is housed in the original home built in 1915, for Eugene O’Shaughnessy the local boot maker and saddler. The...

Merredin Railway Station Museum and Historical Society Overview

Merredin Museum and Historical Society Incorporated

A railway museum inside an old railway station building.

Stand on the railway platform which once welcomed steam and diesel passenger trains. Imagine a time when rail travel was the cheapest and easiest way to travel. Be immersed in the fascinating history...

The Heritage Wheatbin Museum

A local farming collection in heritage listed Wheatbin

The collection provides a 'Who’s Who' of the region, and a 'what’s what of wheat'. It is housed in a 1939 bulk wheatbin designed and built by Cooperative Bulk Handling and a Machinery Shed and Railway...

Bluebird Discovery Centre

One Man, His Dream, Our Lake

A New Year’s Eve to remember: Breaking the world water speed record at 444.71 km/h. Blink and you would miss the moment! On 31 December 1964, on Lake Dumbleyung, in his hydroplane Bluebird K7, Donald...