Grain Discovery Centre

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From planting to plate: discover how grain helped communities grow.

The Grain Discovery Centre is located inside the Narembeen Roadhouse and gives a history of farming and grain growing in the district. There is a fascinating shop display, which shows some of the many items in our supermarket that contain grain and grain products.

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Address:

Lot 1, Currall Street
Narembeen WA 6369
Australia

Tel:

0447 919 933

Email:

crcmanager@narembeen.wa.gov.au

Opening Hours

7 days 9am - 5pm. Entry by gold coin donation

Cookbook and scrapbooks

The humble cookbook

Recipes were handed down through generations of a family, often as a scrapbook. These scrapbooks contained recipes and helpful tips for looking after the family, such as this one, which has dress...

Grains

Grain crops grown in the district.

There are several types of grains grown in the Narembeen district. The Centre provides information about types of grains, the farming calendar, scientific advancements in farming grains and examples...

Sewing machine and basket

The hub of the farm.

The kitchen was the hub of the farm. It is where meals were prepared and made, homework was done, and even clothes were made. This sewing basket and machine was donated by local woman Margaret Butler.

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