Meekatharra Museum

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Meeka Museum!

This intimate collection offers a stop-off to enjoy a slice of history in Meekatharra. The collection includes a local archive, well-resourced for family history research, and photographs and information about the early mining history of the area. Rare photographs of Peak Hill, from the early 1900s, depict this once bustling mining settlement, before it eventually became a ghost town. The Museum is located in the Shire Office building and overseen by the local shire staff. They are happy to answer any questions regarding items in the Museum.

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Address:

81 Main St
Meekatharra WA 6642
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9980 0600

Email:

cso@meekashire.wa.gov.au

Opening Hours

Mon to Fri 8am - 4:30pm

Original town hearse

Homemade hearse

The town hearse was built in the 1920s in Meekatharra at Campbell’s Carving. The hearse was initially horse -drawn and was used in Meekatharra up until the 1970s. When there was a funeral in town...

Original item phone exchange

Old telephone tools

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Licence plate

Cycle champion gets number one plate

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