The Newdegate Historical Society Overview

The Newdegate Historical Society

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Step back in time in the country to do some shopping in the 1950's.

Celebrating the heyday of the Hainsworth shop, café, and shop owner's quarters, you will feel as if you have walked straight into the 1950's. The Newdegate Historical Society has lovingly restored the Hainsworth Building to its former glory. The shop is set up to feel as if you could order something straight over the counter and pay in shillings and pounds (if you can remember what those are!).

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Address:

Cnr Mitchell Street and Collier Street
Newdegate WA 6355
Australia

Tel:

0428 711 534

Email:

rozlloyd@westnet.com.au

Opening Hours

Thurs 11am - 4:30pm. Open other days by appointment or contact the Community Resource Centre on (08) 9871 1791.

Newdegate Grand Café cutlery

Newdegate Grand Café

On ‘town day’, locals left their orders at the shop and visited the café until their orders were ready to be collected. Many people lived out of town, so the café became an important local meeting...

Assorted lollies

Friday was town day.

Local farmers and their families came to town on Fridays to do their banking and shopping. It was also the day that children might get a lolly...

Goomalling School Museum

Remember the days of the old school yard

You can't miss this museum: look out for the vintage school bus next to the old Headmaster’s house. Inside, the museum feels like someone just upped and left the house, without packing up, and just...

Balladonia Heritage Museum

A museum located near the ‘Ninety mile straight’.

Located in a roadhouse, this little museum has items and information about Ngadju and Mirning people. It also covers the early settler history at Balladonia station, Skylab, an around Australia car...

The Quairading Vintage Club

A scale model road train, one of the districts oldest tractors, and everything in between!

The Quairading Vintage Club was originally formed in the 1980s by a group of farmers and locals from the district. In 2018 the Vintage Club became associated with the Men’s Shed. The collection...

Wuddi Aboriginal Cultural Centre

A prominent place to learn about the Noongar history of Dambarling (Lake Dumbleyung).

This is a great place to stop, enjoy Noongar artworks and other collection items, and find a keepsake at the shop. Anne and Grant Riley run cultural tours around the lake, where you can learn about...

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PUBLIC Silo Trail: Newdegate

In May 2018, faced with a row of CBH Group silos high above his head...

Maley Street, Newdegate, WA 6355

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The Newdegate Historical Society

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Newdegate Grand Café cutlery

Assorted lollies

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