Carnarvon Heritage Group and One Mile Jetty Interpretation Centre Overview

Carnarvon Heritage Group and One Mile Jetty Interpretation Centre

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Several museums in one

The Carnarvon Heritage Precinct encompasses several museums in one area - the Railway Museum and Shearing Hall of Fame, the Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage and the One Mile Jetty Centre, which includes the story of the battle between HMAS Sydney (II) and HSK Kormoran off Shark Bay. Together, these collections tell the story of Carnarvon’s development, from its pastoral and transport history, to its role as a port. You can peer down the ‘One Mile Jetty’ where stock once boarded ships en route to far flung markets. Stroll amongst historic railway equipment and explore life during the early 1900s. Also be sure to set out on one of the several walks from the centre, one of which features a memorial to the Aboriginal people who were imprisoned at the Lock Hospitals on nearby Bernier and Dorre Islands.

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Address:

Babbage Island Rd
Carnarvon WA 6701
Australia

Email:

carnarvonheritage@wn.com.au

Opening Hours

Wednesday to Sunday

Kormoran lifeboat

Lifeboat saves German World War II battle survivors

Baby lighthouse

Original light warns seafarers

This seemingly tiny lighthouse is the top of the original lighthouse built in 1897 to warn seafarers off Carnarvon. The light once stood atop a wooden structure, until the wood started deteriorating...

Spectacles

Chinese shopkeeper

In 1922 the Quan Sing family of three brothers moved to Carnarvon from Derby to set up a tailoring and hardware store to serve the remote coastal township. Generations of the family continued to...

Bank Gallery & The Exchange

Vibrant community art space

Carnamah is home to a group of people who describe themselves as ‘can-do go-getters’, and who have formed the not-for-profit North Midlands Project. Their aim is to help regional Western Australia...

Greenough Museum and Gardens

Historical homestead and gardens

The 19th-century homestead of Greenough’s notable Maley family stands amid sprawling cottage gardens and is today the Greenough Museum and Gardens. The museum showcases life in the early days of the...

Mullewa Priest House

Monsignor Hawes - discover where he lived and worked

Wander through the former home of famed architect-priest Monsignor John Hawes and it’s easy to imagine this remarkable man inhabiting its rooms. Hawes designed and built the presbytery for himself in...

Chiverton House Museum

Historic house of former mining pioneer

The sweeping verandahs and many rooms of Northampton’s Chiverton House Museum were once the home of mining pioneer Captain Samuel Mitchell, who led work on the Geraldine Lead Mine at nearby Galena in...