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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 operate the store, until it burnt down in 1992. One of the brothers, Winson Quan Sing, wore these glasses while at work in the family shop, the frames perched upon his nose as he checked the shop ledgers and examined the stock.

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Carnarvon Heritage Group and One Mile Jetty Interpretation Centre

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...

Address:

Babbage Island Rd
Carnarvon WA 6701
Australia

Email:

carnarvonheritage@wn.com.au

Open Hours

Wednesday to Sunday

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Carnarvon Heritage Group and One Mile Jetty Interpretation Centre Overview

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...

Lighthouse cottage kitchen

Lighthouse keeper’s kitchen

The Carnarvon lighthouse keeper’s cottage was built in 1897 to house the lighthouse keeper and his family. Day and night the keeper would tend to the light, housed atop a wooden structure on a nearby...