Convict chains

Early years, hard years

In 1853 some 60 convicts set sail from Fremantle to Lynton in the Northampton Shire to form the first convict depot north of Fremantle. From here they’d supply labour to the Geraldine Lead Mine, some 64 kilometres north on the Murchison River. By 1856 the convicts had built a cluster of buildings, including a store, lockup and hospital, at Lynton. They also made this chain while working there. The convict depot closed in 1857 but not before many of its inhabitants fell victim to scurvy.

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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...

Address:

166 Hampton Rd
Northampton WA 6535
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9934 1488

Email:

nor.historical@bigpond.com

Open Hours

Opening hours vary, so call the Northampton Visitor Centre on 08 9934 1488

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Child’s gramophone

Bringing music to life

In the 1920s a four-year-old girl, Nell Box, was ecstatic to receive this children’s gramophone as a gift. She’d carefully place her record of choice on the gramophone, turn the handle and listen in...

Straitjacket

Straitjacket for prisoner restraint

This straitjacket was made in Wellington Street in Perth and used at the Northampton police station in the 1930s. What souls once found themselves bound in it? What actions had warranted their...