Footy blazer

Apparel

Footy in the blood

Footy is the blood of Northampton’s Haselby family. Lloyd Hasleby, grandfather of former Dockers player Paul Hasleby, donated this Rovers football blazer but played for Northampton Towns in the 1950s.

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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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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...

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...