Toy

Bush toys

Imagine if this was all your kids had to play with. Aboriginal children who grew up in shacks on the Geraldton Native Reserve made their own toys from any available material. The reserve was within walking distance of town, but out of sight. While life was tough on the reserve, the children made the best of it. Few had proper dolls or toys so they’d fashion together playthings, like this tin rattle or instrument.

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Museum of Geraldton

Harbourside museum showcasing rich shipwreck history

From its enviable position sprawled along the waters of the Batavia Coast Marina, the Museum of Geraldton paints a picture of the region’s colourful past - from its rich Indigenous heritage through to...

Address:

2 Museum Pl
Geraldton WA 6530
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9431 8393

Email:

reception@museum.wa.gov.au

Open Hours

7 days 9.30am - 3pm. Closed public holidays

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Batavia Road model

A creative fisherman’s handiwork

For three months every year rock lobster fishermen and their families would head to the low-lying windswept Houtman Abrolhos Islands for the fishing season, where they lived in basic shacks, sent...

Wedding Cake

A convict’s wedding gift

As you admire the elaborate design and workmanship of this tiered, shell wedding cake you may be surprised to learn it was fashioned by the hands of a convict. William ‘Crabbie’ Davis (1843 - 1920)...