Wooden washing machine

Equipment
Get lily white washing

This washing machine would have been filled and emptied twice per load. Once to wash, and once to rinse. Without this washing machine, the clothes would have been washed by hand, using a washboard.The Lily White Washer was made by the Washington Machine Co. Supply, East Maitland, in New South Wales, between 1905 and 1915, and donated by local farmer Murray Arnold.

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Bruce Rock Museum and Machinery Museum

From a cabinet of curiosity to a museum.

The old bank has been given a new lease on life, with the Bruce Rock Museum located within its walls. Some of the rooms have been refurbished with items from the early to mid 1900s to tell the history...

Address:

24 Johnson Street
Bruce Rock WA 6418
Australia

Open Hours

Mon to Fri 10am 12pm & 2pm - 4pm, March to December.

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Bruce Rock Museum and Machinery Museum
The old bank has been given a new lease on life, with the Bruce Rock...
24 Johnston Street, Bruce Rock, WA 6418
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Fawcett Road, Narembeen, WA 6369