Pingelly Museum and Historical Group Overview

Pingelly Museum and Historical Group

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Town hall houses an intimate collection

This intimate collection provides an insight into the innovation and flavour of country-life. Learn about local inventors and sports people and town history. Pingelly Museum and Historical Group is run by a group of dedicated volunteers. The Museum was housed in the Old Court House before moving to the Pingelly Town Hall.

Address:

Pingelly Town Hall
28 Parade Street
Pingelly WA 6308
Australia

Tel:

0419 163 260

Email:

pingellymuseumgroup@yahoo.com.au

Opening Hours

Contact the Curator on 0419 163 260

Female marching uniform

Stars

The Birrongs was a marching group from Pingelly. This uniform would have been worn by the junior division in the 1960s. More information has been sought from the local community about the marching...

Toilet fumigator

Blowfly trap

John Gilchrist invented this fly trap to go in the outhouse (toilet). Chemicals were place in a container below the lid to attract the flies. When they flew through a small tunnel into the container...

Wuddi Aboriginal Cultural Centre

A prominent place to learn about the Noongar history of Dambarling (Lake Dumbleyung).

This is a great place to stop, enjoy Noongar artworks and other collection items, and find a keepsake at the shop. Anne and Grant Riley run cultural tours around the lake, where you can learn about...

Norseman Historical Museum

A lucky horse finds gold and over a hundred years later a museum moves into the old School of Mines.

This museum has one of the most unusual and quirky items you will ever see - ask to see the typewriter keys! (Story below). Norseman Historical Museum celebrates the Goldfields, mining and local...

Merredin Regional Library

Old school local history collection and research in the library

The local history collection at the Merredin Library was started to gather items not connected to military and railway history, captured in other local collections. The Merredin Library is located in...

NEXIS (Narrogin Exhibition Space)

View local and Australian art at this nexis.

This is a wonderful art collection in a heritage listed building. NEXIS (Narrogin Exhibition Space), located in the Town Hall complex, hosts exhibitions and fund-raising events. The Shire’s art...