Wagin Historical Village

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A historical village started by a small group of people

Bringing visitors a slice of settler life from the late 1800s to mid 1900s, Wagin Historical Village has it all: A bakery, post office, local store, dairy, fire station, printer, bank, church, tearooms, hall, shearing shed, black smith, barber shop and machinery sheds. The village was started in 1978 by local people with a vision to capture the history of the area.

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Address:

Wagin Showgrounds
9 Ballagin Street
Wagin WA 6315
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9861 1232

Email:

waginhvm@wetnet.com.au

Opening Hours

7 days a week from 10am - 4pm. Closed Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Christmas and Boxing Day.

Post box

Snail mail

A town without a postal service is no town at all. Australia Post donated items to the Wagin Historical Village, from the Wagin Post Office. To commemorate the occasion, Australia Post also printed...

Albatross Flour Bag

Get your bread made from local flour

A Wagin Milling Company bakers' flour, ‘Albatross’ Flour, was used throughout Western Australia. The mill, once located on Ventnor Street in Wagin, opened in c.1906 and closed in the 1960s. The Wagin...

Wagin - Argus Newspaper Letter presses

110 years delivering the news, ‘not a mere automaton’.

“It is intended to make the Southern Argus and Wagin-Arthur Express a real, live, progressive, pushful paper—a paper with a voice and a literary soul—that may be read with avidity and enjoyed as...

Varley & Districts Museum

Intimate local collection near the 'Chicken Ranch' and Rabbit Cemetery.

This is an intimate museum with items donated by farmers and organisations in the district. The Varley & District Museum is near the Chicken Ranch, a welcoming overnight camp close to the Holland...

Nungarin Heritage Machinery and Army Museum

Army and local history, everything including the kitchen sink!

Between 1942 and 1962 Nungarin was a depot for Australian army personnel, supplies and machinery. The Museum is situated in the original Army Vehicle Workshop. When you visit the Museum watch a video...

Grain Discovery Centre

From planting to plate: discover how grain helped communities grow.

The Grain Discovery Centre is located inside the Narembeen Roadhouse and gives a history of farming and grain growing in the district. There is a fascinating shop display, which shows some of the...

York Motor Museum

Petrol head pleasure at this motor palace

This Museum is a feast of everything vehicular, with over 70 cars and 15 motorbikes. There is a rotating display of vehicles and motor memorabilia over three main galleries. Don't forget to check out...