Kununurra Museum

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Kununurra stories

For a town that was only gazetted in 1961, the Kununurra Museum has amassed an amazing amount of information, objects and stories about the town and the history of the surrounding region. From 2,000-million-year-old (MYO) fossilised stromatolites, geological explanations about the famed 600 MYO zebra rock, to the 1963 Royal Tour, combined with the full story of tropical agriculture from the 1880s that led to the National Development of the Ord River Irrigation Project, this Museum provides a wealth of visual and digital information.

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Address:

72 Coolibah Drive Kununurra
Kununurra WA 6743
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9169 1600

Email:

admin@kununurra.org.au

Opening Hours

Mon to Fri 12.30pm - 5.30pm

Wirraway plane wreckage

WWII comes to the East Kimberley

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Ord River Stage II Banner and Petter Pump Engine

Opening of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme

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Ganalili Centre and Juluwarlu Aboriginal Corporation

Ganalili - A Place of New Beginnings

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Shire of Broome Library Collection Overview

Shire of Broome Library - local studies collection

Broome community reflected

Broome Library is the community hub of Broome where you can find about what is going on in town. Providing a cool haven for passing visitors and the local community, with around 12,000 borrowers, the...

Warmun Art Centre

Ochre and rust

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Warlayirti Artists

Little bit long way

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