Chatelaine

Equipment

Chatelaine

A chatelaine was a set of chains attached to a belt which included useful items such as a pencil, note pad, needles, thimble, tape measure and purse. They were made in the 1800s to be used by the Lady of the House (Chatelaine) or a housekeeper. What would you put on your chatelaine these days?

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The Broomehill Museum

Learn about the mallet bark industry and discover a locally made rotary lawnmower.

The Broomehill Museum is a nice stop off on the start of the Holland Track. The museum is in a building which was an Agricultural Hall, housed the Mechanics Institute, the Road Board and a...

Address:

1 Journal Street
Broomehill WA 6318
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9824 1378

Email:

broomehillhg@gmail.com

Open Hours

Open by appointment, and for long weekends and special events.

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Homemade lawn mower

Locally invented rotary lawn mower

In 1929 Eric Fletcher, then 17 years old, made this rotary mower. A bicycle chain drives the mechanism. It was used for 21 years at the family homestead. Eric restored the mower in 1987.

Hadley School Travelling Library

A library in a box

Imagine living in a place so remote that you had to have your library sent by rail or road. From the 1940s, through the Hadley School, Travelling Library books were sent in army boxes to schools in...