Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre Overview

Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre

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An old school building in the centre of Bunbury houses a fascinating overview of the history of this important regional centre. Stepping into this historic building from Arthur Street, you are immediately immersed in Nyoongar history, as you move through a video projection of rippling water. This signifies how Bunbury is surrounded on three sides by water – Koombana Bay, Leschenault Inlet and the Indian Ocean. Under the main room’s soaring ceiling is an intriguing installation known as the “the Ghost Ship” which floats above informative displays about the traditional owners, shipwrecks, exploration, and whalers through to more recent history.

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Address:

1 Arthur Street
Bunbury WA 6230
Australia

Tel:

9792 7284

Email:

museum@bunbury.wa.gov.au

Opening Hours

Tues to Sun 10am - 4pm

Woven basket by Marjorie Ridley

This small basket holds a very large story, a story of creativity, single mindedness and passion. In the 1930s, in an era when very few women were able to make a living from their craft, Marjorie...

Beaver fur top hat

This handsome black top hat made from beaver fur was a familiar sight in this building over many decades.It was worn by Mr Thomas Paisley, who started teaching here when he was only 19 years old. He...

Drive-in projector and display

Warm summer evenings, the speaker crackling in the window, with pyjama-clad children falling asleep on the Holden HQ’s bench seat. These memories are conjured up by the projector from the Mayfair...

Belleview Shell Collection

Rare and spectacular!

For more than 40 years, this private collections has been drawing visitors to marvel at some 30,000 shells and other specimens. Shell collecting has been a passion for Peter Ignoti since he was a...

Katanning Historical Society Museum

Learn about the history of Katanning and the district in the oldest affiliated society in WA.

An impressive set of buildings house items about Katanning's history as a large town, which was also the first place in WA to have electric streetlights. The Katanning Historical Society, founded in...

Gnowangerup Heritage Group

Visit three sites to take in this local collection.

Visit a place where graffiti from prisoners still exists on the old jail cell walls or take in the history of farming. The Gnowangerup Heritage Group collection is held over three sites, the old...

Betty Brown Historical Centre

The first museum in Darkan highlights the significant role of women in the development of agricultural communities.

Be captivated by the stories of women like Betty Brown, who made a considerable contribution to farming in the Shire of West Arthur. Betty’s family moved to the region in 1867 to establish a farm...