Busselton Public Libraries

The local Studies Collection within the Busselton Public Library is a vital stop for anyone investigating Busselton's history. Council minutes, ratebooks, historic maps, and collections of oral histories and photographs are some of the important items stored here in a new archive storage facility. A display area planned for the main entrance to the Busselton Public Library will bring interesting information and images from the collection into the public eye.

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Address:

7 Stanley Place
Busselton WA 6280
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9781 1777

Email:

library@busselton.wa.gov.au

Opening Hours

Mon to Wed & Fri 9am -5:30pm; Thurs 9:30am - 4:30pm; Sat 9am - 4pm; Closed on Public Holidays.

Aerial Photograph of Busselton from 1941

Taken in 1941 from a World War II Royal Australian Air Force bomber, this aerial view is a fascinating study of the organic lines of nature against the straight grid of the Busselton townsite...

Police Occurrence Book Vasse Station

Step back in time with this fascinating journal from the 1880s. Each page draws you into the daily activities noted by the Police Sergeant for the Vasse Police Station. The comings and goings of ships...

Architectural Drawing of ArtGeo Building

If you have been to view the City of Busselton Art Collection at ArtGeo, you may well recognize this building. These architectural drawings are for the Busselton Agricultural Bank which was built in...

Recollections of War

As you walk through this impressive private collection, listening to your hosts Kathryn and John Shapland talk about the story behind each item, you realise that this is a very special experience. An...

Boyup Brook Museum

A secret society

In many towns the list of historic buildings includes the local Masonic Lodge. The Freemasons were exclusively male, non-Catholic and often with significant influence on the ‘goings-on’ in the town...

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...

The Kodja Place

A tool for reconciliation

Interpreting the shared history of Kojonup, the Kodja Place shows what is possible when a community works together. The centre unpacks ‘multi-cultural points of view about the land, life and history’...