Mandurah Heritage Museum, Mandurah, Western Australia

Zone d'identification

Identifiant

daa/513

Forme autorisée du nom

Mandurah Heritage Museum, Mandurah, Western Australia

Forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

Autre(s) forme(s) du nom

  • Mandurah Community Museum

Type

  • Municipal

Zone du contact

 

Museum Development Officer

Type

Adresse

Adresse physique

3 Pinjarra Road, Mandurah
Postal address: PO Box 210, Mandurah WA 6210

Localité

Mandurah

Région

Western Australia

Nom du pays

Code postal

6210

Téléphone

08 9550 3683

Fax

Note

Zone de description

Historique

In 1986 the Mandurah Historical Society established the Mandurah Community Museum in Dalrymple's Schoolroom. They managed and maintained it until the City of Mandurah took over in 2001.
The Museum building comprises of Mandurah's first government school (1899), police cells and courthouse (c1955). Items on display depict Mandurah's social history since European settlement in 1830, photographs show Mandurah's development.

Contexte géographique et culturel

Mandurah is a coastal city in Western Australia, situated approximately 72 kilometres south of Perth. It is the state's second most populous city.

Textes de référence

Advice on issues relating to the management of the Mandurah Community Museum and its programs is presented to the City Council by the Museum Advisory Committee.

Structure administrative

Officer in charge: Museum Development Officer

Gestion des archives courantes et intermédiaires et politiques de collecte

Material related to the district and people associated with it, from 1829. Donations of photographs in particular are encouraged - see website.

Bâtiments

Fonds

The Frank Semmens Local Studies Collection includes:

  • Newspapers and clippings, 1960-
  • Oral histories, providing a record of significant events, places, industries, businesses, Indigenous history and general life
  • Pioneering families: information about pioneering families and historic cottages
  • Photographs: extensive range
  • Books, reports, journals, brochures: subjects depicted include industry, land development, wetlands and the estuary.

The website 'Our Knowledge, Our Land' provides information about the Mandurah Bindjareb Aboriginal community and includes photos, video, oral histories and significant historical and cultural sites.

Instruments de recherche, guides et publications

Museum Newsletters are available on the website.
Publications and photographs are available for sale.

Zone de l'accès

Heures d'ouverture

Open: Tuesday to Friday, 10am–4pm; Saturday and Sunday, 11am–3pm.

Conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Accessibilité

Zone des services offerts

Services d'aide à la recherche

Research assistance available.

Services de reproduction

Copying facilities available.

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Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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Niveau de détail

Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

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Points d'accès

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Thematic area)
  • Arts and Culture (Thematic area)
  • Built Environment (Thematic area)
  • Éducation (Thematic area)
  • Family / Domestic Life (Thematic area)
  • Genealogical (Thematic area)
  • Indigenous (Thematic area)
  • Industry, Manufacturing and Commerce (Thematic area)
  • Local Studies (Thematic area)
  • Presse-papier

Contact principal

3 Pinjarra Road, Mandurah Postal address: PO Box 210, Mandurah WA 6210
Mandurah, Western Australia 6210