Carnamah Historical Society & Museum

We run the Carnamah Museum, look after the historic Macpherson Homestead and share local + Western Australian history online

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Construction is soon to begin on a giant replica of the Chamberlain 40K tractor for Carnamah, which will be the world's biggest steel tractor sculpture https://t.co/NHdHCs5HJW

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We welcomed 48,655 people to our website https://t.co/j3Zvp15aaR 63,718 times last year. WA school teachers, local biographies and early WA motor vehicle registrations topped the list of our most popular content. The full top 10 canbe found at https://t.co/O8cayeXXee

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Tripping into the Wheatbelt by @seesawmag including an honourable mention for our museum https://t.co/aTVhn6yPsU

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A great piece on how the historic Koobabbie Precinct in Coorow came about https://t.co/IQSZbfm9Pp

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Our museum in Carnamah will be open this Sunday 17 July as part of the @ActBelongCommit Winter's Day event occurring along Macpherson Street. It is shaping up to be a wonderful day.

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Our many thanks to the Australian Government’s Culture, Heritage and Arts Regional Tourism (CHART) program for supporting our society with greatly appreciated grants towards the Carnamah Museum and Macpherson Homestead

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In addition to the launch of Sujora Conrad's exhibition on Saturday 25th June, there's also the @ActBelongCommit launch of an astrophotography exhibition at The Exchange and @AstrotourismWA led stargazing at our wonderful Macpherson Homestead. No RSVPs required, just come along!

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Art, history and farming! Over the past three months we've co-hosted with @NorthMidlands multidisciplinary artist Sujora Conrad. Come check out her interpretations of our local 1910s Ready-Made Farms at 6pm Saturday 25th June at The Bank Gallery in Carnamah.

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In recent months we've hosted felt artist Martien van Zuilen at the Macpherson Homestead. Her body of work from exploring collections and sheep farming, launches at The Bank Gallery at 8 Macpherson Street in Carnamah from 6pm on Monday 6th December. All are welcome to attend.

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After 18 years online we're excited to bring our website https://t.co/O0gLUFb3BV, and its expansive content, into our physical museum! Our thanks to a kind donor for the wonderful touchscreen computer and to @NorthMidlands who have extended their WiFi network to our museum.

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The general store at Arrino in the Three Springs district, when owned by Edward Davey. The photo is believed to have been taken in the 1920s by Richard Batty.

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Richard Batty, who was a First World War soldier settler on the Inering Estate in Carnamah, with his daughters Kit and Gwen.

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Our museum has been closed for a number of months for renovations. We're pleased to be reopening our doors from Friday 28th of May. If you're in Carnamah or nearby we invite you to join us for morning tea at 10am.

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Wheat Convoy, a 1940s promotion in Sanitarium corn flakes during the Second World War. To win, you need to roll the dice to move past agricultural and wartime challenges to grow your wheat and get it to London. We have a copy in our collection, as does @nlagovau

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@Cookiemo1 Ah the irony... the outcome of modernising the former logo is the new one having an older feel to it!

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The Shire of Carnamah has a new logo! 'unlocking the past' was inspired by the Midland Railway Company's 1910s 'unlocking the land' slogan; and the key closely resembles the shape of the shire, which stretches from farms in Carnamah, through Eneabba and to the Indian Ocean!

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A few local receipts from 1939-40, donated to our museum by Wendy Le Get from the archives of the historic Koobabbie Farm in Waddy Forest. A great deal of the farm's 115 years of records are being split between us and @statelibrarywa

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Our many thanks for the long, significant and continuing contributions of Brian Mortimer and @ABowmanBright, who were made Life Members of our society on Australia Day.

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We'd like to wish one and all a very Merry Christmas and a safe, happy and healthy new year. This great shot is of Betty and Eric Gurr's daughters in the front yard of the stone house at 5 Macpherson Street in Carnamah, taken in the 1940s.

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A great shot of the stars at Carnamah's Macpherson Homestead was just featured in a '2020 under the stars' segment on @ABCthedrum