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Cnr Flinders Lane & Kent St,

Rockingham Beach

P.O. Box 504, ROCKINGHAM,

WA, 6968

Ph. 0451 851 413

Events Diary

General Meeting- 29 October 2022, 2pm at Rockingham Museum.

Speakers- Richard Seale

Talk on- “Garden Island Stories Project"

Richard will be telling us about a project he is undertaking to record and tell the stories of Garden Island.

Here is how Richard explains his project....

This project aims to record memories and stories of Garden Island as a holiday destination, as told by people who either stayed or visited there.

As a young boy, I was lucky to spend summer holidays on the island, staying in a small shack overlooking Careening Bay. We lived 'off the grid', made up our own games, and roamed largely free of adult supervision - things that few Australian children today (and no doubt even fewer in the future) will probably experience.

I am filmmaker and previously lecturer in the Dept. of Film & Television at Curtin University. My passion is visual storytelling - finding the 'extraordinary' in the ordinary. I will share with you my work to date on the project, as well as some of my own special memories of Garden Island.

Come along and enjoy the talk and afternoon tea.

Open to Public.

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Welcome to the official Rockingham Museum website

“The Rockingham Museum is a community museum which is managed by the Rockingham District Historical Society Inc and is committed to the collection, preservation, documentation and interpretation of the heritage of Western Australia in General with the emphasis on the history of Rockingham District, for future education and enjoyment of the wider community.”

ROCKINGHAM MUSEUM NOW OPEN

Due to the Covid-19 situation we need to protect our valuable volunteers, loyal visitors and supporters, so you

will need to sanitise hands and social distance.

The Rockingham Museum is situated on the corner of Flinders Lane and Kent Street, Rockingham

Opening hours are 1pm to 4pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

Closed last Saturday of each month from February to November, for General Meeting and Talk -Public Welcome to come to Talk and Meeting.

Admission fees are Adults $2.50 and children under 12 years 50c

Appointment can be made for schools and groups outside these hours by contacting

the museum on 0451 851 413

The Museum

The Rockingham Museum is housed in an Art Deco building, the former Rockingham Road Board Building built in 1946/47.It was extended in 1988 to join the library building which become part of the museum building in 1999.

There are numerous displays throughout the museum depicting a variety of aspects of our history.

Read more: The Museum

History of Rockingham

Rockingham was named after the Ship Rockingham the last of Thomas Peel’s ships to arrive in Cockburn Sound in 1830. The Rockingham flounded in Cockburn Sound and eventually sunk in Carreening Bay, Garden Island.

In 1847 Rockingham Town was surveyed at the beachfront but the township did not eventuate.

Read more: History of Rockingham

The Society

The Rockingham District Historical Society was formed in 1969 as a branch of the Royal West Australian Historical Society, we are now an affiliated member, we are also a member of Museum Australia.

The Rockingham Museum was first opened in 1974 at a site in Marine Terrace it has operated from the current site since 1979.one of the aims of the society is to maintain the museum and library.

Read more: The Society