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A glimpse into childhood and classroom life in Mingenew’s early schools.

Till Pic

Before credit cards, before self-checkouts, there was the clink of coins, brown paper packages, and a smile behind the counter. These objects tell the story of local life, one pound of flour at a time.

Slwa B2142787 7 Harvesting Dumping Wheat Eregulla Springs 1953

Explore the development of Yandanooka’s ready-made farm district alongside the experimental sand plain farming that emerged south of Mingenew.

grinding stone

Long before Mingenew was a town, and before roads and fences and farms divided the landscape, Aboriginal people lived on and roamed through this country.

rail cart

jjTracks through time- the Midland Railway of Western Australia 

copper image

The rocks of this district are more than part of the landscape- they are a record of worlds that existed long before us.