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Westonia Hood-Penn Museum

Locality: Westonia, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9046 7063

Address: 41 Wolfram Street 6423 Westonia, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.westonia.wa.gov.au

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25.01.2022 Christmas Tales from MERREDIN 1924 #historymerredin #anotherdayinwa

24.01.2022 Click URL for latest Council News https://buff.ly/2D7ZhtC

23.01.2022 Thank you to all of the volunteers who work tirelessly to maintain and keep the Hood-Penn museum open. It has been another fantastic year in 2018 and we look forward to seeing everyone back on board in 2019. In 2018 we have added a new extension to the back of the museum to house the new archival storage room and volunteer workspace. We are still moving in to the new facility but it has made a huge change to the museum already with more to come in the new year. Once the move is complete we will then begin to transform the original store room into new scenes. Stay tuned...

23.01.2022 PUBLIC NOTICE CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR OFFICE CLOSURE Notice is hereby given for the closure of the Shire of Westonia Administration Office / Hood-Penn Museum during the Christmas/New Year holiday break. All residents are encouraged to complete their business transactions on or before 5pm on Friday 21 December 2018. The Office will reopen on Thursday 3 January 2019. For callouts, please call Jamie Criddle, Chief Executive Officer on 0427 467 063. If you have an emergency during this time please phone 000.

22.01.2022 Destination WA - THIS SUNDAY The Wheatbelt Way will feature for 3 minutes and 30 seconds this Sunday 16th December 2018 in Episode 7 of Destination WA at 5.30pm on the Nine Network (or you can watch online after it has gone to air). Whilst only a snippet of the Wheatbelt Way is shown, we hope that this has opened the door for future opportunities.

21.01.2022 I was just sent this wonderful photo by Stacey Geier, from the Shire of Westonia;_ It is a photo of the Club Hotel Westonia 1913 1922 Paddy King's (name on the roof) was an ex featherweight Boxing Champion he took on the licence from 1914 1916. Spot the Dogs!!!

20.01.2022 Potter's Stramonium Cigarettes, Made in England. These Cigaretts were used for the immediate relief of Asthma, Brochitis, Hay Fever, and Spasmodic Diseases of the Respiratory Organs. The packet states that it contains 90 %Stramonium. Stramonium known by the English name’s jimsonweed or devil's snare, is a plant in the nightshade family. Smoking to relieve Asthma was practiced from the 19th century until as late as the 1950s This packet still contains 11 cigarettes.

19.01.2022 Westonia came into existence with the discovery in 1910 of gold in the area, by a sandalwood cutter named Alfred Weston (May 17, 1876 - September 26, 1924). Initially the area was known as Weston's Reward and later as Westons. The town of Westonia was named after Alfred David Weston, a sandalwood cutter who prospected in his spare time, and discovered gold near Boodalin Soak in 1910. He pegged the lease and started mining, creating a rush of gold prospectors to the area. A mo...nth after Alfred Weston made his initial application for four gold mining leases, Edmund Annear of Burracoppin made an application for a mining lease three miles south east of Weston's leases at the Boodalin Soak. Annear named the lease the Edna May after an aunt. This lease would eventually become Westonia's Edna May Gold mine, a mine that has been an active gold mine four times since the initial lease was pegged. The Edna May is currently operated by Evolution Mining who poured their first gold from the mine in April of 2010, which signaled its movement into full mining production for the fourth time. By 1915 there were two major mines in the area, and the population was in excess of 500. By 1917 the area, by then known as Westonia, had a population of more than 2,000. In 1919, low gold prices forced the closure of the mines, and many people left the area. Westonia was gazetted as a town in February 1926. In 1935 one of the mines reopened, but closed again in 1948, only to be reopened in 1985. The mine then closed once again in 1991. In mid-2009, it was announced that mining would once again commence at Westonia’s Edna May Gold Mine, owned and mined by Evolution Mining with the first gold pour made in May 2010, coinciding with the centenary of the discovery of gold in the district. By the 1930’s the district had also been extensively developed for agriculture and wheat/sheep farming now represents the primary industry in the area. Westonia has however always benefitted greatly from the coexistence of both the mining and agricultural industries within the shire See more

18.01.2022 IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTICE TO LANDHOLDERS AND CONTRACTORS Water Corporation New Pricing Policy for Council Owned Fixed Standpipes Water Corporation will be implementing a new management and billing structure from the 1st July 2019 and information about this change has been provided to the Shire of Westonia Local Government Authorities (LGAs) are entitled to access concessional pricing for water used for their own purposes. This will not change; however high flow rate LGA owned ...Continue reading

16.01.2022 Let us know if you know any of these hard-working blokes? We don’t have any names and would like to put this in as part of a future display. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

15.01.2022 Members of the Westonia Rifle Club This Photo was taken some time after WW2.These were the men were thought to be all returned soldiers and were granted land around Westonia, Moorine and Noongaar. As you can see they kept their army issue Lee Enfield .303 rifles.The man in the white shirt centre front is William Sherar. Also in the front row are the Hale brothers and Bill Suitar. The rifle club was a popular pastime for these war veterans to get together - they had little else. If you know any of the men in this photo we would like to hear from you.

11.01.2022 Westonia Centenaries Gold find 1910-2010; Found by Alfred David Weston (Near Boodalin Soak) Westonia Primary School 1914-2014 Westonia Primary School was officially closed on it’s 100th year not before celebrations were held to commemorate the occasion. Edna May Hotel 1915-2015 Originated in Bonnievale part of the Coolgardie goldfield dismantled then re-erected on the corner of Wolfram and Cement Streets Westonia. The hotel opened on the 15th of February 1915. Westo...nian Newspaper 1915 2015 several months after the Edna May Hotel was re-erected the first local newspaper The Westonianwas printed Shire of Westonia 1916-2016 there is a memorial in the garden of the CRC which was once the Shire office (Built in 1962). The Memorial was unveiled on the 14/10/16. See more

09.01.2022 PUBLIC NOTICE COVID 19 UPDATE (23rd March 2020) NON-ESSENTIAL INDOOR VENUE CLOSURE As per the recent Federal Government announcement of the closure of all non-essential indoor venues, the following Venues/services will be closed from 12.00 noon today. Westonia Public Library... Westonia Gym Westonia Recreation Centre Westonia Miners Hall Cinema Hood-Penn Museum. Westonia Memorial Swimming Pool These measures are enacted from the Federal and State Governments to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 virus and could be experienced for up to six months. (to be reviewed on a monthly basis) Community members are encouraged to contact the Shire Office to request Library books which will be borrowed in your name and can be picked up from outside the Shire Office. Anyone in the townsite that is self-isolating may request a home delivery. For further information, please contact the Shire Office on 9046 7063 or email [email protected] Image may contain: text

08.01.2022 Awesome to have Chrissy Morrissy and the Destination WA crew in Westonia shooting footage for their upcoming show on the Wheatbelt Way in the new year. Big thanks to Linda and NEWTRAVEL and Australia’s Golden Outback.... stay tuned for release dates and hopefully a full episode next year as they thoroughly loved Westonia

06.01.2022 Story of Moondyne Joe who was captured at Boodalin Soak, Westonia

04.01.2022 Who can identify who the WT275 1974 Holden advertised in this old Merredin Mercury belonged to?

02.01.2022 Over Summer Only! The Hood-Penn Museum is closed on weekends and open by appointment only during summer until 7/3/20. We remain open over this period, during the week from 9am until 4:30pm, as normal through the shire office. If you wish to make weekend appointment please contact Stacey or Shirley on 9046 7063 or email [email protected]

01.01.2022 The Hood-Penn museum is now closed on weekends over the summer months however we are still open during the week through the shire office. During this time if you would like to visit the museum over the weekend you can make a group booking by ringing the shire (during business hours) on (08) 9046 7063 or email [email protected].

01.01.2022 Please be alert to theft from museums. Margaret River Hist. Soc. had this wheel cog mould stolen on Thursday night/Friday morning. Please share as widely as possible in case you know of a person who’s just got one in their garden