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Wongan Pioneer Museum

Locality: Wongan Hills, Western Australia

Address: Cnr Camm St and Mitchell St 6603 Wongan Hills, WA, Australia

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25.01.2022 A new regular post checking your knowledge of Wongan Ballidu History - with the Reynoldson Reserve Weekend at the end of October WHO AM I ? The Reynoldson Reserve was named after me ... I was a farmer and an engineer I am buried in the Wongan Hills Pioneer section of the Wongan Hills Cemetery See more

16.01.2022 The countdown is on... It's only SIX WEEKS until the Reynoldson Reserve Wildflower Festival! You'll be BLOOMIN' excited to know that the Museum will be open for extended hours over that weekend to help GROW your local history knowledge! All welcome. Visitors and community alike.... Gold coin donation for entry. See more

12.01.2022 Number 3 in our series of "How well do you know Wongan Ballidu history"? Who or what was Kondut named after ??

11.01.2022 Quiz number 6 on the How well do you know your shire Your only prize is everlasting fame (if you get it right) Streets of Wongan Hills Who was CAMM ST named after ... We have a winner already ! Well done Heydi District Surveyor J Camm, see below. Many streets in Wongan are named after surveyors, politicians, and only a few after early pioneers at the time of Gazetting, which figures as the rail made the town happen before it was really settled. A full list is being compiled, with the excellent assistance of Chris Fitzhardinge who has researched all the original streets. These questions will have to get harder. Next question will be Ballidu streets, then Kondut and Cadoux

09.01.2022 Even the sheep leave impressed with your Museum. Unfortunately they were a little sheepish about paying.

08.01.2022 Answer : List of Servicemen from Wongan Ballidu that served in Vietnam For corrections - Please email to [email protected] ... In alphabetical order, our Vietnam Veterans :- Stanley Adamski (RAN seaman underwater control HMAS- Melbourne ) Wongan Hills Michael Brophy (Royal Australian Service Corps) Reconn Flight Ballidu Brian Donnellan (Corporal Infantry) Wongan Hills (Regular - Career soldier) also served in Borneo Gary Peter Fowler (Sapper, Royal Aust Engineers) Wongan Hills Brian Thomas Freestone (Gunner Royal Regiment of Australian artillery) Kondut and Ballidu Dennis Raymond Lines (Private Infantry) Ballidu Raymon George Miles (Lance Corporal - Infantry) Wongan Hills Alan Robb (Lance Bombadier Artillery) Cadoux Edward Haig Matthews (Royal Australian Infantry Corps) Ballidu Robin James Millsteed (Royal Australian Armoured Corps) Trooper) Wongan Hills Delville Stickland Private, Royal Australian Infantry, Wongan Hills , wounded twice in action Pictured below is Anzac Day in Ballidu

06.01.2022 We're officially on Google Maps! It may have been a little tricky for visitors to town to find us in the past but we've now got our very own business listing with opening hours, contact info, a few exhibition photos and a link to this Facebook page for more info. Check it out: https://goo.gl/maps/wpbf1dnpt96kksX86

05.01.2022 Have plans for today? If not, why don't you bring the family down to the Museum to take a step back in time and explore our local pioneer history. You might even recognise a few faces in the old photographs on display! We're open from 1:00pm until 4:00pm. Gold coin donation for entry.

02.01.2022 Number 4 in our series of ""Who am I"" testing your knowledge of Wongan Ballidu History This group of ladies are farewelling an amazing woman who single-handedly ran her farm successfully after her husbands death. She was also State President of the CWA and was involved in the CWA, District and divisional commissioner of the Girl Guides, Civil Defence, local P+C, Anglican Church and unsurprisingly was awarded an OBE and OAM for her amazing Community involvement Who is the lady in question and who are the other women in the photo ??

02.01.2022 Who am I ? I was born in Ireland I am the son of a diplomat I was an engineer Several generations of my family have farmed in Wongan Hills as did I