Gwoonwardu Mia - Gascoyne Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Centre Overview

Gwoonwardu Mia - Gascoyne Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Centre

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Celebration of Aboriginal heritage and culture

The spacious and modern Gwoonwardu Mia Gascoyne Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Centre celebrates the culture and country of five Gascoyne Aboriginal language groups. You can learn much about the ancient and modern history of Gascoyne Aboriginal people through a permanent collection and exhibitions. You may also spot an artist in residence at work. Be sure to leave time to visit the gallery shop and cafe.

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Address:

146 Robinson St
Carnarvon WA 6701
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9941 1989

Email:

gwoonwardumia@museum.wa.gov.au

Opening Hours

Mon to Fri 9.30am - 3.30pm

Grinding Stone

Return of the grindstone

How many hands have held this grinding stone over the millennia? When did they use it last? Station people came upon the grinding stone and some spears at a campsite and corroboree ground along the...

Mandu Beads

World’s oldest jewellery?

Could this be some of the world’s oldest jewellery? These 32,000-year-old shells feature delicate holes through which Aboriginal people once threaded string to fashion body ornaments such as necklaces...

Shield by Chubby Jones

Ancient armoury

The red-and-white markings in the grooves of this shield were typical of those made and used in the Gascoyne area. Called a jiwara or a bugali, the shield was made by Yinggaarda man Chubby Jones at...

Irra Wangga Language Centre at Bundiyarra

Sharing the language and culture of Australia’s first people

The Irra Wangga Language Centre is housed within Geraldton’s Bundiyarra Cultural Precinct. It works to preserve, share and promote the languages of the region’s Indigenous people. Here you can see and...

Carnarvon Library and Gallery

Capturing Carnarvon's past

You’ll find the Carnarvon Local Studies library within the Carnarvon Library and Art Gallery building. This treasure-trove of local historical information provides an insight into the region’s...

Koobabbie Precinct

Relocating Koobabbie Farm, kitchen sink and all.

This collection was saved by Coorow Heritage Group, after it was gifted three buildings and the farming equipment from a historically significant farm. Find out about the history of Samuel Rudduck and...

Cervantes Historical Society

A rollicking shipwreck and community past

This delightful collection of artefacts tells the story of Cervantes’ rich shipwreck history, its fishing past and the community that rolled up their sleeves and shaped their coastal township through...