Onslow Visitors Centre and Goodshed Museum Overview

Onslow Visitors Centre and Goodshed Museum

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Cyclone city survives

For dedicated lovers of ‘old things’, the Onslow Goodshed Museum is a treat not to be missed when travelling the west coast. The Museum documents the history of Onslow and its well-deserved reputation for survival from its origins, through cyclones, Japanese bombings, atomic bomb testing and Shire amalgamations, to remain a cornerstone of the Ashburton Shire. The Museum and visitor centre is housed in the old Goods Shed—the last of its kind in the northwest ports, from when shipping was the lifeline of the community.

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Address:

52 Second Avenue
Onslow WA 6710
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9184 6644

Email:

onslowvc@bigpond.com

Opening Hours

April to October 7 days 10am - 3pm

Sail-making kit

Tools of the trade

Sitting on the edge of Nichol Bay and at the mouth of the Ashburton River, Onslow was a pearling town where pearling fleets careened their boats and sought refuge in Beadon Creek well into the 1960s...

Teaspoon collection

Teaspoons of the world

What traveller did not have a dedicated silver teaspoon to celebrate the journeys of their families and friends? This collection, whimsically placed on a wooden map of Australia, connects Onslow to...

Radioactivity warning sign

Stay away!

In the aftermath of World War 2 and the onset of the Cold War in the 1950’s, Australia and its British allies were obsessed with defending their shores at any cost. Atomic warfare was considered a...

Nyamba Buru Yawuru

This is the place of Yawuru

Representing the Yawuru people, the traditional owners of the country around Broome, Nyamba Buru Yawuru (NBY) is committed to a vision of mabu liyan, mabu buru, mabu ngarrangunil – Good liyan, (well...

Wangka Maya Aboriginal Language Centre

Keeping language strong

Servicing over 30 language groups of the Pilbara, Wangka Maya was the first Aboriginal language centre in the north. Established in 1987, elders committed to preserving their language, culture and...

Kununurra Museum

Kununurra stories

For a town that was only gazetted in 1961, the Kununurra Museum has amassed an amazing amount of information, objects and stories about the town and the history of the surrounding region. From 2,000...

Warlayirti Artists

Little bit long way

So says the first of many painted car-bonnet signs as you turn off the Great Northern Highway to travel the 350 kms along the Tanami track to the Warlayirti Artists Art and Culture Centre at Balgo...