Sisters of St John of God Heritage Centre Overview

SSJG Heritage Centre Broome

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A social history of the Kimberley

The SSJG Heritage Centre’s award winning Relationships exhibition is housed in the 1926 Old Convent, one of three remaining Japanese ‘Shinkabe’ buildings. The engaging displays offer a unique window into the Kimberley’s settler past and the relationships between its Asian, Aboriginal and European people. Additionally, the 70,000 strong photographic collection is accessible digitally on site, to the public. Visitors are welcome to tour the original Foundation Site where the Sisters began their work in 1908, wander the paths into tranquil garden-rooms, and listen to captivating archival narratives on the three audio stations.

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Address:

9 Barker St
Broome WA 6725
Australia

Tel:

0428 692 993

Email:

information@ssjgheritagebroome.com.au

Opening Hours

February to November
Mon to Fri 9am-12 Noon

May to August
Saturdays 10am-12 Noon

Leprosarium violin

The leprosarium with an orchestra

From the early 20th century in Australia, the 'Big Sick' was a most feared, incurable and darkly mysterious disease. Stigmatised from biblical times, the bacterial infection known as leprosy, or...

Photograph of Japanese Hospital

The best of care for the people who needed it the most

Broome was a town of excesses during the roaring days of the pearling industry. Prostitution, brothels and opium dens operated in the boarding houses and laundries of Sheeba Lane and drinking and...

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...

Broome Bird Observatory

Shorebird capital of Australia

The BBO is a veritable twitcher’s paradise on beautiful Roebuck Bay, where up to 120,000 shorebirds gather every year. Once you have arrived, the first port of call is the Clive Minton Discovery...

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...

Ganalili Centre and Juluwarlu Aboriginal Corporation

Ganalili - A Place of New Beginnings

Ganalili is the Yindjibarndi word for the light in the morning before the rising of the sun. Living up to its name of new beginnings, the centre is set in Roebourne’s old Victoria Hotel, a site of...