Events at this location

This One Thing presents 16 photographic portraits of local migrants showing one item they would have never left behind when they left their country, or an item which is very precious to them.

Each participant also shares their stories in an interview, inviting us to learn and celebrate the perspectives, experiences and journeys of people within the Bunbury community. Bring your ear phones to tune into the audio stories whilst viewing the exhibition.

Presented by the Bunbury Multicultural Group and the Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre, with support from the Photography Group of Bunbury, Simcoa Operations, and the Rotary Club of South Bunbury.

The exhibition runs from Saturday 4 June until Sunday 28 August at the Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre.

Opening hours: 10am to 4pm, Tuesday to Sunday (closed Mondays).

The Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre presents Winter Warmer, our program of free events celebrating local history every Sunday afternoon through June to August.

Pastime is a free series of casual talks and Q and A sessions with local and visiting historians for your enjoyment.

Our presenter for this Pastime session is Irma Walter on The Strange Story of Adolph Hecht.

Date: Sunday 26 June 2022

Time:1:30pm to 3:00pm

Free entry, RSVPs via Eventbrite are encouraged.

The Strange Story of Adolph Hecht.

It was late in life when Irma Walter learned that she is the great-grand-daughter of a convict, a fact that up until that time was a well-kept family secret. Since then, she has been recording the lives of some
of the almost 10 000 convicts who were sent to WA between 1850 and 1868. She found that once they had served out their terms, the majority remained in the colony, working hard and raising families.

 Others were determined to leave WA as soon as they were able. One of these was Adolph Hecht, a young man who had been sentenced to ten years’transportation, after being found guilty of acquiring a quantity of goods by means of signing false cheques, along with his wife Dora. Following his release on ticket-of-leave, Adolph found employment as a general labourer and a teacher, saving his meagre salary before sailing to the USA.

Irma has traced Adolph Hecht from that time, recording another audacious crime committed by him in his determination to be re-united with his family.

This One Thing presents 16 photographic portraits of local migrants showing one item they would have never left behind when they left their country, or an item which is very precious to them.

Each participant also shares their stories in an interview, inviting us to learn and celebrate the perspectives, experiences and journeys of people within the Bunbury community. Bring your ear phones to tune into the audio stories whilst viewing the exhibition.

Presented by the Bunbury Multicultural Group and the Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre, with support from the Photography Group of Bunbury, Simcoa Operations, and the Rotary Club of South Bunbury.

The exhibition runs from Saturday 4 June until Sunday 28 August at the Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre.

Opening hours: 10am to 4pm, Tuesday to Sunday (closed Mondays).

The Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre presents Winter Warmer, our program of free events celebrating local history every Sunday afternoon through June to August.

Pastime is a free series of casual talks and Q and A sessions with local and visiting historians for your enjoyment.

Our presenter for this session is John Viska on The History of the Old Picton School.

Date: Sunday 10 July 2022

Time: 1:30pm to 3:00pm

Free entry, RSVPs via Eventbrite are encouraged.

The History of the Old Picton School.

When John Viska was looking at a small, unsigned watercolour painting of a rustic building at an Antiques Collector Fair, he noticed written in faded ink on the reverse; ‘Picton School near Bunbury’.

Intrigued by the picture, he purchased it. As it didn’t look like the usual government department building, it set John off on a research trail to find its location, the possible artist, and when it was done.

On Sunday 10 July, John will share his findings – come along and hear the fascinating story of the first Picton School! About John Viska:

John Viska is the founding Chairman of the West Australian branch of the Australian Garden History Society, and researched and curated the Society’s two exhibitions on historic gardens of Perth. He is also the author of A Guide to Conserving and Interpreting Gardens in Western Australia, contributed entries to The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens and the Historical Encyclopaedia of WA, and is currently co-editing Historic Gardens of Perth, European Settlement to Modernism. John lectured in Horticulture in the TAFE system for twenty five years and prepared
conservation plans for the National Trust of Australia (WA), Heritage Council, and the City of Vincent. In 2008 he was the recipient of an award from the Heritage Council of Western
Australia for ‘Outstanding contribution to Heritage in Western Australia by an Individual’.

The Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre presents Winter Warmer, our program of free events celebrating local history every Sunday afternoon through June to August.

Pastime is a free series of casual talks and Q and A sessions with local and visiting historians for your enjoyment.

Our presenter for this session is Kerry Trantham on The Deconstruction of the Bunbury Jetty.

Date: Sunday 31 July 2022

Time: 1:30pm to 3:00pm

Free entry, RSVPs via Eventbrite are encouraged.

 Kerry Trantham is a Bunbury boy born and bred, who like so many others spent countless hours fishing from our historic jetty as a young boy. Forty plus years later, he found himself ironically with mixed emotions playing a part in the deconstruction of this jetty. Since then, with the help of local Burekup man Mark Hutchison and his mill, Kerry has been cutting and supplying some of the left-over beams and piles to building projects. The timber has gone as far as Muchea to the north and as far south as Augusta, some even going East, with Mark and Kerry meeting some very creative people along the way. Kerry will share his photos and footage of the day-to-day deconstruction of the beloved Bunbury jetty, and cover some of the
challenges that arose during the process. While accepting the need for this jetty to be deconstructed, this is an opportunity to appreciate those who built it – and we can’t forget those who tried so hard to save it. Kerry will also present examples of building projects that have since beautifully re-used the amazing timber from the jetty.

This One Thing presents 16 photographic portraits of local migrants showing one item they would have never left behind when they left their country, or an item which is very precious to them.

Each participant also shares their stories in an interview, inviting us to learn and celebrate the perspectives, experiences and journeys of people within the Bunbury community. Bring your ear phones to tune into the audio stories whilst viewing the exhibition.

Presented by the Bunbury Multicultural Group and the Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre, with support from the Photography Group of Bunbury, Simcoa Operations, and the Rotary Club of South Bunbury.

The exhibition runs from Saturday 4 June until Sunday 28 August at the Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre.

Opening hours: 10am to 4pm, Tuesday to Sunday (closed Mondays).

The Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre presents Winter Warmer, our program of free events celebrating local history every Sunday afternoon through June to August.

Pastime is a free series of casual talks and Q and A sessions with local and visiting historians for your enjoyment.

Our presenter for this session is Barbara Rae on The Best of Family History Research.

Date: Sunday 21 August 2022

Time: 1:30pm to 3:00pm

Free
entry, RSVPs via Eventbrite are encouraged.

The Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre presents Winter Warmer, our program of free events celebrating local history every Sunday afternoon through June to August.

Pastime is a free series of casual talks and Q and A sessions with local and visiting historians for your enjoyment.

Our presenter for this session is Leslie Thiele on Forrest, O’Connor, Vosper: An Agony of Vision.

Date: Sunday 28
August 2022

Time:1:30pm to 3:30pm

Free
entry, RSVPs via Eventbrite are encouraged