Margaret River and Districts Historical Society at The Old Settlement Museum
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  • History
    • Noongar People
    • First European Records
    • Later European Records
    • Margaret River
    • Group Settlement
      • Group Settlement
      • Group Settlement Scheme – Names and Map
      • Group Settlement Banners
    • Gold Prospecting
      • The Boodjidup Brook Gold Rush
      • Tracker’s Lost Gold Reef in Margaret River
    • Surfing
    • Wineries and Vineyards
    • The Timber Industry
    • Caves
    • Stories
      • The Isaacs Family
      • The fresh fish highway to Perth
      • Delivering horse mail from Busselton to Cape Leeuwin
  • Media
    • Photos
      • People
      • Buildings
      • Events
      • Group Settlement
      • Industries and Agriculture
      • Recreation
    • Video Archive
  • Locations
    • Museums
    • North of Margaret River
    • Margaret River
    • South of Margaret River
    • Main Street Historic Walk
    • Margaret River Cemetery
  • Information
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
    • Contact
    • Membership
    • Volunteering
    • Books for Sale
    • Documents
      • Reference
        • Shire Heritage Inventory (PDF)
        • Shire Heritage List (PDF)
        • Historical Encyclopedia of WA (PDF)
      • Additional Resources
        • Growth and Decline of Karridale (PDF)
        • Aboriginal Art at Kudardup Cave (PDF)
        • Karridale Bushfire 1961 (PDF)
        • Leeuwin 1622-2022 Commemorative Edition (PDF)
      • Brochures
        • Augusta Busselton Heritage Trail Brochure (PDF)
        • Cowaramup Heritage Trail Brochure (PDF)
        • Margaret River Heritage Trail Brochure (PDF)
        • Wadandi Track Brochure (PDF)
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We acknowledge the Wardandi people of the region as the traditional custodians of this land and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present

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  • History
    • Noongar People
    • First European Records
    • Later European Records
    • Margaret River
    • Group Settlement
      • Group Settlement
      • Group Settlement Scheme – Names and Map
      • Group Settlement Banners
    • Gold Prospecting
      • The Boodjidup Brook Gold Rush
      • Tracker’s Lost Gold Reef in Margaret River
    • Surfing
    • Wineries and Vineyards
    • The Timber Industry
    • Caves
    • Stories
      • The Isaacs Family
      • The fresh fish highway to Perth
      • Delivering horse mail from Busselton to Cape Leeuwin
  • Media
    • Photos
      • People
      • Buildings
      • Events
      • Group Settlement
      • Industries and Agriculture
      • Recreation
    • Video Archive
  • Locations
    • Museums
    • North of Margaret River
    • Margaret River
    • South of Margaret River
    • Main Street Historic Walk
    • Margaret River Cemetery
  • Information
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
    • Contact
    • Membership
    • Volunteering
    • Books for Sale
    • Documents
      • Reference
        • Shire Heritage Inventory (PDF)
        • Shire Heritage List (PDF)
        • Historical Encyclopedia of WA (PDF)
      • Additional Resources
        • Growth and Decline of Karridale (PDF)
        • Aboriginal Art at Kudardup Cave (PDF)
        • Karridale Bushfire 1961 (PDF)
        • Leeuwin 1622-2022 Commemorative Edition (PDF)
      • Brochures
        • Augusta Busselton Heritage Trail Brochure (PDF)
        • Cowaramup Heritage Trail Brochure (PDF)
        • Margaret River Heritage Trail Brochure (PDF)
        • Wadandi Track Brochure (PDF)
  • 🔍