Emu Park Historical Museum Inc
The building was a court house and then police station in Mt Chalmers, re-located to Emu Park in 1986. The collection comprises historical data of the town and district from its inception and includes photographs, artefacts, a library of rare books, collection of sea shells and coloured sands, rocks, crockery, relics, coins, family histories, military memorabilia, dolls and tools.
Address:
17 Hill Street, Emu Park, QLD
Tel:
079396080
Hours:
9am-11am Tue, Wed, Fri, 10am-2pm Sun
Admission:
Adults $2, children accompanied by adult free
Facilities:
Wheelchair and walker access, guided tours, school project education sheets
Collection:
Estimated 2,350 items plus 200 photographs
Subject:
- Social History Museum
- Photographs
- Archives
- Armed Forces
- Business
- Childhood
- Numismatics, Coins and Currency
- Domestic Items
- EducationAndSchools
- Emergency Services
- Genealogy
- Local History
- Social History
- Weapons Arms and Armor
- Clocks
- Clothing, Fashion, Costume
- Hunting, Fishing, Trapping
- Mines and Mining
- Railways or Tramways
- Ships and Shipping
- Tools
- Vertebrates
- Ephemera
- Models
- Music
Items
Ship's bell
Description:
Bell from the ship Countess Russell.
Date:
1873
Camp wagon
Creator:
Queensland Government Railways
Description:
Standard campwagon to 1980.
Shell collection
Description:
Shell collection from the Great Barrier Reef area.
Phonograph
Edison Cylindrical Phonograph
Creator:
Thomas Edison Company
Description:
0
Date:
1890-1911