Proserpine Historical Museum

 

 

Welcome to the Proserpine Historical Museum, three-time winner of the Whitsunday Heritage and Cultural Tourism Award and a Queensland Tourism Judges Commendation. The museum has also been inducted into the Whitsunday Tourism Hall of Fame.

  

The Society aims to collect and preserve the history of the Whitsunday region and its associated communities. The museum houses an extensive collection of printed materials, photographs and artefacts relating to the history of the area, from its first inhabitants the Juru, Gia, Bira and Ngaro people, to the early European pioneers and the post war settlers. A small theatre screens a selection of DVDs on local topics and famous identities.

  

The Museum is managed and maintained entirely by volunteers. 

The Foyer

  - The newly-tuned Grand Theatre

     piano is a long-awaited addition to

     the foyer. It has already produced

     some Happy Birthdays and

     Christmas songs. 

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Looking for gifts?

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The FOYER SHOP has:

-  Locally crafted items for sale:

    jewellery, soft toys, crocheted and

    knitted items, bags, table runners,

    cards 

-  Beautiful Ashdene cups and trays

-  Souvenirs

-  Pre-loved Books, Magazines, CDs

   and DVDs

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Museum Magazine

December 2021 Issue 125

- Boxing Day Sports at Cannon Valley

- Pepper Family celebrates 100 years in

  Proserpine

- Ron Drew's story continued

- Patricia McCormack (Meppem's) story

- The first 60 years of Shute Harbour

- Kaye Cronan's Shute Harbour story

- Fun in the Foyer

- 2021 Happenings

- Bush Telegraph

   

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