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Wednesday 10am - 1pm Thursday 10am - 1pm Friday 10am - 1pm Saturday 10am - 1pm Sunday 10am - 1pm

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Bunbury Historical Society - King Cottage Museum

Name: Bunbury Historical Society - King Cottage Museum
Address: 77 Forrest Avenue, Bunbury, WA, 6230, AU
Telephone: 0897217546
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Bunbury Historical Society meets at the King Cottage Museum on Tuesdays from 10am.

28/04/2026

Tomorrow on Wednesday, 29th April, King Cottage Museum will be closed due to certain circumstances. We'll be open again on Thursday, 30th April. Sorry for any inconvenience

18/04/2026

Our King Cottage Open Day 2026 is now here!

Looking forward to seeing you all.

Parking is available out the front of the main fence along Forrest Avenue and at nearby businesses that are closed for the day. We also have ACROD parking near the main entrance.

There is also a bus stop for the 828 route directly across the road from the cottage.

28/03/2026

Our new John King display is now open!

Come along and see the new items on display, donated by the granddaughter of John King, the youngest King son, that have been used by multiple generations of the King family.

Even better, come along to our King Cottage Open Day 2026 on Saturday 18th April, and you'll get to see display for FREE.

Hope to see you here soon ☺️

23/03/2026

This weekend, local author Lorraine Carlson will be releasing her new book 'Lamorna' documenting the history of the King Cottage building and will be launched by His Worship the Mayor of City of Bunbury, Jaysen Miguel.

Light refreshments provided - EFTPOS unavailable.

For more information: contact 0419 791 672 or email [email protected]

21/03/2026

Catalpa 150th Anniversary Afternoon at the Museum / SUN 22 MARCH, 2PM - 3.30PM

150 years ago, a group of Irish political prisoners – sent to WA as convicts on life sentences for treason against the British Government – escaped from Fremantle prison following elaborate planning by sympathisers to their cause, including Captain George Anthony of the Catalpa.

The great-grandson of the Catalpa's captain, Mr Jim Ryan, is visiting the Bunbury Museum to share about the daring voyage, rescue and re-present to the Museum's collection a model of the Catalpa beautifully restored by Tim Sutherland.

Join us on Sunday 22 March for an afternoon to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Catalpa rescue at the Bunbury Museum.

ℹ️ For more information and free tickets, visit https://vist.ly/4u23b

18/02/2026

Due to work being carried out on the King Cottage property, we will be closed today - 18th February.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

We will reopen tomorrow from 10am.

19/12/2025

Congratulations to our new life member, Irma Walter!

Irma first joined the Bunbury Historical Society in the early 1990s, and since then, has helped and supported us on and off over the years with research, accessioning new objects and completing information for our historic person data sheets 😃

Irma talents have been crucial to ensuring our paperwork and research are complete.

Thank you and well done for everything Irma 😊

17/12/2025

King Cottage Museum Christmas Opening Hours!

King Cottage Museum will be closed on the following days during the Christmas period.

Thursday, 25 December - CLOSED
Friday, 26 December - CLOSED
Reopen from Sat-Sun 27-28 December.
Open on Wed, 31 December
Thursday, 1 January - CLOSED
Reopen on Friday 2 January.

The Bunbury Historical Society wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 😊

03/12/2025

Welcome to our newest addition to the Lawrence Sanders Annex, Lucky the Horse! 🐴🐎

Lucky is available for kids to sit on and get their picture taken (with the hat in the picture of course) 😊

Manufactured in Marland, Oklahoma about 80-90 years ago, Lucky is still strong as ever and is looking forward to seeing all the new visitors at King Cottage Museum from 10am-1pm from Weds to Sun. 😊

02/12/2025

Because of the number '6 7' becoming popular through online memes, let's go back to the year 1867!

That's when this amazing picture of Keen's Blacksmith Shop was taken in Stephen Street in the middle of Bunbury!

Come see this photo along with our blacksmith display at King Cottage Museum, open from Weds to Fri from 10am-1pm 😊

25/11/2025

Have a look at these stunning objects we have just been donated! An original high chair and child's rocking chair used by the King family in the Cottage many years ago! 😲. The high chair and rocking chair were used by the youngest child of Henry and Susannah King, John, during his childhood years, and was used by descendants of his family for many years afterwards.

Thanks to Lila Farrow for donating these objects to us! They are now back at their original home. Feel free to come along Wednesdays to Sundays from 10am-1pm to have a look at them for yourself! 😊

Address

77 Forrest Avenue
Bunbury, WA
6230

Opening Hours

Wednesday	10am - 1pm
Thursday	10am - 1pm
Friday	10am - 1pm
Saturday	10am - 1pm
Sunday	10am - 1pm

Telephone

0897217546

Website

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