Hamilton Pastoral Museum Inc

08/03/2026

Did you go to the Hamilton Pastoral Museum for the International Harvester Rally?

Don't miss our next rally in May.

08/03/2026

Put this in your diary!

31/01/2026

The Hamilton Pastoral Museum called for 100 Caterpillars to attend the 1925 celebration of Caterpillar's 100-year anniversary - and 136 turned up!

A highlight of the event was the Saturday evening keynote talk by Martin Mibus from Mibus Bros, Portland.

Watch the video of the 100 Caterpillars for 100 Years rally, including Martin's presentation, at

More than 130 Caterpillars participated in the 100 Caterpillars for 100 Years rally at the Hamilton Pastoral Museum in 2025.

06/10/2025

22/09/2025

The Hamilton Pastoral Museum's October weekend rally features AGCO and it’s lost brands, should bring out a host of machines. AGCO was formed in 1990 with Deutz-Allis as the beginnings
Many of these names are recent, but from the old legendary brands we could be displaying a big range of tractors, hay, harvesting and other pieces of farming history.

The museums recent rallies have been celebrating anniversaries but did you know that this year AGCO celebrates 35 years? Could we organise thirty five machines to celebrate the AGCO anniversary?

This rally will feature the legendary brands that have been lost into the modern AGCO company. From the famous names of Allis Chalmers, Ferguson, Massey Harris to the lesser known Hart Parr, Deutz, Oliver brands. There will be tractors, harvesting, hay and industrial pieces of our mechanical past to be seen.

Walk the museums period streetscape, investigate the display sheds and appreciate all manner of bygones, observe working exhibits and join in the fun with the model railway, vintage cars and talented wood turners. Both days will have a 2pm grand parade and all day food from the museum's kitchen

There will also be working demonstrations of blacksmithing and wood turning as well as wool spinning, knitting and weaving.

Appreciate all manner of bygones from cream separators, printing presses, washing machines, shearing gear, engines, horse vehicles and much more.

Both days will have a 2pm Grand Parade

Hamilton Pastoral Museum October Rally
18-19 October— weekend event
Cnr Ballarat Rd & Hiller Lane Hamilton

Adult $10, U16 free, Concession $7, Family $15

Contact Glenn 0409 258 135. Mal 0407975630

26/07/2025

We're going to be at SHEEPVENTION.

There will be our blacksmith on site making a range of items right in front of you.

A Massey Pony tractor will be belt driving a grister, a common site, a Century ago, grinding grain into meal for stock feed.

Call in a see us on Site 193 on Sunday and Monday, August 2-3,

17/06/2025

The video from our 2022 rally, 100 Bulldogs for 100 Years, is now available on YouTube. See an Australian record number of Bulldogs all in one place - Hamilton Vic.

Click on this link to watch the video https://youtu.be/aj4RRrdtCpw

Give it a thumbs-up.

You can still buy a copy of this video by contacting the Museum at: [email protected]

To celebrate 100 years of Bulldog tractors, the Hamilton Pastoral Museum held a rally in October 2022 with the aspirational target of bringing 100 Bulldogs t...

18/05/2025

WE MADE IT - 100 CATS FOR 100 YEARS

A total of 105 Caterpillar machines attended the Hamilton Pastoral Museum's May Rally over the weekend. While we hoped for 100 machines with the Caterpillar brand, but we were not sure we would achieve it.

Thank you to our exhibitors who made it all possible, and made the Grand Parade a memorable event for all the spectators who came to see the Cats in action.

17/05/2025

Cats came out to play at the Hamilton Pastoral Museum rally.

then Caterpillars of all shapes, sizes and ages played in the dirt and strutted their stuff during the Grand Parade on the first day of the May Rally.

There will be chances

If you didn't get there today, there is still tomorrow to call out to the Hamilton Pastoral Museum to get up close to the many machines of this historic Caterpillar brand, that are celebrating 100 years of the Cat brand. Gates are open from 10am to 4pm.