Some of the amenities provided at the museum include ample car and bus parking, accessible washrooms and books available for sale. Displays, including many photographs, dressed models, clothing and farm machinery, reflect the gold mining rush of 1856. Langi morgala museum the ararat advertiser ararat, vic. Published march 2018 by grampians tourism board inc. Improve wikipedias coverage of victorian museums and galleries. Book the best ararat attractions, explore a large selection of activities and with kingaroyaccommodation. Sorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the dates you. As a result, they organised the first international museums day editathon focused on victorian. Langi morgala museum australian museums and galleries. Councillors and mayors, crossreferenced to the images of them held by langi morgala museum. Free camp at green hill lake reserve camps australia wide. It is housed in a bluestone and brick building built in 1874. Originally a wool and grain store, langi morgala now houses a fascinating and unique collection of district curiosities, artefacts and memorabilia, including the. Ararat and district historical society inc royal historical society of.
Langi morgala museum, ararat western district, local history, website. Originally a wool and grain store, langi morgala museum. Langi morgala museum first opened in 1970 to provide a home for collections of aboriginal art and artefacts that are important to the regions history. You can take the aradale ghost tour at the lunatic asylum and prison, j ward museum complex, langi morgala museum and the chinese. Just to let everyone know that the volunteer crew of langi morgala museum will be taking a break over the christmasnew year week and so will be closed from sunday 23rd and reopening wednesday january 2nd. Langi morgala museum is the home of the collection of ararat and district historical society. Langi morgala museum first opened its doors to the public in 1970 to provide a home for the diverse collections of aboriginal works of art and artefacts that are important to the regions history. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation, inc. We wish everyone a very happy christmas and a wonderful 2019. This list of museums in victoria, australia contains museums which are defined for this context. The museums aboriginal name translates as home of yesterday. The society is interested in local history which is on display in langi morgala museum which incl. The altona historical society was formed in 1961, incorporated in 1996 and in 2000 amalgamated wi.
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