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The Museum’s address is at Artillery Barracks, 2 Burt Street, Fremantle, Western Australia 6160.
Visiting hours for the public are between 10:30am and 1:00pm each day, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. We are closed for Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. <strong>PLEASE NOTE: the visits take approximately two hours. The Museum will close and needs to be vacated of visitors at 3:00pm.
In compliance with the Western Australian Government requirements ALL visitors aged 16 or over will need to show proof of double vaccination as from January 31st 2022.
To view/download a site plan of the museum click here.
To view/download a gallery layout plan click here.
We may be able to accommodate a Group Tour outside normal hours of operation in special circumstances, but this would need to be arranged through our main office.
All adult visitors to the museum must have the appropriate photo ID.
There is full wheelchair access to all displays.
If you require further information, please contact the main office on 9430 2535
Onsite parking is not available for the general public however, if you have an ACROD Parking Permit, you will be allowed to park your vehicle inside on the main parade ground. All visitors on official museum business who have appropriate ID will be admitted and can park onsite.
School and group tours are by arrangement.
All tour groups from recognised organisation’s that have made a tour booking will be admitted. (These groups should use the Tour Booking Form). For organised group tours, there is ample onsite parking available for buses and coaches.
As from January 31st, 2022 in accordance with Western Australian Government COVID requirements ALL visitors over the age of 16 will need to show proof of double vaccination in order to enter the Museum.
To view/download a site plan of the museum click here.
To view/download a gallery layout plan click here.
EDUCATION ACTIVITY RISK MANAGEMENT. Documentation can be viewed here
Public Liability cover for all museum staff and visitors is provided by the Department of Defence through the Commonwealth Government provider up to an amount of $20,000,000. See Current Certificate here
| Admissions – Private Entry: | Admissions – Group Tours Entry: |
|---|---|
| Adults | Adults |
| $15.00 | $15.00 |
| Seniors/Concessions | Seniors/Concessions |
| $10.00 | $10.00 |
| Children – ( 6-17) | Metro Students / Country Students |
| $10.00 |
$8.00 Metro students $7.00 Country students |
| Family Groups – (2+3) | |
| $35.00 | |
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The Australian Army Museum of Western Australia is located in the heritage-listed precinct of the Artillery Barracks at Burt Street in Fremantle. Built between 1910 and 1913, the historic barracks housed the permanent garrison artillerymen.
The museum, established in 1977, does not receive any government funding and relies on entry fees, fundraising events, donations/bequests and facilities hire for the day-to-day running of the museum.’
2019 Vintage Car Show
The precinct’s facilities are available for hire for regular meetings or special events. Facilities include a conference room, the Officers’ Mess, kitchen/bar and barbecue facilities, meeting rooms, large onsite parking and access to the museum’s galleries for tours. The Parade Ground provides an ideal space for concerts, displays or exhibition settings.
The Army Museum is a regional museum of the Australian Army History Unit network of museums throughout Australia and is managed by Army reservists and assisted by volunteers. It is supported by the Army Museum of Western Australia Foundation which is a not-for-profit company.
The museum has six established galleries and a static display of vehicles and other military hardware located on the parade ground and in adjacent buildings. In addition to the public displays of army memorabilia and artefacts, are a wide range of items of significance.
CONFERENCE ROOM
The Conference Room accommodates up to 100 people in airconditioned comfort. It is equipped with a lectern, speaker and wall-mounted screen for presentations via a laptop. A kitchen/bar area located at the rear of the room facilitates the serving of light refreshments.
PARADE GROUND
The Parade Ground provides ample, onsite parking for meetings and events. Due to its size, it is also an ideal location for shows or exhibitions in which large displays can showcased.
OFFICERS’ MESS
The Officers’ Mess provides an ideal setting for functions with a self-contained kitchen, including an oven, urn and food preparation area. There is also a bar area for serving beverages, along with various rooms suitable for holding meetings.
BARBECUE & OUTDOOR FACILTIES
Gas barbecues, along with outdoor tables and chairs, are available for those wishing to hold events in an outdoor settings.
Bookings & Enquiries
For more information or to make a booking, please contact the museum at info@armymuseumwa.com.au or phone [08] 9430 2535.
International Nurses Day is celebrated worldwide every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. ICN commemorates this important day each year by producing and distributing the International Nurses' Day (IND) resources and evidence.
More than 3,000 Australian civilian nurses volunteered for active service during the First World War. While enabling direct participation in the war effort, nursing also provided opportunities for independence and travel, sometimes hoping to be closer to loved ones serving overseas.
About 3,500 Australian Army nurses served either overseas or in Australia during World War II.
More than 200 Australian civilian nurses, 100 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and 43 nurses from the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) served during the Vietnam War.
Countless more have served and continue to serve since.
All images courtesy of the Army Museum of Western Australia collection
Image one, Australian Army Nurses outside a hospital tent, c1914
Image two, Formal portrait of nurses taken in Fremantle c1913
Image three, Informal outdoor portrait of two Australian Army Nursing Service Nurses of 2/7 Australian General Hospital
Image four, Chaplain Riley with Nurses and Medical staff outside thatched hut in Papua New Guinea c1944
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Due to the recent relaxing of Covid 19 restrictions visitors no longer need to pre book their tours online or show proof of vaccination.
The museum will still comply with State Government standards when and if required. We recommend where social distancing is not possible that masks be worn.
This photo was taken at the entrance of the Barracks on Burt Street upon building completion in 1911.
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The modern Australian celebration of Mother's Day actually grew out of calls for peace and anti-war campaigns following the American Civil War (1861-65).
In 1924 Janet Heyden, from Leichhardt in Sydney, started the Australian tradition of giving gifts to mums on Mother’s Day. She realised many mother’s had lost son’s, brother’s, husbands and loved ones during the First World War.
Heyden was on the committee of the Home for Destitute Women and Children in Strathfield, and she was visiting a patient who had been transferred to Newington State Home.
“That was when I decided something should be done to brighten the lonely lives of the mothers there. I organised gifts for them on Mother’s Day,” Heyden told the Sydney Morning Herald in 1954.
“Even a little remembrance like hairpins (they wouldn’t be much good these days, would they?), a hankie or a cake of soap meant a lot to people like that.”
But then Heyden thought – why stop there? She appealed to the wider public – through the local newspapers – and soon the gifts were pouring in.
“The late Alderman Dyer, who was Mayor of Leichhardt, used to drive me around to the old mothers of the district with my gift parcels."
"For seven years in succession the appeal through the newspapers made sure that hundreds of mothers who would otherwise have been forgotten received a Mother's Day gift," she said. "Today, of course, a gift for mother is just a natural thing."
Heyden's tradition of honouring mums with a gift and a card soon caught on, and families from around Australia were celebrating Mother's Day. #mothersday #gifts #campaigning #womensupportingwomen #celebrating #commemorating #philanthropy #generosity
Sheila Mary McClemans was born on 3 May 1909 at Claremont and attended Perth Modern School and the University of Western Australia. McClemans was one of the earliest women law graduates in Western Australia and obtained her articles from Stawell, Hardwick & Forman. In her first year, however, her only source of income was coaching secondary school students at night.
McClemans was admitted to the Bar on 16 May 1933 but could not find a law firm that would engage her. Consequently, she and her friend and fellow graduate, Molly Kingston, founded Kingston & McClemans, the first all-female law firm in the State. Particularly interested in helping women with their legal problems, she became the first woman barrister to appear before the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
McClemans enlisted in the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) on 11 January 1943 at HMAS Leeuwin, Western Australia. Her excellent leadership and organisational skills earned her rapid promotion, being appointed Second Officer in July and First Officer in November 1943. In January 1944 she was appointed to administer the WRANS, and in August, she was appointed as the Director of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service. She was promoted to Chief Officer in January 1945 and was selected to represent the WRANS at the 8 June 1946 Victory March in London.
In 1953 she set up her own practice and built up one of Perth's largest divorce practices. She became secretary of the Law Society of Western Australia (1961-65) and administrator of its legal aid scheme (1961-70).
McClemans was National President of the Australian Federation of University Women (1950-52), a member of the Legal Aid Commission of Western Australia (1977-80), and a member of the Parole Board of Western Australia (1964-84). She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, in 1977. She was appointed as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1978 New Years' Honours List "for services to law and women's affairs".
Sheila McClemans died on 10 June 1988.
This portrait was painted by Nora Heysen in 1943 and is part of the collection at the Australian War Memorial.
