Winner
Bunbury Geographe Motor Museum
The Bunbury Geographe Motor Museum opened in 2020 to showcase motoring history and heritage, and tell the stories of people and vehicles from Bunbury and the South West.
The museum is run by a team of dedicated volunteers, who have acquired, restored and shared hundreds of vintage cars, motorcycles and memorabilia. The museum's popular displays, which are regularly rotated with new exhibitions, feature vintage, veteran, post-war, classic and other significant vehicles, and paraphernalia. A recent event saw 400 vehicles and thousands of people visit Bunbury, with the city benefitting from the flow-on effect.
Car clubs, community groups and school groups are regular visitors to the museum, enjoying the displays and learning about the local history and heritage.
Commendation
City of Perth Boorloo Heritage Festival 2023
The City of Perth Boorloo Heritage Festival celebrated its thirteenth year as a rebranded and revitalised event that ran throughout April 2023. The festival shone light on Perth’s built, natural, cultural and contemporary heritage and engaged and educated locals and visitors by offering 96 free and low-cost events.
The month-long festival, which was open to everyone, offered a range of family-friendly events, fun, exploration and education on the City’s built, cultural and natural history and heritage.
All neighbourhoods within the City of Perth engaged in the festival, presenting workshops, talks, performances, tours and exhibitions.
The event attracted 30,400 people, which indicated an appetite to learn and engage with the City’s heritage in a meaningful way.
Finalist
City of Gosnells Ghost Walks
The City of Gosnells Ghost Walks takes participants on an inclusive, immersive, performance-based experience. It shows sites of local and state heritage significance and tells the true stories of the area's early European settlers in an innovative and entertaining way.
Held over three nights in summer, the Ghost Walks is a highlight of the City's events calendar, attracting 100 visitors a night from across Perth and farther afield.
City staff and volunteers research and develop historically accurate scripts to tell the stories of the early European residents of 'The Canning'. The event employs up to 14 performers, four guides, eight event staff and two museum staff each night, supported by volunteers. Local artists and businesses are engaged in delivery of the event, providing employment and economic development opportunities to the local community.
This immersive form of interpretation provides an inclusive and entertaining means of engaging people in the history and heritage of the area.
