Kalgoorlie-Boulder

An extraordinary collection of postcards sent to a Boulder woman from men serving on the front line of World War One will go on display at the Western Australian Museum – Perth from April 22, to commemorate ANZAC Day.

The ever popular annual ANZANG Nature Photography exhibition is set to amaze audiences once again when it opens at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder on March 29, 2013.

The iconic images of one of Australia's most renowned photographers, Max Dupain, will be exhibited at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder from January 18.

A selection of the Goldfields’ oldest engines will be on display at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder from 27 October, 2012.

In celebration of National Science Week, the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder will host two public lectures on mining and malleefowl on August 15 and 19.

The Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder will host a group of local primary school teachers for an Association of Independent Schools WA professional development event on 23 July.

• ‘Goldfields Soldiers of World War I’ to detail the battles Kalgoorlie soldiers were involved in including the Gallipoli landing and Western Front
• More than 4100 Kalgoorlie and Boulder men served in the Great War

Culture and the Arts Minister John Day unveiled a 23.26kg gold nugget which will be on temporary display at the WA Museum’s Kalgoorlie-Boulder site.

Honorary researcher from the Monash University’s Indigenous Centre, Dr Sue Taffe, will speak at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder on the move for equal rights by indigenous Australians in the 1960s and the important role that Kalgoorlie played in this.

From Little Things Big Things Grow: Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970 is a travelling exhibition that opens at Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Saturday 28 May at 5.30pm.