Attractions in Collie, WA
Coalfields Museum and Historical Research
Looking for attractions in Collie? The Coalfields Museum provides a unique glimpse into Collie’s early days. The museum is housed in the historic buildings of the 1900 and 1930 Road Board offices.
Taking pride of place is a restored barrel organ made in Italy. The organ is a forerunner of a jukebox and was used to entertain the old timers at Fontana’s Wine Saloon next to the Federal Hotel in Throssell Street. There is also a massive letterbox (pillar box), a relic of the penny postage days. This is rare having been cast in the J & E Ledger Foundry in Perth in 1903.
Many more items are on display in the museum including
- Bottles,
- Radiograms,
- Phonographs,
- Gramophones,
- Wirelesses,
- A baker’s cart,
- Mining equipment,
- Coolgardie safe,
- Icyball refrigerator,
- Lynch’s Rock and Mineral display,
- Fred Kohler woodwork,
- Gastaldo Homestead items,
- Della bus,
- All-time great fireman Dudley Magill’s bust, and
- Many historical photos and military memorabilia.
Opening hours
Open Thursdays to Mondays, 9am-3pm.
Address: 161 Throssell Street Collie
Phone: 0418 792 962
Collie Courthouse
Other attractions in Collie include the Collie Courthouse. Built in 1913 in Federation Free Style architecture, the Collie Court House is a single storey red brick building clad with a Marseilles tiled roof.
The street facade is adorned with an embossed coat of arms flanked by decorated arches leading to the entry porch. It is still used as a courthouse today.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 8.30am-4.30pm
Address: Corner Wittenoom and Pendleton Streets Collie
Phone: (08) 9734 2061
All Saints Church
The Byzantine and Romanesque style Church was built in 1915 as a memorial gift. It was consecrated by the first Bishop of Bunbury, Dr Frederick Goldsmith. All Saints’ Church is 23.47m long and 8.534m wide. The builders made use of nine different types of brick with extensive use of local jarrah, banksia and ebony timbers in it’s interior. The Church can seat up to 200 people on jarrah polished pews. It was originally built without the campanile (bell tower), which was added in 1928 and stands at 9.814m tall. The campanile holds a set of eight tubular, mechanically operated bells, which were donated in 1929.
Inside All Saints Church
The interior of the Church includes a beautiful mural by artist Philip Goatcher, painted in 1922. The colourful mural depicts thirty individuals, including the Madonna, religious figures, historians, pastoralists, coalminers and aborigines. It is considered to be the most outstanding of Mr Goatcher’s work. The mural is 11m long and 2.45m high and has had extensive restoration carried out in 1996.
The Church houses a very unique wood pipe organ that was made and installed in 1965. It is made of meranti timber, which was chosen due to its hardness and resonate qualities. The organ took 6 months to complete and uses many German parts. It is thought to be the smallest wood pipe organ in Western Australia and also possibly Australia.
Stunning Stained Glass Windows in the Church
Displayed right round the Church, you will find stunning stained glass windows. These memorial stained glass windows were commissioned in 1985 and took less than a year to complete. The windows on the south side portray events from The Annunciation to the beginning of Christ’s ministry. The north facing windows depict the sequence of events after His resurrection to Pentecost. The west end shows the Baptism of Christ and the Transfiguration. The Sanctuary windows represent cherubim, seraphim and angels flanking the alter. All windows are memorial windows dedicated to local identities from the Collie community.
Opening hours
By appointment through the Collie Visitor Centre or Sunday service from 9am
Address: Corner Venn St and Mungalup Rd
Phone: (08) 9734 2051
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