An estimated 25,000 people converged on the streets, gardens, buildings, parks, cathedrals, museums, libraries and hotels of central Perth over the weekend of 12/13 November to celebrate our heritage as part of Heritage Perth Heritage Days.

From the gentle amble of the Settlers Valley Clydesdales pulling their cart packed with passengers experiencing what transport was like in days gone by, to booked out tours of the Old Treasury building, as people stole a last look at this part of Perth’s financial history, the recently renovated His Majesty’s Theatre, the private West Australian Club, Perth Concert Hall, the 1880 Royal Hotel and the Wentworth Hotel, Government House cellars and our convict built Town Hall, everywhere was packed.

At the Fire and Emergency Services Education and Heritage Centre visitors had the chance to see a 1923 T Model Ford appliance vehicle for the first time after seven years of painstaking restoration, and hundreds did. Down the road the Royal Perth Hospital Museum

The Cultural Centre was host to master craftsmen plying their trade including; stonemasons, blacksmiths, handweavers, stained glass artisans and porcelain painters. Nearby the oldest surviving culture on earth was on show with traditional Noongar hunting tools, weapons instruments, dance and Waugal Dreamtime story-telling.

In the same precinct, our little Heritage Hounds discovered their own piece of history with Lego Art. The sessions were packed with would be architects creating their own heritage building. Nearby more children discovered the passion of archaeology by digging for their own artefacts.

There was over 36 venues and 100 activities making Heritage Perth Heritage Days Perth’s biggest ever heritage event. Richard Offen – Executive Director of Heritage Perth said “We are thrilled that the third event has been another fantastic success and that so many people took the opportunity to rediscover the discovered in the City of Perth. It is our city and our heritage.”

We thank our sponsors and the people of Perth for their support and enormous interest in Perth’s heritage: we could not have done it without you!

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