Carnamah Historical Society & Museum

13/06/2025

Our museum will be open as part of this event this Sunday 15th June along with The Bank Gallery and The Exchange. Our followers may be interested in the book launch of 'Life & Times in the North Midlands' of local stories at 12:30pm and a talk about ancestral DNA by Andrew Bowman-Bright at 1pm - both at The Exchange, two doors down from our musuem.

04/10/2024

We hope you can join us, the Carnamah Big Tractor Committee, North Midlands Agricultural Society, North Midlands Project, the Shire of Carnamah, Tracmach, and DIAB Engineering for the official launch of this giant replica of the Chamberlain 40K tractor, which is taking place at 11am tomorrow morning, Saturday 5th October. The tractor is located near the War Memorial on Yarra Street, Carnamah.

Our museum, The Bank Gallery, The Exchange, One L of a Good Feed, the Carnamah Post Office & Bush Basket will all be open until 2pm and the North Midlands Agricultural Society's Country Carnival will be taking place on the town oval at Niven Park throughout the afternoon and evening.

Camping sites, overflow caravan sites and tickets to the Country Carnival are still available and can be booked online at https://events.humanitix.com/worlds-biggest-tractor-opening-and-country-carnival/tickets

13/09/2024

It's all happening in Carnamah on Saturday 5th of October. Here's a list of some of the day's inclusions :)

- 9am to 2pm Carnamah Museum, The Bank Gallery and The Exchange all open
- 11am opening of the BIG Chamberlain 40K tractor
- 12:30pm parade of vintage tractors up Macpherson Street
- 1pm opening of Carnamah Heritage Park
- Country Carnival at Niven Park (town oval) in the afternoon and evening

One L of a Good Feed is open for breakfast and lunch, the Carnamah Hotel and Carnamah Bowling Club for lunch, the Bush Basket (including coffee) from 10am to 2pm, and there will be food and coffee vans at the Country Carnival in the afternoon and into the evening.

More info, tickets to the Country Carnival, as well as caravan and camping sites, can be found at: https://events.humanitix.com/worlds-biggest-tractor-opening-and-country-carnival

16/08/2024

The big tractor in Carnamah is officially opening at 11am on Saturday 5th October, followed by the North Midlands Agricultural Society's Country Carnival. We're assisting in collecting the final required donations. If you can assist, please send us a message or head to www.carnamah.com.au/donate

Get ready for a historic moment in engineering! The World’s Biggest Tractor is taking shape and our team is so proud to showcase this engineering marvel to the world.

Collaborating with the Vintage Tractor and Machinery Association of WA, this colossal project is a tribute to the legendary Chamberlain 40K and a celebration of WA’s rich agricultural heritage.

Once complete, this marvel will be transported 180km to Carnamah, where our expert construction team will assemble it as a major tourist attraction in the Mid-West.

Stay tuned as we enter the final stages – painting and transport.

Got a big project coming up? Brief us. We’d love to help: https://bit.ly/3SI8cpV

13/03/2024

The big tractor will soon be on its way to Carnamah! Check out this great wrap by 7NEWS Regional WA about this monumental tribute to WA agriculture, heritage and manufacturing. If anyone would like to make a greatly appreciated tax-deductible contribution to help finish this project, please head to www.carnamah.com.au/donate