Get excited for week three of the Boorloo Heritage Festival

City of Perth19 Apr '233 min read

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It’s the third week of our Boorloo Heritage Festival and the amazing mix of heritage walks, talks, and workshops continue! Read below for our week three highlights.

Saturday 22 April

A history of London Court | London Court Books

Learn about the history of London Court at this free exhibition hosted at the Museum of Perth. Opened in 1937, London Court arcade was designed with the intention of connecting central Hay Street to St Georges Terrace. Find more information here.

A Musical History Tour of Perth | WA Museum Boola Bardip

Be transported back in time on an EPIC musical adventure! Hidden histories, secrets and scandals will be uncovered on this unique 2.5-hour walking tour of Perth and Northbridge. Book here.

Binyaarns Bush Medicine Walk and Talk with Vivienne Hansen | Stirling Gardens

Join in a morning walk and talk in Stirling Gardens with Vivienne Hansen, to learn all about the traditional bush medicines and bush tucker that can be found in the local region. Find out more here.

Sunday 23 April

West Perth Now and Then with West Perth Local | G25 West Centre

Beyond the fences, down the laneways, up and above the shop fronts, this walking tour will highlight some of West Perth's most interesting heritage sites. Local speakers will bring personal context to each stop of the tour. Tickets are $5 and available here.

A Guided Walk Through Time – The history of Kings Park | Kings Park

The walk is presented as a guided journey through time, from the earliest days of the Mooro group of the Wadjuk people. Be guided through the journeys and tracks of the creations of a park in the wilderness, its pavilions and promenades, tearooms and terraces. Book now.

Kings Park tour

Monday 24 to Friday 28 April

The Lester Prize Portraiture Retrospective | Perth Town Hall

The Black Swan Years is an exhibition exploring the history of The Lester Prize, and its emergence as one of Australia’s most prestigious portraiture prizes. The Lester Prize aims to provide Western Australia with the opportunity to engage with the best of the portraiture artform each year. The exhibition is free and opened Monday to Friday.

Indigenous ANZAC Day Service | Supreme Court Gardens

This event is a celebration and commemorative event that supports the First Nation cultures, both Aboriginal and Maori service men and women. The Indigenous ANZAC day service both showcases and honours this heritage through a mixed-media and traditional performance. More information here.

Indigenous Day ANZAC Service

The Lion Never Sleeps | Blue Room Theatre

The Lion Never Sleeps takes you on a group walk through Northbridge to uncover and retrace queer history. Equipped with a listening device and headphones, an audience of twenty navigate and move through spaces where the queer population danced, fought, and formed communities during the AIDS crisis in Perth in the 1980s. Book now.

OldPerth - Navigating Perth's history a Historical Photograph Collection | State Library WA

Explore over 10,000 historical images of Perth and surrounds through this talk hosted by Curtin University. During the presentation, images from the collection have been presented on a mapping interface and will be shown and explored. Attendees will also learn how to use the interface, so that if they are looking for photos of a particular location around the CBD, they will be able locate them in seconds. More here.