The City of Melville's Museum and Local History team collects and preserves historical information and artifacts relating to Melville's local history including images, objects, maps, documents, and oral histories about our local history.
About our Museum Collections
We collect and preserve a large archive of images, objects, maps, documents, and audio recordings documenting Melville's local history. All items in the Museum collection have been donated by residents or gathered internally.
We have three major collections:
As well as three sub-collections;
If you have any images, objects, maps documents, or stories you wish to share with the City of Melville Museums and Local History team please contact us at
melville.museums@melville.wa.gov.au Explore the Museum Collections
Local History Service
Melville's Local History team has access to historical information and resources through the museum and local history collections.
We are available to assist you in conducting research about local or family history using our resources which include:
- Artefacts and photographs (for a fee we can supply copies of photographs for research, presentation, or personal use)
- Oral history interviews and transcriptions
- Newspaper articles
- Maps and building plans
- History publications about the City of Melville and the Melville area
- General information about local history and ancestry organisations, as well as genealogy research contacts
The Local History Service is a free resource available to the community. Please note however, a small fees may apply for any copies of photographs requested for research, presentations or personal use.
To make a request or enquire about our local history collection, please contact our local history officer or complete an enquiry form using the button below.
Enquire about our local history collection
Contact Our Local History Officer
Melville's Local History Officer is available 9.00am to 4.00pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at AH Bracks Library + Creative Space or by appointment.
To make an appointment please contact us:
Email:
local.history@melville.wa.gov.au Phone:
0466 945 502 Use of Images From the City of Melville Collections
The low-resolution images found in the online catalogues are available for study or research purposes.
If you would like to display or publish any images you can seek permission by completing an enquiry form using the button below.
Enquire about using our local history collection images