How Emu Point Got Its Name

History stories from the Emu Point area

Mon 8 Apr 2019

7:30pm9:30pm

Museum of the Great Southern

Fishing at Emu Point

Join Malcolm Traill (Public Programs, Museum of the Great Southern) and Harley Coyne (Heritage Officer, Dept. of Planning, Lands & Heritage) as they discuss Noongar and European tales of Emu Point and the surrounding areas.

Emu Point and Oyster Harbour are the site of several Menang Dreaming stories and, since European settlement, it has been the centre of fishing and holiday activities for many a year.

Held at the Emu Point Sporting Club, 2 Birss Street, Emu Point.

Monday, April 8, 2019 from 7.30 pm. Light supper available.

Goid Coin donation. All proceeds to the Emu Point Progress Association.

 


Fishing at Emu Point, 1950s.

Courtesy: WA Museum