Western Australian Museum

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The Western Australian Museum, Perth.

The Western Australian Museum is the main museum for the state of Western Australia. Established in 1891, the museum is situated in the heart of Perth's cultural precinct in Northbridge.

Other branches include additional sites in Geraldton, Albany, and Kalgoorlie-Boulder, and the Western Australian Maritime Museum, located on three sites in Fremantle.

[edit] Western Australian Maritime Museum

The distinctive WA Maritime Museum building on Victoria Quay, Fremantle.

The Maritime Museum at night.

The main collection of the Western Australian Maritime Museum is located on Victoria Quay (32°3′17″S, 115°44′20″E) in Fremantle, and contains galleries with themes such as the Indian Ocean, the Swan River, fishing, maritime trade, naval defence, and the successful America's Cup yacht Australia II.

Situated close to the Maritime Museum is the HMAS Ovens, an Oberon class submarine that is open for guided tours.

HMAS Ovens at the WA Maritime Museum.

Displayed in the Shipwreck Galleries in Cliff Street, Fremantle, are relics from the Batavia, which was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1629.