State History Conference: Murders, shipwrecks & Vampire to be revealed in Cockburn
Executions, murders, ship debris and a vampire will be part of foreign fairy tales at the 2025 State History Conference in Cockburn.
The Conference of 2025 Royal WA History Association, organized by Cockburn City and Cockburn History Association, will shed light on local history with various tickets, tours and exhibitions between 12-14 September.
A hero Whadjuk Nyungar fighter, who was executed from the trial in 1833, is some of the issues stored for Cockburn faces and fields of a camel merchant and ship debris from 1896 Karachi and a vampire’s underwater resting areas: Stories waiting to be told.
They will give people the chance to learn more about Cockburn’s Wa history, from Midgegooroo’s Nyungar leadership (Yaggan’s father) to the community activism and environmental protection to the early European settlement.
A unique attraction is an exhibition containing a series of authentic protest shirts, including a borrowing from Tony Galati from his years of struggle against former potato marketing Corporation.
“Passion and protest: Cockburn is talking, curated by the curator of social history and artist Jo Darbyshire, Coc
“He is investigating many times that the Cockburn community has participated in fiery protests.
“Some of these situations include the proposed forced merger of the local government reform, the Roe 8 and the Perth load connection, the resumption of the land for housing development, and even the establishment of Port Coogee Marina.”
Mayor Logan Howlett said Cockburn has been hosting the State History Conference for the first time since 2009.
“2025, Memorial Hall in Hamilton Hill, celebrated the centenary of our growing community, while celebrating the centenary of Cockburn, which is a milestone, which reflects many changes in the last 100 years.”
“Our local past dates back thousands of years in 196 years since the establishment of the Swan River colony, which calls the Beeliar Boodjar house.
“Then history has gathered many more stories that reveal where we came from and our wishes for the future.”
Visit the city for details about three -day program and ticket reservation website.
