You MIGHT love Maritime History

Treasures, artefacts and memorabilia of the ship building era of Whyalla including a wartime corvette the former HMAS Whyalla to tour. 

The Whyalla Maritime Museum is home to the first ship to be built in the Whyalla Shipyards in 1941 which now stands high and dry, 2km from the sea and 2m off the ground and yes you can climb aboard to explore and learn about life on the sea on a guided tour. 

The Whyalla Maritime Museum galleries reflect Whyalla’s shipbuilding era documenting the story of the four wartime corvettes built in Whyalla. 

Museum open daily: 10am – 4pm, the Whyalla Maritime Museum is only closed Good Friday and Christmas Day. Enjoy a tour of the WWII Bathurst Class Corvette, the HMAS Whyalla, with guided ship tours daily at 10.30am, 11.30am and 1.30pm. Closed-in footwear required.
 

 

 

HMAS Whyalla at the Whyalla Maritime Museum
 

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Varied Museums, galleries and tours give insights into Whyalla’s history from ship building at the Maritime Museum, Whyalla’s lifestyle and heritage at the Mount Laura Homestead Museum and the history of BHP at the SteelCap Gallery.

Museums and History

In 1914 the town of Whyalla was proclaimed in the SA Parliament. The origin of the name is open to debate, but it is believed to have been named after a nearby ridge, Mount Whyalla.

Arts & Culture

While visiting Whyalla there is every chance that a theatre production will be in season, variety entertainment is being staged, the latest film will be screening, or one of many art and craft exhibitions is on show in the foyer.

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Whyalla Visitor Centre, Lincoln Highway
Open: 7 days Mon–Fri 9am–4pm. 
Weekends and public holidays 10am–4pm. 
Closed: Good Friday and Christmas Day 
Phone: (08) 8645 7900 Email: visitor.centre@whyalla.sa.gov.au

TOLL FREE: 1800 088 589


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