Historical Sites and Heritage Locations

Displays include everyday house and farm items back to the 1800s. The world’s first coin-operated petrol pump and significant artifacts including the Weindorfer collection, to name a few. The collection is 99.9% from the Kentish district.

Kentish Museum offers a genealogy service that enables visitors the opportunity to trace their family history. There is a small hourly fee for this service. Visitors are surprised to find out information they were unaware of. Perhaps a convict they had not been told about or a brother or sister that may have died young. Many hundreds of descendants from our early pioneers have come from all over the world to find pieces of their family puzzles.

The first change-giving automatic petrol pump ever to be invented takes pride of place in the Kentish Museum because the inventor came from Sheffield. The intriguing story of how this machine came onto the world stage is one of missed opportunity.

The Goliath Portland Cement Company at Railton started its journey in the 1920s. Throughout its history, the company has produced the highest quality cement available in the world. This cement has been used in both large and small building projects within Australia, including the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Historical machinery from the Goliath Portland Cement Company can be found at the Museum.