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Attention entrants, families, teachers, and lovers of literature!Help celebrate this year's entrants and the winners of the 2025 History's Mysteries Young Writers Competition at the Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre.
Date: Thursday 4 September 2025
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Everyone is welcome to this free event. Please RSVP for catering purposes.
Thank you to Southern Ports Bunbury for proudly sponsoring the awards ceremony.
◼️About the Competition ◼️
Bringing history to the forefront, the History's Mysteries Young Writers Competition challenges students to imagine the history behind a selection of significant museum artefacts and tell it in a short story.
This year’s objects relate to Bunbury’s history as a seaport holiday destination from the 19th century through to the 1960s.
For many years, Bunbury was the destination of choice for holidaymakers in WA who flocked here for the fresh sea air, fishing, walks and beautiful beaches. Many hotels and boarding houses sprang up around the Bunbury townsite to accommodate visitors from all walks of life and social standing.
With this year’s competition, we explore one of these places – Koombana House. Built originally in the 1830s by the district’s earliest settlers - the Scott family – Scott’s Boarding House was demolished in 1903 to make way for the more modern Koombana House.
Standing in Victoria Street as Bunbury changed around it, the boarding house saw guests arrive by horse and carriage, then bicycles, then cars. Through two World Wars and rapid changes in technology, Koombana House offered visitors comfortable accommodation, decent meals and a respite from their daily lives for over 150 years.
The competition is for local young authors in Year 5 to Year 12.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre, 1 Arthur Street,Bunbury,WA,Australia
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