Wadjemup Museum

Sunday tour of the museum by myself

Interesting insight into the history of Rottnest Island as a prison for Aboriginals & others. In those days people were imprisoned for very minor offences & about 400 Aboriginals died on the Island. ...

Raw history…

The museum tells the story about incarceration of nearly 4000 aborigines, of which over 200 died. It was a sad story, well told with raw stories from descendants, but didn’t seem to say why many of th...

Small but interesting

If you have time visit this free museum which brings the island history alive. The Aboriginal story telling video is very poignant. You can give a free contribution. Definitely worth a visit

Excellent museum

I’m glad there were stories from local people here to share the impact of the island’s sad and shameful history. It’s quite confronting but important to learn about.

Worth a visit

An interesting place to visit while waiting for the ferry. I was not aware of the island's sad history but having a museum like this is a positive step toward reconciliation with aboriginal people (th...