Kalamunda History Village occupies the site of the old Upper Darling Range Railway Station and is unique in Australia with two periods of heritage listed station buildings standing side by side. But it is much more than a Railway Heritage site as many original Kalamunda buildings have been brought on site creating a "living" village reflecting the economic, social and domestic history of the area since the first settlers. The first white settlers arrived in the 1860's to har

Cockman House is the oldest remaining house in Wanneroo. It was built in the 1850's using locally quarried limestone for it's 500mm thick walls and jarrah for it's timber ceilings. It was built close to the northern stock route, 8 hours travel from Perth along a sand track. The Cockman and Backshall families lived here from 1860 to as recently as 1987. At one point this tiny building housed a family with 13 children who topped and tailed 4 to a bed. A quick walk through t