La Perouse Museum — Attraction in Sydney

Am interesting mix of exhibits reflecting the history of the La Perouse area in what once a Cable Station building built late 1800s. Entry is free and is open Fri/Sat/Sunday from 10am Aboriginal history is covered, where nearly all were killed off very quickly by the introduction of smallpox. Most of the buildings rooms go through the history of La Perouse himself, who arrived 1788, same year as the first fleet, and stayed for 6 weeks in Botany Bay. He also, with a second ship, explored large parts of the world. They were both shipwrecked in the Solomon Islands, sunk by a cyclone. Rooms have salvaged parts of the 2 ships. Others have a large number of wall hung prints of places they traveled. There's also an exhibit of Happy Valley, the large room shed camp formed by family's etc that became unemployed and homeless due to the Great Depression. Another room is dedicated to the generations of "Snakemen", snake wranglers who every weekend for near 100 years entertained visitors with snakes they locally collected plus also raised. The French Embassy supports the museum financially and with artifacts. There was also a room selling tea/coffee...

Outstanding tourism venue. Spectacular place for visitors and Locals place to visit and have a superb day out! Free entry! Interesting and informative history of the local area and Australia.

Excellent displays with videos and Australian paintings, featuring Indigeanous sculptures and all sorts of collections of artifacts and other objects of Australian artistic, cultural, historical, and scientific importance. Including a magnificent range of underwater photographs with a wide range of local fish and all sorts of sea creatures. Plus a feature area about The last Snake Man of La Perouse John Cann. There are so many incredible exhibits that are set and also many are continuously updated with a varient range all the time.

The staff are very kind, helpful and friendly and let us know there are some magnificent new artifacts on the way! So do not miss it! Visit now!

Fantastic place to stop and eat with a lovely cafe with indoor and access to outdoor seating with views of Botany Bay!

Exceptional parking with breathtaking sights from every position all around the La...

Small one .... but a lot to catch the eyes of explorer minds and those who love and cherish about history! I reached almost closing time, so didn’t get enough time to study all artifacts or explore the museum itself completely...for sure will come back to learn more...loved to learn about the museum history as a telegraph office, see instruments used a century ago, many on ships during oceanic exploration of world! It was also interesting to know the monument served during the last pandemic (Influenza) a century ago! The museum is beside the scenic backdrop of beautiful Frenchmans Beach, and other beaches and Bare island Fort... A good spot for all those little explorers to unleash their...