Mount Morgan Historical Museum

A most comprehensive collection of amazing memorabilia embracing many facets of a past era.

In June 2021 I accepted an invitation to an important lunch event at the Frenchville Sports Club at Rockhampton and decided to turn the visit into a short 5 day holiday seeing all the top tourist attr...

It's well worth the brief stop en route to somewhere else!

Between Rockhampton and Monto, on the A3 highway, is this fabled mining town. In its heyday - in the late 1880s and 1890s - this was the location of the richest gold, silver and copper deposits in the...

So Much History

Fantastic museum, so much history in this town. The staff were fantastic, very friendly and helpful and happy to explain areas of the museum.

Provides interesting material on the mine

A fairly comprehensive museum which seems to have a general focus on times gone by, my feeling was it could have been set up with a better focus on MM itself. There was background material to the min...

A treasure trove of information

I personally found it to be a very overwhelming experience due to the sheer amount of items and information within the building, but it would be well worth it if you have a special interest (e.g. musi...