Morawa is a town and farming community in the Mid-West of Western Australia, approximately 400 kilometres north of the state capital Perth.
The traditional owners are acknowledged to be the Widi and Yamatji people.
The Morawa District Historical Society was formed in 1973 to collect, record, preserve and promote the local history of Morawa and surrounding districts, including Koolanooka, Merkanooka, Pintharuka, Bowgada, Gutha and Canna.
In 1975 the old Morawa police station / courthouse / gaol (in use 1937 - 1967) was resited to a block of land on the corner of Prater and Gill streets, to become the centre of the Historical Society's Museum.
In 2002 collecting commenced to create a special interest museum featuring windmills. The unique Australian windmill collection generates much interest world wide.
The Morawa Museum houses a collection of machinery manuals, which is gradually becoming digitised and digital copies of many manuals are available to purchase on request.
Other items are too numerous to mention, but include vintage farm machinery, household items and appliances, brass band instruments, an old wash-house and a blacksmith's workshop.
In addition we are most willing to supply information from any of our open archives concerning the history and personalities of the area from the period c1846 through to the present.
Updated 13 March 2026