Brookton Police Station & Quarters (fmr) Brookton Museum

The former Brookton Police Station & Quarters, now Brookton Museum, was constructed in 1913 by the Commissioner of Police through the auspices of the Government of Western Australia, following lengthy endeavours by the Brookton & Districts Road Board (now Shire of Brookton) representing the Brookton community to establish a permanent police presence in the district. The Architect approving the design was the Government’s Chief Architect, Hillson Beasley AWAIA of Perth, and the builder was JH Brown, with stables and a cellblock constructed on the same site (now demolished).

A new Police Station was opened in 1980, and in 1985 it became the home of the Brookton Museum, with an extensive array of police memorabilia and artefacts of local historical significance.

In 2001 the Brookton & Districts Historical Society through the Shire of Brookton at a local level commissioned a Conservation Management Plan and subsequently, a range of Conservation Works, to restore and preserve the building, from ORA Director Rosalie Pech Eva, in association with Ian R.D. Watson & Associate, Architects.