History & Heritage

This is Wardandi and Bindjareb Boodja (Country). First Nation people have walked our Region for thousands and thousands of years. In the 1830s, our first European settlers arrived.

During your visit to the Harvey Region, learn our heritage and culture from our First Nations people, discover our unique connection with India, some of the oldest farming homesteads in Western Australia, the beginning of a thriving timber, dairy and citrus industry, and Western Australia’s only surviving World War II Internment Camp and proud Italian heritage.