Perth Cultural Centre

The Art Gallery of Western Australia has a collection of older and modern art, with a special section devoted to Australian art (particularly Hans Heysen and Frederick McCubbin and Aboriginal art) and periodic special exhibitions of international art.

In Forrest Place (named after the first prime minister of Western Australia, Sir John Forrest) is the massive general post office (1923).

Among exhibits of particular interest in the Western Australian Museum is a meteorite weighing 11 metric tons from Mundabilla, the skeleton of a blue whale, vintage cars, Aboriginal works of art and material illustrating their way of life and religion. Within the museum complex is the old jail, built by convict labor in 1853, which continued in use as a prison and place of execution until 1888; it is now a museum of Australian culture and history.