The online story Run rabbit run! is based on the Irwin District Museum exhibition, on display in the Old Police Station, Dongara, Western Australia. The Museum is run by the Irwin District Historical Society (IDHS), which was founded in 1964 and is dedicated to preserving the history of the Irwin District.

Click here for a virtual tour of the Run Rabbit Run exhibition.

The IDHS runs a research centre and two museums. For more details including opening hours and contact details, visit their AMOL National Guide listings:
 Irwin District Museum
 Russ Cottage

 Explore objects from the IDHS relating to the Run rabbit run exhibition. Some of the objects are related to rabbit control methods and include fumigators, bait distributors, a trapper's payment invoice for rabbit skins and wire rabbit skin stretchers. There are also domestic objects such as a meat safe and a cook-book with tasty rabbit recipes.

A collaboration between Irwin District Historical Society and Australian Museums and Galleries Online.

           

Thanks to the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia for their generous assistance.

August 2002