B1 The Old Butter Factory Building

The Old Butter Factory was built by the West Australian State Government in 1918 as part of a government initiative to support the dairy industry and the Group Settlement scheme. It remained in use until 1964 when it became a cold storage depot. In 1974 Sunnywest transferred the building and grounds to the City of Busselton, who in 1975 granted leases to the Busselton Historical Society and Busselton Pottery groups to use the building and grounds as a Museum and workshop /studio.

This Butter Factory is the only remaining Butter factory in WA retaining most of its original fabric along with some of the original butter making artefacts including the Lancaster Boiler (c 1923) and smoke stack. This factory replaced the very first Western Australian Butter Factory which was built in 1898 on the corner of Strelly Street and Fairlawn road in Busselton.

The Busselton Historical Society has researched the original use of the various rooms and where possible we have provided signage that describes how the rooms were originally used and noting where additions have been made over the years.

Pickup a Museum brochure from reception to help you plan your visit through our building and grounds to ensure that you do not miss the items that are of special interest to you!