Hackett Hall is a heritage listed building, previously housing part of the

State Library of Western Australia The State Library of Western Australia is a research, education, reference and public lending library located in the Perth Cultural Centre in Perth, Western Australia. It is a portfolio agency of the Western Australia Department of Culture and t ...

. It is now a part of the new WA Museum Boola Bardip complex in the

Perth Cultural Centre The Perth Cultural Centre is an area of central Perth, Western Australia, near the James Street Mall. It is home to a number of cultural institutions including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Western Australian Museum, State Library o ...

, in

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. The name of the Hall is related to the benefactor of The University of Western Australia,

John Winthrop Hackett Sir John Winthrop Hackett Sr. (4 February 184819 February 1916), generally known as "Winthrop Hackett", was a proprietor and editor of several newspapers in Western Australia, a politician and a university chancellor. Early life Hackett was b ...

. It was located on James Street, Perth and its western end was adjacent to the southern end of Museum Street. The Museum Street section between the former James Street and Francis Street was closed from traffic to create the

. It was designated as the main building of the Library in the 1930s as the "Public Library of Western Australia in Hackett Hall". There is a hall of the same name at The

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. It was photographed at the early stages as a library space. It was renovated in 1957. It was registered as a heritage building in 1992 with the

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, and had been listed by the

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. Hackett Hall is now the home of Otto, the WA Museums giant whale skeleton.

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{{reflist, 30em Perth Cultural Centre Landmarks in Perth, Western Australia State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Perth

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