The Local History Photographic Competition is a wonderful opportunity to share our community's story and add to the Belmont Museum's photo collection.
Don’t forget, we're making history every day! You can submit photos from this year or old favourites that you’ve kept safe.
We want to see any photos that show what life is like in the City of Belmont, including important events, major changes, or special occasions.
2025 Theme: Home Made
You don't need to submit a photo relevant to the yearly theme of the Local History Photographic Competition. We think it is a good way to spark your memory of photos you may have at home, and diversify our photo collection!
This year we’re looking for photos relating to the theme “Home Made”, showcasing anything that was made by residents and visitors in the City of Belmont. This could be a house your grandparents built, a photo of your children eating their favourite homemade cupcakes or a piece of art that is proudly hanging on your wall painted by a family member.
Prizes
Enter a photo for the chance to win from a prize pool of over $700.
- First prize - $500
- Highly commended - $100
- Theme winner - $100
- People’s Choice Award – A library and museum hamper
How to enter
- Find a photo/s that shows the City of Belmont’s unique history.
- Provide as much information as you can about the photo/s including where and when it was taken, who took it, and the story behind it.
- Read the conditions of entry
- Submit your entry
- Please contact Belmont Museum on 9477 7450 if you need help scanning of submitting your entry.
Entries close February 28.
Please note:
- The entrant must be the copyright owner or have permission from the photographer to enter the photograph.
- Under 18s need their parent or guardian’s permission to enter.
- Images entered in this competition may be used for future displays, presentations and publications.
Conditions of entry
- Entries must be original photographs or high-quality scans (ideally minimum 600dpi TIFF files). Original photographs will be scanned and archived or returned if requested. Photos that cannot be scanned at high quality by the applicant may be scanned by Library and Museum staff for free upon request. Photographs entered may be digitally archived and retained in the City’s Museum collection.
- Photographic entries must have been taken in the City of Belmont and/ or the subjects within the photographs must be relevant to the City of Belmont region, suburbs past and present. This includes, but is not limited to: Ascot, Kewdale, Redcliffe, Rivervale, Cloverdale, Belmont, and areas known under previous names such as South Belmont and Newburn.
- The entrant must be the owner of or have permission from the photographer to enter the photograph(s) into the competition. All images submitted must contain a description or a story, including (where known) the location, the people in the photograph, the photographer’s name and approximate date taken.
- Winners will be selected based on the originality of the photograph and the story behind it.
- The decision of the judges will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- The City of Belmont reserves the right not to present an award if the entries do not justify one.
- The City of Belmont reserves the right not to display all entries.
- Entries, including the fully completed and signed application form, must reach the Belmont Museum by the end of February. Entries may be posted, handed in or submitted online. Posted entries must be addressed to: Belmont Museum, Locked Bag 379, Cloverdale WA 6985. Hand delivered entries may be dropped off at the Ruth Faulkner Library or the Belmont Museum, 213 Wright Street Cloverdale. Entries may be submitted online at connect.belmont.wa.gov.au/history-photo-comp
- There is no limit to the number of entries that can be submitted, however where an entrant has entered multiple photographs of the same subject matter, the City of Belmont reserves the right to select a maximum of five of those photographs.
