The Thousands

As a prospective sharehouse-ee with a hankering for the thrills and spills of city life, North Perth, just a mere 10 minute bus trip from the city on the 393, or a five minute ride on the bike you found on the verge, has long provided perfect, short-term accommodation options for students and struggling artists. You can move into one of many poorly kept concrete and plasterboard split levels for around $100 per week, presided over by a grumpy Italian landlord (who, rumour has it, owns 40 rentals in the area not too dissimilar from your own).

Nobody sees any reason to buy nice things for a North Perth rental – instead, everyone contributes the shittiest thing they have: an op shop wok, an old record cover, a plastic picnic set, a set of bathroom scales that look like a frog, and soon there is so many weird, value-less things filling your house, a collection that gets added to via a revolving door of inhabitants.

The North Perth Sharehouse (POP UP) Museum has contacted past and present members of North Perth’s most iconic sharehouses, asking them to turn out the contents of their garages, draws, cupboards and fridges to uncover the weird and wonderful tenants’ remnants within. Head along to the Museum and let the collection of memory triggers help you reflect on your misspent/wellspent youth.