Murrurundi Pioneer Cottage
Highlights
- Explore the 1889 Murrurundi Pioneer Cottage, showcasing original farming implements and a glimpse into 19th-century life.
- Wander through four rooms of historical significance, including a kitchen and lounge, all crafted from durable slab wood.
- Discover the unique whitewashed exterior, made from lime, salt, and warm water, reflecting traditional building techniques.
- Visit the stables housing original transport tools like a one-horse dray and sulky, connecting you to the region's pastoral past.
The Murrurundi Pioneer cottage came to Murrurundi from a farm called Allston out of Timor Way and was built in 1889. The cottage was taken piece by piece from the farm and resettled in Murrurundi in the late 1990s.
The cottage is of slab wood construction and corrugated iron roof housing four rooms including a kitchen, dining/lounge room and two bedrooms. All the items housed in the cottage from the milk and butter churns to the newspaper-lined wall are original and still of sound construction. The exterior is coated in whitewash paint (lime, salt and warm water).
Accompanying the structure is an outside toilet (dunny) and a stables holding the original mangle and a one-horse dray used for carting goods along with a sulky for transport into Murrurundi to buy supplies. This is a real and complete step back in history with all the implements used by farmers in the country including wax candlestick makers, wire wove beds, lanterns, hanging meat safes, food coolers, treadle sewing machines and other 19th-century living items.
The cottage was built by the Ivin family and donated to the community by the descendants, the Musgrave family.
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Accreditations
- Australian Museums and Galleries Association
Features
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Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
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