Worsley Cottage and garden


WORSLEY COTTAGE MUSEUM COMPLEX
Includes - Worsley Historical Cottage 1894
Joyce's Squatter's Hut, Outdoor displays, Resources centre and Cottage Garden.
3 Palmerston Street Maryborough Vic
Home of the Maryborough-Midlands Historical Society Inc.
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Open - 10am to 12 Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sundays 2pm to 4pm.

ADMISSION CHARGES AND RESEARCH FEES APPLY

Contact - PO Box 265 Maryborough Vic. 3465
Phones - 03 5461 2800,- 03 5464 1063, - 03 5461 1458.      email - worscott@bigpond.com  
 The Society was formed 40 years ago and has maintained Worsley Cottage as a museum complex and headquarters for the society for 25 years.
General Meetings are held monthly at 8pm in Resources Centre on 3rd. Wed.
A Committee of management handles all matters concerning the running of the society and the complex.
President - Margaret Harrison.    Secretary - Betty Osborn.    Treasurer - Alan Comley.
Research Officers - Margaret Walkley, Marion Melen.
Curator - Bruce Osborn.
Other committee members- Noel Fields, Judy Healey, Rosemary Sutherland and Bill Olsen.
Current membership is $15 single and $20 family.
Newsletters are posted quarterly.

New members and volunteers are always welcome.
A membership form is available - please email for a  form.

 Worsley Cottage was built by Arthur Worsley a contractor in stonework for his bride Agnes Morris. 

Arthur Worsley and Agnes nee MorrisDining room, Worsley Cottage Kitchen, Worsley Cottage
The two front rooms were completed in 1894. A further two rooms were added by 1908.

Joyces Squatters hut   Items in the outdoor display area
The Society relocated the slab hut -Joyce's Squatters hut c1840, to the complex in 1980 rebuilding and furnishing with furniture and items which reflect the austerity of home life in the early settlement of the pastoral areas in the locality.
Larger items reflecting life and work in this mining and agricultural area are displayed in the outdoor areas.

The research and resources room houses a large collection of photographs, family histories, shire records, newspapers, some in data bases on computers.
The collection and archiving is an ongoing activity by members and volunteers.


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