La Trobe's Cottage

White weatherboard single story house with adjoining brick built room. Traditional garden and picket fence in the foreground.

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Architect/Designer: Manning of London 1839, Phyllis and John Murphy 1964 (restoration)

Description

La Trobe’s Cottage, the home of Victoria’s first Lieutenant-Governor, includes Melbourne’s oldest surviving building and parts of a prefabricated building brought to Melbourne by La Trobe in 1839. The cottage was the home of Charles Joseph La Trobe, his Swiss wife Sophie and their children, from 1839 to 1854. The cottage contains many pieces of La Trobe’s furniture and other historic artefacts that reveal a snapshot of early Melbourne life.

What's On

Take a small group tour with our knowledgeable National Trust volunteer guides through the modest yet elegant cottage and learn about life in early Melbourne. Tour an example of a prefabricated building brought to Melbourne in 1839, and the dining room considered to be Melbourne’s oldest surviving structure.

Image: La Trobe's Cottage. Photo: Shawn Dowd.

Tour/event summary information

Sunday 26 July
11am-4pm
Tours run frequently as required. Last tour departs 3.30pm
Running for 10-15 minutes in groups of 10

Bookings

No bookings required. Tour group capacity is limited and operates on a first-come, first-served basis.

Meeting Point

Entry through wooden gate on Dallas Brooks Drive

Accessibility

The rooms are very small making it inaccessible for prams and wheelchairs. There are steps to access and leave the Cottage and a step inside to move from the hallway to the dining.

While tours take place inside, the waiting area and beginning of the tours take place outside. Public toilets are available about 5 minutes walk away.

Location

Dallas Brooks Dr, Melbourne VIC 3000

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