La Trobe’s Cottage
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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 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: (1) La Trobe's Cottage. Photo: Shawn Dowd.
Important Details
Tour/event summary information
Sunday 27 July
11am—4pm
Tours run frequently as required. Last tour departs 3.30pm
Running for 10-15 minutes in groups of 10 people
Bookings
No bookings required
Meeting Point
Still photography allowed; no video. No food or drink allowed inside.
