Built in 1894, the bluestone Worsley Cottage is the town's historical-society museum. Every room is furnished with period pieces, often donated by local people, and there’s a large photographic collection. Records held here are used in family-history research. Out the back is the Squatters Hut (c 1844), the oldest building in the entire area.
Worsley Cottage
Victoria
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