1880's The Slab Kitchen
The lifestyle of the early settlers of the region
Slabs retrieved from the original home of the Hogg family were used to recreate the detached homestead kitchen, the heart of the home.
Rough slab walls and a brick paved floor are warmed by a fire burning in the open fire place. Heavy black kettles and pots hang from a metal frame, and a tin bath sits on the hearth. Water to fill them was pumped by hand-from the underground tank at the rear of the house. Hessian lines the ceiling, absorbing condensation dripping from the cold corrugated iron roof. Old crockery, crazed bottles and stone jars and early kitchen utensils cover the kitchen dresser and the wooden table, scrubbed white over the years. The large pieces of furniture came from the home of Wandin Sebire, born in 1867 and the first birth registered in the new settlement.
On the open back verandah is the wash house with wooden troughs, a copper and early washing machines. Nearby, under the branches of the peppercorn tree is the home dairy, moved from the Chapman property, and housing a collection of butter churns, separators and other dairy paraphernalia.
- This typical outdoor kitchen was re-constructed on the original site next to 'Mont De Lancey' homestead.
- The split slab walls are over 100 years old and were originally used on another local building.
- Handmade bricks have been used for the floor paving as well as for the chimney for the open fire place and stove.
- Original furniture and cooking utensils from the Sebire family create a better appreciation of what the life of our pioneers was like.
The Slab Kitchen
Rough slab walls and paved entrance
The Dairy adjoining the Slab Kitchen
Photography Competition and Exhibition 2012
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Gallery Openings
Gallery Open 10am - 4:30pm. Closed Mondays & Tuesdays unless otherwise advised.
Free entry to gallery only.
Eastern Woodturners Inc
Meetings at Mont De Lancey on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month, starting at 7:00pm. Visitors and New members are most welcome.
# 19 - RED LETTER DAY
The coach served the double purpose of carrying passengers and the mail, till it was succeeded by the iron horse or locomotive in November of the year 1901 - red letter day for Wandin
MONT DE LANCEY
71 Wellington Road, Wandin
PO Box 316, Wandin,
Victoria, 3139
Tel: +61 3 5964 2088
Fax: +61 3 5964 3855
Opening Hours
Wednesday to Sunday
10:00am to 4:30pm
Last tour - 3:30pm
Group Tours also available Monday & Tuesday by appointment
Open Public Holidays
Closed Good Friday
Christmas Hours
Closed December 24th, re-open Wednesday 2nd January 2013.