MONT DE LANCEY HISTORIC HOMESTEAD and MUSEUM - WANDIN - YARRA VALLEY

Mont De Lancey - Living History in the Yarra Valley

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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.

Slab Kitchen

The Slab Kitchen

Slab Kitchen

Rough slab walls and paved entrance

Slab Kitchen

The Dairy adjoining the Slab Kitchen

Coming events at Mont De Lancey

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.

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# 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.

 

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