Historical information
A slab construction cottage built in Ripplebrook in 1880 as a home for a single female landowner by the name of Ada Donaldson, and later relocated to Labertouche. It was donated to Old Gippstown by the Mason-Brook Pastoral Co. of Labertouche. A small building of horizontal timber slabs. It has a verandah over the front entrance and the front porch, a main living area with a cast iron stove in the fireplace and a separate room (probably a bedroom). There is a stone chimney on the back wall and the roof is shingled. Originally a cottage in its own right, the slab kitchen is now a part of the Bushy Park display.
Significance
Medium local historic significance.
Physical description
A small building of horizontal timber slabs. It has a verandah over the front entrance and the front porch. There is a stone chimney on the back wall and the roof is shingled. This building was built in 1880s
Subjects
- out kitchen,
- old gippstown,
- west gippsland,
- gippsland,
- gippsland heritage park,
- goldfields,
- coal mine,
- victorian era,
- moe,
- historical village,
- timber slab cottage,
- ripplebrook,
- labertouche,
- mason-brook pastoral co.,
- baw baw shire,
- latrobe valley,
- old gippsland heritage park,
- gunaikurnai,
- latrobe city council
