Pioneer Women's Hut
The Pioneer Women's hut is a small national museum run by volunteers and representing working class rural women (farm and town) and their families. The collection reflects everyday life and is shown in changing displays on themes such as: Coping With Flies; Mondays; Time For Fancywork; Hidden Lives.
Address:
Glenroy Heritage Reserve, Tumbarumba, NSW
Tel:
0269482635
Hours:
10am-4pm Wed, Sat, Sun, public holidays
Admission:
Free
Facilities:
Wheelchair access, small library
Collection:
1700 objects, 300 magazines, 200 books
Items
Collection
Bush Quilts
Creator:
Various Australian women
Description:
Forty three improvised, handmade, utilitarian quilts.
Date:
circa 1890-1960s
Collection
Aprons
Creator:
Various Australian women
Description:
About sixty, mainly work aprons, from sugar bag aprons to hostess aprons.
Date:
circa 1900-1970s
Highchair
Creator:
Peter Shore, Farmer, Mannus, NSW
Description:
Hand made from sallie bush growing on the Mannus Creek, Tumbarumba, NSW.
Date:
circa 1900
Item Id Number:
734
Rag rug
Creator:
Susannah Howard
Description:
Handmade floor rug. Susannah Howard (1872-1969) is said to be one of the first nurses at the Coolgardie Tent Hospital, WA.
Date:
circa 1900
Item Id Number:
533
Hussif
Description:
Handmade by an unknown Aboriginal woman in Wilcannia, NSW for Eliza Luke.
Date:
1880s
Item Id Number:
926