Used by second settlers in Haden district in the early 1900s
Carbethon Folk Museum and Pioneer Village
Built in the 1890's Carbethon was moved from Haden to Crow's Nest and opened as a folk museum in 1979. Historic house 'Carbethon' is the centrepiece, featuring local history and agricultural items and situated in a pioneer village of fifteen buildings. Buildings in the complex include a working printery, wireless shop, butcher's shop, blacksmith's shop, machinery shed, photographer's studio, church, slab huts, and a one teacher replica school. Other displays include Aboriginal artefacts, a native beehive and an Aboriginal honey tree.
Address:
New England Highway, Crows Nest, QLD
Tel:
0746981776
Hours:
Thursday and Sunday 1pm - 5pm, Public holidays 10am - 5pm. Groups and other times can be arranged between 10am - 5pm.
Admission:
Adults $4, Concessions and pensioners $3, Children 12 years and under $1
Facilities:
Reference research brochures, guided tours, education programs, catering for coach groups.
Collection:
Items and history of lifestyle from early settlement (1870's) of the area to present time.
Items
Household
3 Cornered washstand
Description:
Three cornered piece of furniture, turned legs, hole for basin in top.
Date:
c1920
Item Id Number:
a6922
Household
Whatnot
Creator:
Owen Williams
Description:
Pience of furniture for corner - made from cotton reels and No.8 wire. 4 shelves.
Date:
1900
Item Id Number:
49
Wooden cotton reels carved for decortion on top shelf. Used for bric-a-brac.
Domestic
Fly trap, mechanical
Description:
Wooden box with revolving drum and clockwork mechanism. 23 x 25 x15
Date:
1930's
Item Id Number:
56/979
Has additional advertising sheet from WA Noble and Sinnamon (Chemists). Donors - Roberts family, Crows Nest
Domestic
Kangaroo butter churn
Creator:
H. H. Hind, Tamworth and Sydney
Description:
40 turns per minute' butter churn
Date:
?1930s
Item Id Number:
4436
Two long screws to hold treacle tim (instead of glass jar)
Toy
Roller skates
Description:
Wooden wheels and wooden skates (no straps)
Date:
1920-1940
Item Id Number:
128
Toy ised on verandah of Aueensland 'Carbethon' by six Just brothers.