Prospect Hill Historical Museum
The Museum's collections include household items, post office articles, and records, an old school room (1893), blacksmith's shop, farm implements and engines, housed in an 1870 home and outbuildings.
Tel:
0885366090
Hours:
2-5pm Sun, also by appointment
Admission:
Adults $2 children 50c
Facilities:
Guided tours, wheelchair access to toilets
Collection:
700 - 800 items, approximately 200 photographs
Items
Boat model
Beethoven
Creator:
Fritz Stamm
Description:
Wooden model sailing vessel in wood and glass frame.
Date:
Early 1900s
Item Id Number:
284
Building
Old School Room
Creator:
Local labour - Education specifications
Description:
Iron clad with porch plus furnishings.
Date:
1893
Item Id Number:
91-20
Shepherd's hut
Creator:
Michelmore family
Description:
Two metre square wooden slab hut.
Date:
circa 1850
Clover threshing equipment
Creator:
Kaesler's of Hahndorf SA
Description:
large wooden framed, portable with broom and pickup.
Date:
circa 1930
Item Id Number:
376
Shilleah
Creator:
Not known
Description:
Blackthorn wood, brought from Ireland by Patrick Connor.
Date:
circa 1820
Item Id Number:
183