It was built in 1874 as the home of Max and Kate Schramm and incorporates Max Schramm's schoolroom.
Welcome to Schramm’s Cottage and Orchard Museum.
This part of Doncaster was originally settled by Europeans in 1853. The majority of those early ■settlers were German speaking Lutherans from Silesia, a region in Eastern Europe that is now part of Poland.
They named the area "Breslau" after the capital city of their homeland. The name was shortly changed to Waldau, meaning "a clearing in the forest". This name was retained until 1914.
In 1858, they erected their first wooden Lutheran church on this site.
The Waldau Lutheran Church stood on Waldau Hill with the adjacent cemetery, the Waldau Cemetery.
in 1860, desiring a school for their children, they invited an educated German, Max von Schramm to settle in Waldau and become their school teacher.
ln May 1860, he began a Denominational school in the church building. In 1863, this school became Common School No. 197 under the newly established Board of Education. The following year, due to increasing enrolments, the school moved to new premises on Main Road (now Doncaster Road) about where the Municipal Offices are now located.
With the coming of the 1872 Victorian Education Act, with an emphasis on secular education, Max Schramm resigned as Head Teacher.
In 1874/75, he built this cottage on land next to the schoolhouse. This cottage, which was a fine building for its day, was built of local stone with a large room at the rear where, for some years, Max Schramm again conducted a small Lutheran school.
In 1876, he was ordained as a Lutheran pastor becoming the first resident pastor of the newly formed Lutheran Parish of Doncaster.
In 1864, Max Schramm married Kate Pickering, daughter of Joseph Pickering, a founding member of Doncaster’s Holy Trinity Anglican Church.
IThey had nine children, eight of whom reached adulthood. At first they lived above the 1864 schoolhouse and later in this cottage.
Max died in 1908 and Kate, who was many years his junior, died in 1928. Max von Schramm lived in Doncaster for 48 years (1860-1908) and during this time became an important, influential and highly respected person.
He was not only prominent in local affairs but also in the wider Lutheran community.
He and Kate are buried in the Box Hill Cemetery.
The cottage passed through several hands until it was eventually sold to the Shire of Doncaster and I Templestowe where it was used mainly for storage.
In 1971, the cottage was to be demolished due to the widening of Doncaster Road. However it was eventually decided to rebuild it on this site.
In 1890, the old wooden church had fallen into serious disrepair and the congregation built the present Trinity Lutheran Church in Victoria Street.
About the time that the cottage was to be demolished the Church donated this site to the Council, to be used for historical purposes only.
On Saturday 14th February 1976, the rebuilt cottage was officially opened on this site. This was the beginning of Schramm’s Cottage and Orchard Museum that we know today.
In 1971, when Doncaster Road was to be widened, the building was dismantled
and relocated to the site of the original Lutheran Church building in Victoria Street.
An old world garden grows around the cottage.A few of the plants have been grown from cuttings taken from plants that were brought out from England by the first settlers.
Also on the site is a perfumed garden grown as a memorial to Irvine Green, a long-serving president and a driving force in the historical society. He was a dedicated historian and a lover of fine gardens.
Source: Unknown
This day was the climax of five years combined effort by many people, as over one hundred volunteers; mainly from the Historical Society, have helped with the removal, rebuilding and setting up of the Cottage. The project could never have been completed without the help of the City of Doncaster and Templestowe, under the direction of the Town Clerk, Mr. Jack Thomson, and City Engineer, Mr. Fred Andrew. Members of the Council outdoor staff carried out their work with wonderful enthusiasm, and gave invaluable help.
When the Cottage was rebuilt, the City Electrical Engineer designed the marvellous floodlighting that has attracted so much admiration. The expertise of the Council Parks and Gardens Department under Mr. Max Holmyard, gave the whole area its spacious landscaped appearance.
Finger's Barn was taken down and moved by Doncaster Apex Club, who are members of the Historical Society. It was rebuilt by a team of "Red" scheme workers. When the implement shed is completed, the Orchard Museum can be finally set up, so that we can view to best advantage the implements that have been restored by Mr. Beatty Beavis, and the Petty Plough donated by Mr. Clive Petty.
Volunteers are still needed to help restore equipment and construct the Implement Shed, Gazebo, well and Pioneer Memorial. It is very gratifying to be informed by the National Trust that Schramm's Cottage has retained its classification. This will be the last building to which this will apply, as in future if a building is removed it will not be reconsidered. The Trust architects who inspected the Cottage were very enthusiastic, and conveyed congratulations to everyone responsible.
Source: Muriel Green writing the Presidents Report in 1976 05 DTHS Newsletter
The Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society treasurer took the Leader on a guided tour of Schramms Cottage in Rieschiecks Reserve.
The cottage and Finger’s Barn were reconstructed in the early 1970s to establish the museum.
The site has been maintained by the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society since 1967 and was relocated to the cottage complex in 1976.
Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society secretary John Boylett at Schramms Cottage.
It was built in 1875 and originally stood where Manningham Council offices are now and had to be moved when Doncaster Rd was widened.
Rieschiecks Reserve is of archaeological significance and is renowned for its connection with the Lutheran Church and orchard farming by the Finger family.
The society is in the process of reconstructing the pathways in the cemetery after receiving a $2000 community grant from the Rotary Club of Templestowe.
Source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/manninghams-link-to-the-past-through-heritage-listed-buildings-is-thanks-to-the-people-who-have-stepped-in-to-protect-them/news-story/ec4d4f985696ab8247dd13b89c7b280f
Strictly speaking, they were underground tanks that were supplied with water from the house roof.
Gerhard Heilmann made a donation to cover the cost of the well. It was built by our members, Ivan Peter-Budge, Gordon Ford, Lin Aumann, Clive Petty, Claude Symons, Beatty Beavis, John Tully and John Bartlett, and the plans were prepared by Vernan Denford.
Source: 1978 08 DTHS Newsletter
The cottage was originally located in Doncaster Road, near the present Council offices and was moved to its current site following a decision to widen Doncaster Road. The process of dismantling and re-erecting the building took place between 1971 and 1975, using largely voluntary labour. Schramms Cottage was opened as a historical centre on 14 February 1976.
Location: Rieschiecks Reserve, Muriel Green Drive, off Victoria Street, Doncaster
Melway ref. 33 J10
Open: 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm Sunday and Public Holidays except Christmas day and Good Friday. Other times by appointment.
Enquiries: (03) 9848 3264
Entry fee: Adults $5.00 & Children $1.00
Source: https://www.manningham.vic.gov.au/schramms-cottage SEP2017
The cottage built of locally quarried sandstone in 1875 is of historical importance due to its association with Mr. Schramm who played a vital role in the development of Doncaster and was a revered and respected resident for more than 30 years. The cottage was threatened with demolition for the widening of Doncaster Road but community outcry resulted in the cottage being dismantled and reerected on its current site in 1972-1975for future use as a folk museum.
Classified: 8/12/1960 Classified: Local: 03/08/1998
Official Opening of Schramm’s Cottage
The Official Opening of Schramm’s Cottage took place on Saturday, 14th February, 1975. A plaque was unveiled by the Mayor, Cr. R. Poppins to mark the occasion, and Sir Raymond Garrett formally declared the Cottage open, and opened the front door with the original key.This day was the climax of five years combined effort by many people, as over one hundred volunteers; mainly from the Historical Society, have helped with the removal, rebuilding and setting up of the Cottage. The project could never have been completed without the help of the City of Doncaster and Templestowe, under the direction of the Town Clerk, Mr. Jack Thomson, and City Engineer, Mr. Fred Andrew. Members of the Council outdoor staff carried out their work with wonderful enthusiasm, and gave invaluable help.
When the Cottage was rebuilt, the City Electrical Engineer designed the marvellous floodlighting that has attracted so much admiration. The expertise of the Council Parks and Gardens Department under Mr. Max Holmyard, gave the whole area its spacious landscaped appearance.
Finger's Barn was taken down and moved by Doncaster Apex Club, who are members of the Historical Society. It was rebuilt by a team of "Red" scheme workers. When the implement shed is completed, the Orchard Museum can be finally set up, so that we can view to best advantage the implements that have been restored by Mr. Beatty Beavis, and the Petty Plough donated by Mr. Clive Petty.
Volunteers are still needed to help restore equipment and construct the Implement Shed, Gazebo, well and Pioneer Memorial. It is very gratifying to be informed by the National Trust that Schramm's Cottage has retained its classification. This will be the last building to which this will apply, as in future if a building is removed it will not be reconsidered. The Trust architects who inspected the Cottage were very enthusiastic, and conveyed congratulations to everyone responsible.
Source: Muriel Green writing the Presidents Report in 1976 05 DTHS Newsletter
Schramm's Cottage - Manningham’s link to the past through heritage listed buildings is thanks to the people who have stepped in to protect them
JOHN Boylett has opened the door on one of Doncaster’s most historic buildings.The Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society treasurer took the Leader on a guided tour of Schramms Cottage in Rieschiecks Reserve.
The cottage and Finger’s Barn were reconstructed in the early 1970s to establish the museum.
The site has been maintained by the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society since 1967 and was relocated to the cottage complex in 1976.
Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society secretary John Boylett at Schramms Cottage.
It was built in 1875 and originally stood where Manningham Council offices are now and had to be moved when Doncaster Rd was widened.
Rieschiecks Reserve is of archaeological significance and is renowned for its connection with the Lutheran Church and orchard farming by the Finger family.
The society is in the process of reconstructing the pathways in the cemetery after receiving a $2000 community grant from the Rotary Club of Templestowe.
Source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/manninghams-link-to-the-past-through-heritage-listed-buildings-is-thanks-to-the-people-who-have-stepped-in-to-protect-them/news-story/ec4d4f985696ab8247dd13b89c7b280f
Schramm's Cottage Well Built
The well has been built at Schramm's Cottage. It has been placed in the same relative position as the original well that was at the cottage in Doncaster Road. It is typical of the wells that could be found at almost every orchard farm-house.Strictly speaking, they were underground tanks that were supplied with water from the house roof.
Gerhard Heilmann made a donation to cover the cost of the well. It was built by our members, Ivan Peter-Budge, Gordon Ford, Lin Aumann, Clive Petty, Claude Symons, Beatty Beavis, John Tully and John Bartlett, and the plans were prepared by Vernan Denford.
Source: 1978 08 DTHS Newsletter
Schramms Cottage
Schramms Cottage dates from approximately 1875. It is an asymmetrical cottage, built of local sandstone with a hip slate roof. It was built for Max von Schramm, a German immigrant, for use as a house and a Lutheran school. |
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In 1876 von Schramm was appointed the first Lutheran Pastor in Doncaster and he continued to teach at this school until 1884.
The cottage was originally located in Doncaster Road, near the present Council offices and was moved to its current site following a decision to widen Doncaster Road. The process of dismantling and re-erecting the building took place between 1971 and 1975, using largely voluntary labour. Schramms Cottage was opened as a historical centre on 14 February 1976.
Location: Rieschiecks Reserve, Muriel Green Drive, off Victoria Street, Doncaster
Melway ref. 33 J10
Open: 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm Sunday and Public Holidays except Christmas day and Good Friday. Other times by appointment.
Enquiries: (03) 9848 3264
Entry fee: Adults $5.00 & Children $1.00
Source: https://www.manningham.vic.gov.au/schramms-cottage SEP2017
Schramm's Cottage
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Mr Max Von Schramm was born in Silesia in 1827 and emigrated to NSW in 1851, before moving to Melbourne in 1852 and commencing a ferry service on Port Phillip Bay. Being an educated man led to him being persuaded by Mr. J. G. Thiele to move to Doncaster to teach the district's children. The school began in 1860 and with the settlers being unable to match the Board of Education grant to build a bigger school, Mr. Schramm erected, at his own expense, a schoolhouse and residence on Doncaster Road. In 1876 the school became State School No. 197 and Mr. Schramm conducted a private school in his own home (now known as Schramm's Cottage) until 1884. Mr Schramm's association with the Doncaster Lutheran Church began in 1858 when he was present at the dedication of the first church. At the 1876 Lutheran Synod a new parish was proposed for Doncaster and Mr. Schramm was approached to be first pastor. After ordination in 1876, Pastor Schramm ministered to the Lutheran community until 1907. He also performed duties as Hon. Secretary of the Doncaster Church of England; he was instrumental in forming the Doncaster Athanaeum and Library and was also Registrar for births, deaths and marriages in Doncaster for many years.
The cottage built of locally quarried sandstone in 1875 is of historical importance due to its association with Mr. Schramm who played a vital role in the development of Doncaster and was a revered and respected resident for more than 30 years. The cottage was threatened with demolition for the widening of Doncaster Road but community outcry resulted in the cottage being dismantled and reerected on its current site in 1972-1975for future use as a folk museum.
Classified: 8/12/1960 Classified: Local: 03/08/1998
Source: http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/66039/ SEP2017
Lawrence Smith was a bootmaker by trade and a talented artist. In 1900 his wife persuaded him to become a drawing teacher. He used to travel round the local school giving drawing lessons to the children. Many competent drawings in the homes of the district prove his skill as a teacher and artist.
Later, the house was bought by the late Gerald and Dorothy Grover. Mrs Grover was a foundation Member of the historical society and a valuable help in its formative years.
Source: 1981 11 DTHS Newsletter
Tom Petty was asked to speak to a meeting of the Progress Association about his trip. At this meeting, he was presented with the money and he asked permission to spend it on a gift for the Athenaeum Hall. Tom ordered a clock from England and in 1915 this was hung in the Athenaeum Library.
After being in storage for many years the clock now hangs in the school room at Schramm's Cottage.
Source: Farewell to Tom Petty in 1983 03 DTHS Newsletter
Kate had ideas of having a maid to help in the house but very soon this room was needed for the boys.
When this school closed down ten years later, meals were cooked in the school room and the kitchen became a second boys' bedroom. The three girls slept in the second bedroom in the house.
During the 1890's, this room became vacant after the girls married, so Max Schramm took it over as his study.
In 1908 Max von Schramm died. Kate lived for another twenty years.
The family leased Schramm's Cottage for a few years and then it was sold to Mr. Tully.
One evening in 1955, three men, Henry Petty, Fred Petty, and George Cameron, were standing alongside Doncaster Road looking at the superb view across Schramm's land. They agreed that the Council should buy this magnificent site while they had the opportunity. A special council meeting was called, and it was resolved to buy Schramm's Cottage and the twenty acres surrounding it.
A new Shire Hall, two football grounds, a bowling green and a scout hall occupied the site while the Cottage itself became a temporary drawing office for the Engineers Department.
The Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society was formed in 1967 after an historical display had been held in the cottage to celebrate the proclamation of the City. The council gave the Historical Society permissive occupancy of Schramms Cottage.
In 1970, plans were made to widen Doncaster Road. Schramm's Cottage was in the way and had to go. After considerable agitation on the part of the Historical Society and great public interest, the council called a public meeting to discuss the future of the cottage.
At the meeting a committee was formed with terms of reference :- to find a new site for Schramms Cottage; to arrange for its removal; and to raise finance. The Committee consisted of, Irvine Green (chairman), the late Muriel Green (Secretary) Nell Elliott, Loris Webster, Eric Collyer, Ted Rieschieck, Paul Zweck, and Mark Wierzbowski. Cr. Ivan Peter-Budge, and Cr. Les Cameron, represented the Council.
Trinity Lutheran Church donated their old church site and cemetery for Schramm's Cottage and an historic centre. The site was most appropriate as Max Schramm had conducted his first school in the old Waldau Church on this land. Arrangements were made to transfer the land to the council, a process that took several years.
At Easter 1971, work commenced on the dismantling of Schramm's Cottage. Interior timber was marked and bundled in groups. The stones were taken down and marked with numbers. Volunteers carried out the dismantling while the council provided transport for its removal to the new site. As Schramm's Cottage was taken apart, interesting details of its construction was discovered. The internal walls were framed with oregon with the studs mortised into the plates. The internal framework was lined with lath and plaster and packed with bricks. The bricks were smaller than the present standard brick. The mortar and plaster was made or sand and lime. About thirty dray loads of sand must have been used in the building. The eighteen inch thick stone walls would have weighed 250 tones, the largest blocks weighing 600 lbs.
When the sitting-room fireplace surround was removed, several Christmas cards were found, dated 1887.
Schramm's Cottage Project Committee realized that it was not sufficient merely to re- erect Schramm's Cottage on a new site. So later in 1971, the Committee published the aims of the project.
"Basically the aim is to preserve the past. To show the life led by the pioneers, and the conditions under which they lived. It is desirable that one of each of the tools, appliances and articles of furniture they used be obtained and preserved in their original condition. These are necessary to have, not because they are quaint, or just a tourist attraction, but because they will form a permanent record for the future. This must be done in such a manner that the museum will be looked at because it is interesting and aesthetically pleasing."
At that time there were many in the Victorian Museum and History community saying that Victoria had too many museums, many of these identical in style and content. If Schramm's was to obtain a government grant, then it must provide a subject and interest individual to Doncaster and not already covered by other Museums.
In the submission for funding, two themes were presented. 1. The German settlement of Waldau, a subject of Australia wide interest. 2. Fruit-growing, for Doncaster Templestowe was the leading orchard area in Victoria.
A grant was provided by the State Government and the work of re-building commenced in March 1973.
At weekends, volunteers sorted the stones, laying them out around the cottage ready for Gerhard Heilmann, the stone mason, to lay during the week. By November, the stone walls were erected and by February the roof and framework of the interior walls were built.
There were problems and delays. Carpenters from the council maintenance branch eventually completed the Cottage, and in 1975, the Historical Society held the February meeting in Schramm's Cottage. The building was not entirely complete, interior details and painting were not finished.
During 1975, the council applied for and were given a Commonwealth Employment Grant to re-erect Finger's Barn. Doncaster Apex had dismantled and moved the barn donated by Mr. Ted Rieschieck. The council also obtained a tourist grant to build the toilet block.
On 14th February 1976, Schramm's Cottage was opened in the presence of over two hundred people. The Mayor Cr. Bob Poppins gave the Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society permissive occupancy of the Cottage and land, Sir Raymond Garrett opened the Cottage and the late Cr. Muriel Green, the President, received the key of Schramm's Cottage for the Historical Society.
Since the official opening, the Schramm Cottage site has been added to and improved. The Vehicle Shed was built by members. Doncaster Rotary completed the Implement Shed. As a massive one day project, the Gazebo, from the Templestowe Cemetery was re-erected with the aid of the Rotary Club. The Tram Shed was built and the Wheelwright Shed added at the end of the Vehicle Shed. We also now have a large stateroom at the other end of the Vehicle Shed and in the enlarged garden, a Pergola as a Pioneer Memorial.
Source: 1986 03 DTHS Newsletter
circa1874, CLASSIFIED BY THE NATIONAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA)
When the Education Act became law on 1st January, 1873, Max Schramm was given three years latitude for the school he had established to become a State School. Although in name, Common School 197, his school was virtually a denominational school, giving children of the early German settlers a grounding in the Lutheran Catechism. As a school of the state, religious education, the original purpose of Schramm's school would have to end. Schramm subsequently sold his school to the Education Department and purchased 20 acres of land adjoining. Here ne built his stone cottage and opened a new Lutheran School in 1876.
Historically, Schramm's Cottage is of great significance to the district. Both the building and its occupants had a strong influence on the lives of many people and even on the life of Doncaster itself. It is significant that old residents who have been associated with Schramm's Cottage or whose parents went to school there, claim their connection with great pride.
Pastor Schramm, who was ordained as a Pastor of the Lutheran Church in November 1876, opened a Lutheran School in the same year. When this school closed in 1884, the State School became overcrowded and Schramm's schoolroom was used as a part of the State School for a year. Later, Pastor Schramm held Saturday morning classes, attended mainly by adults, some of whom has missed the advantages of an education.
The activities of Pastor Schramm were numerous - Schoolmaster, Registrar of Births and Deaths, founder of the Athenaeum Hall, Secretary of Holy Trinity Church of England, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, negotiator in the tram dispute and tutor to special students from Melbourne University.
His wife Kate was also notable in her own right. Daughter of pioneer settlers Joseph and Elisa Pickering, Kate came to Doncaster as a four year old girl. The first Anglican services were held in her parents home and she became the first Sunday School teacher of the congregation. As the wife of Pastor Schramm, Kate played an important part in the life of. the community. Schramm*s Cottage thus symbolizes in a unique way the past of both the German and English settlers.
Max Schramm showed a keen appreciation of his environment by siting his house to face the panoramic view to the north and the east. At the front were the family living quarters; a passage ran down the centre with two rooms on either side. Right across the back was the school room, 15' x 30', with-its own entrance from the road.
A typical Australian style verandah ran around the east and north sides of the building with the far end closed in to make another bedroom for some of the children. The kitchen was a detached weather-board room behind the well at the rear of the house and contained a bake oven, as there was no baker in Doncaster at that time.
To the west, behind large Moreton Bay Fig Trees, was a smoke house. Further to the rear were various outbuildings including stables, poultry sheds, etc. The school's two W.Cs, actually earth closets, a two-hole and a one-hole, stood near where the Seville orange trees grew. They were screened by a lattice picturesquely covered by climbing red geraniums.
Schramm's Cottage is noted for its attractive stone work. Stone had been used in several earlier buildings - notably at Pontville in 1843, the Thiele home; Porter's home in Whitten's Lane; the Anderson Creek State School; Tatham's hone in Leeds Street; and Henry White’s Cottage at East Doncaster.
Building stone was quarried at various places in the locality, namely the hills behind Warrandyte, along Ruffey’s Creek, near Koonung Creek and at Beanlands Quarry at Board Street. (The Beanlands were relatives of Mrs. Schramm).
In the old countries, it took many generations of craftsmen to develop designs and building methods suited to the local environment and building materials. In Australia this was achieved within a few short years.
Architecturally, the value of Schramm's Cottage lies in the way craftsmen using simple tools and local materials provided a building to suit its environment. Classified "C" by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Schramm's Cottage is an excellent example of square-cut stone masonry. Simple and clean in style, it is a fine example of early colonial architecture in Australia.
("C" classification means ’notable, also worthy of preservation".)
Source: Irvine Green, A.I.A.P writing in 1970 11 DTHS Newsletter
On the 2nd of April, a meeting of representatives of the Council and the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society had agreed that Schramm's Cottage would be relocated on the site of the old Waldau Church in Victoria Street.
Trinity Lutheran Church had agree to donate this site to the council for the cottage.
There was a problem. The Lutheran Church was in a process of change, so was not in a position to transfer the land. There was no time to wait, for Doncaster Road was to be widened in a few weeks time and Schramm's Cottage was in the way.
Members and volunteers dismantled the cottage while a stonemason removed the bricks.
The council carted the stone and timber to Victoria Street where it was stacked on the old church land.
After a deputation to Richard Hamer, the Premier, a grant was provided and work started at the beginning of 1973.
Every weekend, members sorted and placed the next course of stones in their correct order around the building for the stone mason, Gerhard Hielman.
There were many problems but with the help of Fred Andrew, the city engineer, two years later, we were able to hold a meeting in the cottage on its new site.
Source: 1991 06 DTHS Newsletter
Schramm's Cottage Flagpole
The house built by Mr L A Smith in Elgar Road has been demolished. Lawrence Smith built the house in 1888 and erected a flag pole in his front garden. This is the flag pole that now stands in the lawn at Schramm's Cottage.Lawrence Smith was a bootmaker by trade and a talented artist. In 1900 his wife persuaded him to become a drawing teacher. He used to travel round the local school giving drawing lessons to the children. Many competent drawings in the homes of the district prove his skill as a teacher and artist.
Later, the house was bought by the late Gerald and Dorothy Grover. Mrs Grover was a foundation Member of the historical society and a valuable help in its formative years.
Source: 1981 11 DTHS Newsletter
Clock in School Room at Schramm's Cottage
In March 1913, Tom and Eliza Petty departed on a holiday trip to the Old Country. A farewell social was held at the Athenaeum Hall on the eve of their departure. Residents were asked to make a contribution to cover, the cost of the evening, and a presentation to them both. 39 pounds, 16 shillings was donated by 66 people. A travelling bag and rugs were presented to Mr. & Mrs. Petty during the evening. When the accounts were settled it was found that there was 9 pounds, one shilling and sixpence over. It was agreed to give this to the Pettys on their return from England.Tom Petty was asked to speak to a meeting of the Progress Association about his trip. At this meeting, he was presented with the money and he asked permission to spend it on a gift for the Athenaeum Hall. Tom ordered a clock from England and in 1915 this was hung in the Athenaeum Library.
After being in storage for many years the clock now hangs in the school room at Schramm's Cottage.
Source: Farewell to Tom Petty in 1983 03 DTHS Newsletter
The Story of Schramm's Cottage 1975 to 1986
On February 14th 1976 Schramm's Cottage was opened as an historic centre. The story of the cottage started one hundred years before, when, at the end of 1875, the Schramm family moved into their new stone house. Max von Schramm had sold his old "Common School" to the new education Department and constructed a stone building as a home and Lutheran School. His wife Kate, after the crowded living conditions in the old school-house, could now enjoy her love of fine furniture and arrange the rooms in elegant style with ornaments and furnishings sent by relations in England. The home was a combination of Max Schramm's German austerity and Kate's English tradition. Kate chose green curtains to show off the warm colour of the furniture in the sitting room, and red for the dining room. The kitchen was at the end of the verandah on the far side of the house. There was no access from the kitchen to the house so all meals had to be carried along the verandah and through the front door to the dining room. Behind the kitchen, a door opened into a small bedroom.Kate had ideas of having a maid to help in the house but very soon this room was needed for the boys.
When this school closed down ten years later, meals were cooked in the school room and the kitchen became a second boys' bedroom. The three girls slept in the second bedroom in the house.
During the 1890's, this room became vacant after the girls married, so Max Schramm took it over as his study.
In 1908 Max von Schramm died. Kate lived for another twenty years.
The family leased Schramm's Cottage for a few years and then it was sold to Mr. Tully.
One evening in 1955, three men, Henry Petty, Fred Petty, and George Cameron, were standing alongside Doncaster Road looking at the superb view across Schramm's land. They agreed that the Council should buy this magnificent site while they had the opportunity. A special council meeting was called, and it was resolved to buy Schramm's Cottage and the twenty acres surrounding it.
A new Shire Hall, two football grounds, a bowling green and a scout hall occupied the site while the Cottage itself became a temporary drawing office for the Engineers Department.
The Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society was formed in 1967 after an historical display had been held in the cottage to celebrate the proclamation of the City. The council gave the Historical Society permissive occupancy of Schramms Cottage.
In 1970, plans were made to widen Doncaster Road. Schramm's Cottage was in the way and had to go. After considerable agitation on the part of the Historical Society and great public interest, the council called a public meeting to discuss the future of the cottage.
At the meeting a committee was formed with terms of reference :- to find a new site for Schramms Cottage; to arrange for its removal; and to raise finance. The Committee consisted of, Irvine Green (chairman), the late Muriel Green (Secretary) Nell Elliott, Loris Webster, Eric Collyer, Ted Rieschieck, Paul Zweck, and Mark Wierzbowski. Cr. Ivan Peter-Budge, and Cr. Les Cameron, represented the Council.
Trinity Lutheran Church donated their old church site and cemetery for Schramm's Cottage and an historic centre. The site was most appropriate as Max Schramm had conducted his first school in the old Waldau Church on this land. Arrangements were made to transfer the land to the council, a process that took several years.
At Easter 1971, work commenced on the dismantling of Schramm's Cottage. Interior timber was marked and bundled in groups. The stones were taken down and marked with numbers. Volunteers carried out the dismantling while the council provided transport for its removal to the new site. As Schramm's Cottage was taken apart, interesting details of its construction was discovered. The internal walls were framed with oregon with the studs mortised into the plates. The internal framework was lined with lath and plaster and packed with bricks. The bricks were smaller than the present standard brick. The mortar and plaster was made or sand and lime. About thirty dray loads of sand must have been used in the building. The eighteen inch thick stone walls would have weighed 250 tones, the largest blocks weighing 600 lbs.
When the sitting-room fireplace surround was removed, several Christmas cards were found, dated 1887.
Schramm's Cottage Project Committee realized that it was not sufficient merely to re- erect Schramm's Cottage on a new site. So later in 1971, the Committee published the aims of the project.
"Basically the aim is to preserve the past. To show the life led by the pioneers, and the conditions under which they lived. It is desirable that one of each of the tools, appliances and articles of furniture they used be obtained and preserved in their original condition. These are necessary to have, not because they are quaint, or just a tourist attraction, but because they will form a permanent record for the future. This must be done in such a manner that the museum will be looked at because it is interesting and aesthetically pleasing."
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In the submission for funding, two themes were presented. 1. The German settlement of Waldau, a subject of Australia wide interest. 2. Fruit-growing, for Doncaster Templestowe was the leading orchard area in Victoria.
A grant was provided by the State Government and the work of re-building commenced in March 1973.
At weekends, volunteers sorted the stones, laying them out around the cottage ready for Gerhard Heilmann, the stone mason, to lay during the week. By November, the stone walls were erected and by February the roof and framework of the interior walls were built.
There were problems and delays. Carpenters from the council maintenance branch eventually completed the Cottage, and in 1975, the Historical Society held the February meeting in Schramm's Cottage. The building was not entirely complete, interior details and painting were not finished.
During 1975, the council applied for and were given a Commonwealth Employment Grant to re-erect Finger's Barn. Doncaster Apex had dismantled and moved the barn donated by Mr. Ted Rieschieck. The council also obtained a tourist grant to build the toilet block.
On 14th February 1976, Schramm's Cottage was opened in the presence of over two hundred people. The Mayor Cr. Bob Poppins gave the Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society permissive occupancy of the Cottage and land, Sir Raymond Garrett opened the Cottage and the late Cr. Muriel Green, the President, received the key of Schramm's Cottage for the Historical Society.
Since the official opening, the Schramm Cottage site has been added to and improved. The Vehicle Shed was built by members. Doncaster Rotary completed the Implement Shed. As a massive one day project, the Gazebo, from the Templestowe Cemetery was re-erected with the aid of the Rotary Club. The Tram Shed was built and the Wheelwright Shed added at the end of the Vehicle Shed. We also now have a large stateroom at the other end of the Vehicle Shed and in the enlarged garden, a Pergola as a Pioneer Memorial.
Source: 1986 03 DTHS Newsletter
SCHRAMM'S COTTAGE
Historic Homesteads 10circa1874, CLASSIFIED BY THE NATIONAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA)
When the Education Act became law on 1st January, 1873, Max Schramm was given three years latitude for the school he had established to become a State School. Although in name, Common School 197, his school was virtually a denominational school, giving children of the early German settlers a grounding in the Lutheran Catechism. As a school of the state, religious education, the original purpose of Schramm's school would have to end. Schramm subsequently sold his school to the Education Department and purchased 20 acres of land adjoining. Here ne built his stone cottage and opened a new Lutheran School in 1876.
Historically, Schramm's Cottage is of great significance to the district. Both the building and its occupants had a strong influence on the lives of many people and even on the life of Doncaster itself. It is significant that old residents who have been associated with Schramm's Cottage or whose parents went to school there, claim their connection with great pride.
Pastor Schramm, who was ordained as a Pastor of the Lutheran Church in November 1876, opened a Lutheran School in the same year. When this school closed in 1884, the State School became overcrowded and Schramm's schoolroom was used as a part of the State School for a year. Later, Pastor Schramm held Saturday morning classes, attended mainly by adults, some of whom has missed the advantages of an education.
The activities of Pastor Schramm were numerous - Schoolmaster, Registrar of Births and Deaths, founder of the Athenaeum Hall, Secretary of Holy Trinity Church of England, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, negotiator in the tram dispute and tutor to special students from Melbourne University.
His wife Kate was also notable in her own right. Daughter of pioneer settlers Joseph and Elisa Pickering, Kate came to Doncaster as a four year old girl. The first Anglican services were held in her parents home and she became the first Sunday School teacher of the congregation. As the wife of Pastor Schramm, Kate played an important part in the life of. the community. Schramm*s Cottage thus symbolizes in a unique way the past of both the German and English settlers.
Max Schramm showed a keen appreciation of his environment by siting his house to face the panoramic view to the north and the east. At the front were the family living quarters; a passage ran down the centre with two rooms on either side. Right across the back was the school room, 15' x 30', with-its own entrance from the road.
A typical Australian style verandah ran around the east and north sides of the building with the far end closed in to make another bedroom for some of the children. The kitchen was a detached weather-board room behind the well at the rear of the house and contained a bake oven, as there was no baker in Doncaster at that time.
To the west, behind large Moreton Bay Fig Trees, was a smoke house. Further to the rear were various outbuildings including stables, poultry sheds, etc. The school's two W.Cs, actually earth closets, a two-hole and a one-hole, stood near where the Seville orange trees grew. They were screened by a lattice picturesquely covered by climbing red geraniums.
Schramm's Cottage is noted for its attractive stone work. Stone had been used in several earlier buildings - notably at Pontville in 1843, the Thiele home; Porter's home in Whitten's Lane; the Anderson Creek State School; Tatham's hone in Leeds Street; and Henry White’s Cottage at East Doncaster.
Building stone was quarried at various places in the locality, namely the hills behind Warrandyte, along Ruffey’s Creek, near Koonung Creek and at Beanlands Quarry at Board Street. (The Beanlands were relatives of Mrs. Schramm).
In the old countries, it took many generations of craftsmen to develop designs and building methods suited to the local environment and building materials. In Australia this was achieved within a few short years.
Architecturally, the value of Schramm's Cottage lies in the way craftsmen using simple tools and local materials provided a building to suit its environment. Classified "C" by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Schramm's Cottage is an excellent example of square-cut stone masonry. Simple and clean in style, it is a fine example of early colonial architecture in Australia.
("C" classification means ’notable, also worthy of preservation".)
Source: Irvine Green, A.I.A.P writing in 1970 11 DTHS Newsletter
Schramm's Cottage 20 Years Ago
At the beginning of June 1971, the dismantling of Schramm's Cottage was nearly complete and members were looking forward to seeing the building on its new site.On the 2nd of April, a meeting of representatives of the Council and the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society had agreed that Schramm's Cottage would be relocated on the site of the old Waldau Church in Victoria Street.
Trinity Lutheran Church had agree to donate this site to the council for the cottage.
There was a problem. The Lutheran Church was in a process of change, so was not in a position to transfer the land. There was no time to wait, for Doncaster Road was to be widened in a few weeks time and Schramm's Cottage was in the way.
Members and volunteers dismantled the cottage while a stonemason removed the bricks.
The council carted the stone and timber to Victoria Street where it was stacked on the old church land.
After a deputation to Richard Hamer, the Premier, a grant was provided and work started at the beginning of 1973.
Every weekend, members sorted and placed the next course of stones in their correct order around the building for the stone mason, Gerhard Hielman.
There were many problems but with the help of Fred Andrew, the city engineer, two years later, we were able to hold a meeting in the cottage on its new site.
The first meeting in the partly rebuilt Schramms Cottage took place on February 1975. The meeting was a work evening to sort and clean up furniture and equipment that had been stored for several years.
Standing: Steven Burgess, Gail Johnston (nee Wilson), Jean Beavis, Ted Burgess, Ross Burgess, Eric Collyer. Sitting: Gwen Sharp, Myra Underwood, Phyllis Burgess, May Holmyard, Ethel Beed, Violet Crouch, Jack Reed, Max Holmyard, Beatty Beavis, Gehard Heileman, Muriel Green, and Hugh Sharp. DP0559
Source: 1991 06 DTHS Newsletter
Schramm Cottage Musiem Complex plaque
This cottage was moved from Doncaster Road by the Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society and the City of Doncaster and Templestowe, and relocated on this site under the direction of the Schramms Cottage Project Committee 197176. Committee members: Chairman: Irvine Green Secretary: Muriel Green: Architect Mark wierzbowski. Eric Collyer, Nell Elliott, Ivan Peter-Budge, Ted Roeschieck, Loris Webster, Paul Zweck Keitha Peter-Budge, City of Doncaster and Templestowe, Town Clerk: W. Thomson. City Engineer F.G. Andrew
National Trust of Australia
Former Lutheran School and Residence
Built in 1874-1876
In Main Rd Doncaster
For
Pastor Max Von Schramm
Resited 1972-1976
Classified
Rebuilding Schramm's Cottage
The materials of Schramms Cottage were on the site ready for re-building but it is not sufficient to merely move a building there had to be a viable use for the cottage. Everyone expected that Schramms Cottage would become a museum. That was too simple. There was concern among historic circles that Victoria had too many museums and they were all the same. We were told that the government would not provide finance for another museum unless it filled a definite need. Schramms Cottage must have a purpose of its own.
Waldau had been one of the German settlements formed in the middle of last century and Schramm had been the pastor for this community. In this we had a theme of international importance. Doncaster had been one of the leading fruit growing districts in Victoria, this was of state wide importance. We decided to use these two themes and also to present the history of Doncaster-Templestowe.
The Historical Society made a deputation to the Premier and applied for a grant to re-build Schramms Cottage. In March 1973 the council received the grant. With this, plus the money we had raised and the funds from the council and also compensation from the Country Roads Board for the land they had acquired to widen Doncaster Road, we had $25,000, sufficient to have Schramms Cottage re-built. The council advertised for tenders and signed a contract with a builder.
When work started the builder cleared a level space around the outside of the building, then volunteers from the Society laid out two rows of stones at weekends ready for the stone mason. Dave Smith, who had dismantled the walls, had become ill so another stone mason had to be found. We were fortunate that Gerhard Heilmann was selected to carry out the stonework. He was an experienced stone mason having constructed many stone buildings in Europe. He also had an appreciation of the quality of stonework.
The cottage walls had been two stones wide. The usual proceedure when re-constructing a stone building is to replace the inner stone wall with bricks, for bricks give a straighter wall and can be bonded into the outside stones to make a stronger building. The walls rose slowly but steadily. Unfortunately that can not be said of the building. There were many holdups, arguments and unnecessary problems with the builder who eventually walked off the site. After a long wait, till the council was able to legally cancel the builders contract, the work was completed by the council maintenance department. The verandah and the room at the back that had badly deteriorated, had been removed in the 1950s. This was replaced using the verandah posts from Fingers Homestead. (When the work was completed we learnt that the room at the back was the original kitchen.) In 1988 the kitchen was re-built.
1975 the work of re-constructing the building was finished but we were a long way from being able to open Schramms Cottage. There was no toilet block, an essential for a public building, also paths and gardens had to be laid out and the rooms furnished.
The Preservation Committee discussed principles for setting up the museum. The National Trust had advised us that it was important to furnish the rooms to a period, and appear to be lived in, and too many signs destroy the atmosphere of being in an actual home. With this advice the committee worked out guidelines for the museum: Basically the aim is to preserve the past, avoid pure nostalgia and fashionable gimmick, keep to the three themes, create lived in rooms and change displays from summer to winter and avoid signs in the rooms.
We held a meeting with three of Pastor Schramms grandchildren and using an estate agent's list from the sale of the cottage after Mrs. Schramm died, we found out how the rooms were furnished. The family had donated some furniture and local families donated other items. To fill the gaps, other pieces were purchased. For the grounds, the council obtained a further grant to build a toilet block. It was constructed using left over stones from the interior walls of the cottage. Then the council built paths. graded and planted the lawn and planted shrubs In February 1976 Schramms Cottage was ready to be opened. The total cost of the project came to $55,000 and over one hundred volunteers and members had helped with the work.
Source: Irvine Green writing in 1996 03 DTHS Newsletter
The Opening of Schramm's Cottage
In February 14th 1976, two hundred people stood on the cleared ground in front of Schramms Cottage, a large marquee had been erected on the far side under the pine trees, a bevy of girls in nineteenth century costume stood on the rise where there is now garden and on the grass in front of the verandah, young girl guides sat on the grass. A girl guide came up to me with a velvet covered cushion and I placed the large front door key on the cushion. The girl took the key to Sir Raymond Garrett who opened the door to Schramm's Cottage. After five years of planning, raising money, hard work, frustration and more work by volunteers the Cottage was at last open.
It all began in 1970, when the Historical Society were told that Doncaster Road was going to be widened and Schramm's Cottage was in the way. The Cottage would have to be demolished. There was a public outcry with constant local paper articles. As a result, in October the Council called a public meeting in the Atheneaum Hall to discuss the fate of the Cottage. The meeting supported the idea of moving and preserving Schramm's Cottage either close to its original site in front of the council offices or on the land of the old Lutheran Cemetery in Victoria Street.
A Preservation Committee was elected consisting of Irvine Green (Chairman), Muriel Green (Secretary), Nell Elliot, Lois Webster, Eric Collyer, Ted Rieschieck, Pastor Paul Zweck, and Mark Wierzbowski (Architect) with council representitives, Cr. Ivan Peter Budge and Cr Les Cameron.
A public appeal was arranged through the National Trust and the committee applied to the State Government for a grant. This was the second occasion that Schramm's Cottage was threatened.
Early in the 1960s, council decided to demolish the building. That time Phyllis Whitten roused public interest in Schramms and suggested that it could be a library. A local architect Keith Bethell nominated Schramm's Cottage and the National Trust classified the Cottage.
At the proclamation of Doncaster and Templestowe as a City a group organised an historical exhibition in the Cottage. This group then, in May 1967, formed the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society. The next year council gave the Society permissive occupancy of Schramm's Cottage.
The Cottage is named after Max von Schramm. He came to Doncaster in 1860 to start a school for the Lutheran Children. He held his school in the primitive Lutheran church in Victoria Street, then known as Bismark Street. Four years later he built a new school in Doncaster Road. The Education Department bought out this building, so, in 1875, he built Schramm's Cottage alongside his old building. Max Schramm, (later Pastor Schramm) became a respected member of Doncaster's community and a symbol of Doncaster's past.
Schramm's Cottage Committee approached the Lutheran Church with a request for the old Church land as the site for Schramm's Cottage. The Church donated the site with the request that it be a memorial to all the pioneers of Doncaster and transferred the land to the City of Doncaster and Templestowe.
Source: 1996 03 DTHS Newsletter
Moving Schramm's Cottage
At Easter 1972 Schramms Cottage Preservation Committee started to dismantle Schramms Cottage. For the next three months each weekend volunteers worked to remove and label parts of the building. Then a stone mason from Warrandytc, Dave Smith, removed the stones. We had talked about hiring a crane or hoist to lower the stones but Dave simply dropped them onto the soft ground below. His assistant rolled them into place and on Saturdays we numbered the stones.
During the dismantling of Schramms Cottage we discovered interesting details of its construction. The internal walls were framed with oregon mortised into the bearers. and the floor joists ran through them. the walls were lined with lathe and plaster and packed with brick inside. These bricks are now on the curving path at the entrance. All plaster and mortar was made from lime and sand. We estimated that thirty dray loads must have been used for the building. The stone walls 450 ml thick would have weighed one hundred tonnes, the largest block weighing 200 kilos. the longest was two meters. It must have been under tension, for when the stones were removed from above it the stone cracked in half. When we removed the dining room fireplace surround we found some Christmas cards dated 1887.
The council caned all the materials to the new site and gave considerable help, we raised money from our appeal and the government donated funds sufficient to have Schramms rebuilt.
Source: 1996 03 DTHS Newsletter
Schramm's Cottage is a Great Heirloom Doncaster
A LOCAL heirloom... an early view of Schramm’s Cottage
SCHRAMM’S Cottage, built in 1874, is one of Doncaster’s greatest heirlooms. Built by Max Von Schramm, a German mariner and scholar, the cottage was used as one of the area’s first schools. It was built from locally quarried and hand-dressed stone and is characteristic of the early settlement days. Schramm became one of the first teachers in the area, starting at the request of the Lutheran settlers. Education in Doncaster was not free or compulsory. Children were taught at home or attended privately conducted schools.
SCHRAMM’S Cottage, built in 1874, is one of Doncaster’s greatest heirlooms. Built by Max Von Schramm, a German mariner and scholar, the cottage was used as one of the area’s first schools. It was built from locally quarried and hand-dressed stone and is characteristic of the early settlement days. Schramm became one of the first teachers in the area, starting at the request of the Lutheran settlers. Education in Doncaster was not free or compulsory. Children were taught at home or attended privately conducted schools.
In the early 1850s, the government set up a National School Board to supervise curriculae and pay subsidies to local school committees. This allowed several schools to start in the district. The Lutheran settlers, however, felt there was little emphasis on religion. With his scholastic background, Max Von Schramm was asked to teach the Lutheran students in a church on Waldau Hill. In 1864, the school was moved to Doncaster Rd in front of the present municipal offices and was named ‘the Common School 197’, attended by German and English students. The Education Department bought this school as part of the 1872 Education Act. Schramm then built the cottage next to the old schoolhouse and held classes in what is known today as Schramm’s Cottage. The cottage has four main rooms. At the end of the verandah is a kitchen and a small bedroom. Most of the furniture is English as Schramm’s wife, Kate Pickering, received boxes of furnishings as gifts from her relatives. Many of the cottage’s ornaments and furniture are now valuable antiques. Its organ was used for the first Methodist Church Service in East Doncaster in 1860. Meals were cooked over an open fireplace in the kitchen and the water was pumped inside from an outside rainwater well. After the school’s closure, in 1884, meals were cooked in the old fireplace and the kitchen became a bedroom. The room built for Schramm’s Lutheran school was used by Pastor Schramm after he retired for his Saturday morning classes for adults. In the early 1970s, Schramm’s cottage was earmarked for demolition for the widening of Doncaster Rd. The Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society saved the cottage by dismantling it with voluntary labor.
Doncaster-Templestowe Council moved the materials to the site where the original Lutheran Church stood in Victoria St. The reconstruction was financially assisted by the council and State and Federal Governments. Schramm’s Cottage is now classified by the National Trust and is open to the public.
Source: "Schramm Cottage is a Great Heirloom" Doncaster Templestowe News Tue 3MAY1988 by JANE WEATHERLEY. Copy provided by AlanCampbell-Drury
Doncaster-Templestowe Council moved the materials to the site where the original Lutheran Church stood in Victoria St. The reconstruction was financially assisted by the council and State and Federal Governments. Schramm’s Cottage is now classified by the National Trust and is open to the public.
Source: "Schramm Cottage is a Great Heirloom" Doncaster Templestowe News Tue 3MAY1988 by JANE WEATHERLEY. Copy provided by AlanCampbell-Drury
Schramm's Cottage
Schramm's Cottage was built as the home of Max and Kate Schramm in 1874 and was originally located in Doncaster Road, near the present council offices. The cottage was relocated in the 1970’s to its current location at Rieschiecks Reserve to facilitate the widening of Doncaster Road. After reconstruction, it was opened to public on 14 February 1976. The current site was the location of the original Lutheran Church. Schramms Cottage was the last rebuilt building in Victoria to retain its National Trust classification. The site is maintained by the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society.
Mr Max Von Schramm born in Silesia emigrated to NSW in 1851 and moved to Melbourne in 1852. He operated a ferry service at Port Phillip Bay and later moved to Doncaster in the 1860’s to teach school children at the Lutheran School, built in 1864 on Doncaster Hill. The settlers being unable to match the Board of Education grant to build a bigger school, the old school was sold to the newly established education department. It became a Common School, following the Education Act in 1872. The Common school became State School No. 197 in 1876. Schramm erected the cottage at his own expense as schoolhouse and residence and Schramm conducted a private school at Schramm’s Cottage until 1884. He was ordinated as a Lutheran Pastor in 1876 and served until 1907.
Atkins Cottage
Max von Schramm died in 1908 and his widow Kate continued living at the cottage for another twenty years. The Cottage was leased for a few years and then later sold. In 1955, the council purchased the property and twenty acres surrounding it. The cottage became a temporary drawing office for the Engineers Department.
Irwin Memorial Gardens
Templestowe Historical Society was formed in 1967 and was given permissive occupancy of Schramms Cottage.
Electrical Tram Replica
In the 1970’s when the Doncaster Road was widened, the cottage was moved to the land donated by Trinity Lutheran Church. The new premises were the site of the old Lutheran church and cemetery. This was the place where Max Schramm conducted his first school. The relocation work was mainly carried out by volunteers and took place between 1971 to 1975.
Waldau Cemetery
Today the Schramms Cottage Complex is home to Schramms Cottage, Atkins Orchard Cottage, Sloyd Room, Orchard Museum and Waldau Cemetery. Some of the furniture at the Cottage belong to the Schramms family and the rest were donated by pioneer families in the area.
This is a pioneer orchard cottage from the 1870s built of second-hand materials. The weatherboard and floorboards are from a ship on the India run. One room in the cottage is devoted to a display of clothing and dressmaking items of the past. (Information courtesy: Cottage Brochure). Ben Atkins built this in the 1860s at Newmans Road in Templestowe. It was relocated and officially opened here in 1991.
This school room was used to teach wood working skills to the boys of the district. The tools are donated by pioneer families of the district.
This cemetery is the remains of the First Wattle and Daub Lutheran Church built on the site in 1858.
The Finger Barn and the implement sheds contain items of machinery used on local orchards.
A replica of the first electrical Tram run between Boxhill and Doncaster between 14th October 1889 to 6th January 1896 is located at the complex along with parts of the original track of the tramline found when excavating Tram Road in Doncaster.
The Rieschiecks Reserve where the Cottage is located was part of an orchard run by Finger family from 1870 to 1960. When Schramm’s Cottage was reconstructed at the site Finger’s Barn was also reconstructed in order to establish the museum.
Location: Rieschiecks Reserve, Muriel Green Drive, off Victoria Street, Doncaster Opening
Entry fee: Adults $5.00 & Children $1.00
Web: https://www.manningham.vic.gov.au/schramms-cottage
https://tomelbourne.com.au/schramms-cottage-doncaster/
Source: https://tomelbourne.com.au/schramms-cottage-doncaster/ viewed Dec2021
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