Group and Private Tours by appointment. Phone 9848-3264
Admission: Adults: $5 Children: $1
Donations to BSB: 633108 Account No: 161990684
Schramm's Cottage Museum Complex, Muriel Green Drive, Doncaster East 3109
(Off Victoria Street in Rieschiecks Reserve)
Melways Map 33 J10 - Google Map
Driving? Lots of parking available.
Bus ? Route 295 Doncaster SC - The Pines SC via Templestowe
The Schramm’s Cottage Museum Complex comprises:
- the fully furnished Schramm’s cottage (1875) and it's old world garden;
- the Pioneer Orcharding Museum housed in Henry Finger’s Barn (1870);
- Atkins Orchard Cottage (1870s);
- the Box Hill - Doncaster Tram Replica and the
- Waldau Lutheran Cemetery.
In 1858, a wattle and daub Lutheran Church was built on the site that is now covered by Schramm's Cottage adjacent to the cemetery.
In 1860, Pastor Max von Schramm, an educated German, used the church as a school.
In 1875, Schramm had a stone cottage built for himself and his wife Kate in Doncaster Road beside the present sight of the municipal offices. In 1860, Pastor Max von Schramm, an educated German, used the church as a school.
In 1971, when Doncaster Road was widened, the cottage had to be moved.
In 1975, members of the Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society, with the help of the council, dismantled the building and rebuilt it on its present site.
The cottage provides a picture of life in the pioneering days of the late 1800s.
Waldau Lutheran Cemetery
Walk on the sacred ground among the trees and imagine life in the pioneering days. Read the Cemetery Register detailing what we know about each person buried here.
In 1854, August, the 1 year old son of August and Catherine Lenkerstorff died and the small Lutheran community buried him on what was known as Waldau Hill (“a clearing in the forest”). Further burials followed soon after.
In 1858, a “wattle and daub” Lutheran Church was built on Waldau Hill (where Schramm’s Cottage now stands).
In 1862, trees and shrubs from the Melbourne Botanical Gardens were planted in the cemetery.
In 1888, the cemetery was closed by Government Regulation due to seepage from graves into nearby Ruffey Creek. In total, 125 people – 80 children and 45 adults were buried there.
In 1892, the old church was relocated and used on a nearby orchard and the present Lutheran Church was erected further south in Victoria Street.
The Pioneer Orcharding Museum.
In 1870, Henry Finger built a barn on another site. In 1975, It was moved to its present location.
The barn houses a fascinating collection of implements and machinery used on local orchards with photographs and displays showing the history of local pioneer orchardists.
Box Hill Doncaster Electric Tram is a full size replica of Australia's first electric tram which ran through orchards and paddocks between Box Hill and Doncaster from 1889 to 1896 when it was closed due to lack of use during the depression. Tram road was later built along the tram route.
The Gazebo, in the north east corner of the grounds came from the Templestowe Cemetery where it had been used as a shelter for mourners and visitors.
Atkins' Cottage built in 1863, was the home of the Atkins family who had an orchard in Newmans Road, Templestowe. The cottage was relocated to its present position and restored with the aid of a grant from the Doncaster and Templestowe Council.
The Sloyd room came from the now closed Doncaster East Primary School. Members of the Doncaster-Templestowe Historical Society maintain and staff
Welcome Brochure 2021
No comments:
Post a Comment