Patrick Taylor Cottage, Folk museum in Albany, Western Australia.
Patrick Taylor Cottage is a single-story house with eleven rooms, including a parlor, nursery, and sewing room, with wattle and daub walls topped by a corrugated iron roof. Each space is furnished and arranged to show how people lived and worked within these modest rooms during the early settlement period.
Built in 1832 by the Morley brothers when Albany served as a military outpost, it stands as Western Australia's oldest surviving residential building. The construction methods reflect the conditions and resources available to early settlers working in this remote colonial outpost.
The cottage displays everyday items and household objects that show how early European settlers lived and organized their homes in this remote region. These belongings reveal the habits and practical concerns of people who arrived during the pioneering era.
The house is located in the town center and easy to reach on foot, with clear signage from nearby streets. Because the rooms are small and narrow, visitors should plan to move through slowly and take time to observe the details in each space.
Staff members report unexplained events in September connected to Frederick Ingoldby, a Boer War veteran who died in the house in 1940. His presence appears to have left a mark that visitors and staff members occasionally notice during this time of year.
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