Cooma Cottage — Attraction in Marchmont

A really interesting group of buildings, which show how a very early simple cottage was extended in stages. The front of the enlarged home faces north where the original road ran. The current entrance approaches the property towards the original rear of the house past the nice stables. To understand how the house looked to Hamilton Hume, who built the house, you need to go to the lawn north of the house. It is not obvious looking at the house, but clearly seen in the excellent model, the new front was joined the the original cottage by two roof ridges. This created a valley and a box gutter surrounded on four sides by ridges. I could not see how the builders solved the problem of how to take the rainwater away. Cooma Cottage played an important part in the life of one of Australia's earliest and most...

Our visit to Cooma Cottage was very informative and well worth the visit in March this year. Barbara our guide was very knowledgeable and very generous with her time. She has a genuine love of Cooma Cottage and most willing to share the history of not only the cottage but also the surrounding area. Thoroughly enjoyable...

Spent a couple of hours here. Interesting history, and being lovingly tended by the National Trust. The staff were very knowledgeable and happy to chat. The down side is that Cooma Cottage is only open on Sundays, due to a lack of volunteers. So to see an interesting part of Australian history, go to Cooma Cottage on a...