La Trobe's Cottage — Attraction in Melbourne

This cottage is the original home of Victoria's first Lt. Governor, Charles Joseph La Trobe from 1839 until his departure for England in 1854. The cottage was made from prefabricated materials brought from England to be the home of La Trobe, his Swiss wife Sophie and their children.

La Trobe's 2-bedroom a simple yet elegant cottage, a Swiss chalet type of house. It's Melbourne’s oldest surviving building, and forms an important part of Victoria’s history.

The cottage is open on Sundays from 2- 4pm (October-April), Australia Day, 26 January, and some special event days. However, it's closed on Christmas Day, days of extreme heat and on the Grand Prix weekend in March.

Charles La Trobe had immense significance in the development of Melbourne. He was one of the founders of the Royal Botanic Gardens, State Library, Museum of Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria and University of Melbourne. La Trobe Street and La Trobe University are named after him and there's a statue of him in the forecourt of the State Library of Victoria and another at La...

La Trobe’s cottage is a modest yet elegant house of Victoria’s first Lt Governor Charles La Trobe and his family. Charles La Trobe, his wife Sophie and their daughter Agnes came to Melbourne in 1839 as the Superintendent of Port Phillip District (now Melbourne). The house is prefabricated structure and was shipped from Britain, it’s worth having a look inside to get an insight in how the La Trobe family lived in early days of Melbourne. Originally the house was in Jolimont near MCG and moved to its current location in 1998. Definitely worth a look and know more about...

Charles La Trobe... Victoria's first Gov General in 1839, lived in this quaint Cottage sitting quietly between Birdwood Ave and Dallas Brooks Drive. 4 hour Parking ♿🅿️ available here. Charles wouldn't recognise the 🏙️ City of Melbourne, if he looked out of his window 🪟 now...and after 185...