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La Trobe's Cottage
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La Trobe's Cottage is a historic cottage in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1839 by the first superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, Charles La Trobe, and his family.
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La Trobe's Cottage

Birdwood Ave &, Dallas Brooks Dr, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia
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Open until 12:00 AM
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La Trobe's Cottage is a historic cottage in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1839 by the first superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, Charles La Trobe, and his family.

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attractions: Shrine of Remembrance, The Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens, Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre, National Herbarium of Victoria, Observatory Gate Lodge, Melbourne Observatory, Guilfoyle's Volcano, Kings Domain, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, restaurants: The Kettle Black, Nar Bangkok | Modern Thai, GaramMerica Original Warteg Nasi Bungkus Australia, Squires Loft Albert Park, Royal Domain Cafe, Oishii Tokyo - South Melbourne, Matilda 159 Domain, Gilson South Yarra, Dock Dot, Gentleman George Beers & Burgers, local businesses: EQ, IGA Local Grocer on Park St, Yo India, Local Express
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+61 3 9656 9889
Website
nationaltrust.org.au
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Nearby attractions of La Trobe's Cottage

Shrine of Remembrance

The Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens

Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre

National Herbarium of Victoria

Observatory Gate Lodge

Melbourne Observatory

Guilfoyle's Volcano

Kings Domain

Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Shrine of Remembrance

Shrine of Remembrance

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Open until 5:00 PM
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The Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden

The Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden

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Open until 7:30 PM
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Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre

Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre

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Open until 5:00 PM
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Nearby restaurants of La Trobe's Cottage

The Kettle Black

Nar Bangkok | Modern Thai

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Royal Domain Cafe

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Squires Loft Albert Park

Squires Loft Albert Park

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IGA Local Grocer on Park St

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IGA Local Grocer on Park St

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 Trobe University.
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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 its history.
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This rebuilt building was the residence of Charles La Trobe, the first Lt Governor of Victoria. It's nothing fancy but you can view it on the way to Shrine of Remembrance or the nearby public loo.
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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 Trobe University.
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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 its history.
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This rebuilt building was the residence of Charles La Trobe, the first Lt Governor of Victoria. It's nothing fancy but you can view it on the way to Shrine of Remembrance or the nearby public loo.
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