6-Mile Cottage, Arthur River, Western Australia Photograph by Elaine Teague

6-Mile Cottage, Arthur River, Western Australia

by Elaine Teague

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Title

6-Mile Cottage, Arthur River, Western Australia

Artist

Elaine Teague

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

Located on the Quindanning Road, the Six Mile Cottage is a historical two-roomed cottage built from timber slab with a stone end wall and fireplace.

The cottage was built in the early 1900’s by Dick Strange, brother-in-law of Joe Symonds. He was a sleeper- cutter- to supplement his farm income. Bert Bingham came to work for Joe Symonds, and each weekend, Mrs Bingham and her family of four used to drive over in a spring cart and horse from Boddington, and stay with him. All their school holidays were spent in this place.

A Darkan resident recently recalled:
When Bill and Vi Kirk were here, (1950’s), we used to come out Sundays and spend with them. The cottage was very, very nice- like a little doll’s house- all muslin curtains hanging here and there, and the furniture was all homemade. They used to have a pine safe to keep food in- just a small table and four chairs, and an iron bed. They had a built-in corner for a wardrobe. For lighting, all they had were hurricane lamps- and kerosene table lamps- these had an iron stand and a little floral bowl.

Inside the cottage it was all painted white and looked so nice. They had shelves up, and a kind of a mantle piece. The fireplace was white washed over, and the walls of timber slab were all cut with the broad axe- you can still see the marks. The stove was there in Kirk’s time. In the very old times there was only an open fire place, and they used camp ovens to cook in.

The floor was of earth originally, as I remember, and the wooden floor would have been put down after Mr Coli (about 1925-30) started the mill. When it was first built, the windows had wooden shutters, which fastened in the centre and had to be propped out.

There was a 100 gallon tank for drinking water, and they would cart water from a dam for washing. The wash basins were on benches out the back. The dam outside the cottage was probably put down by Bert Gibbs (in the 1930’s) with a team of horses. Anyone who came to the cottage added a lean-to of hessian, or bought tents to stay in.
~http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/

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