Preserving Cottage
A 114-year-old cottage at Diamond Harbour, birthplace of the Canterbury artist Margaret Stoddart, may be preserved at a folk museum. The cottage, the first to be built at Diamond Harbour, is deteriorating. Mr J. Oakley, the chairman of the Civic Trust, said that the trust was prepared to help Diamond Harbour residents form a group to preserve the cottage. The cottage, a prefabricated building, was brought from Melbourne by Mr M. Stoddart in 1856. It is a landmark in the district, situated near the community centre. Originally it was a farmhouse, belonging to the Stoddart family for many years.
The walls of the cottage are filled with clay and it has a tiled roof now badly in need of repair. The foundations are also deteriorating.
The cottage is occupied by a Post Office employee, who has been repairing it
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32392, 3 September 1970, Page 6
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