by admin@herberton | Mar 14, 2023 | Exhibits, What's New
How do you celebrate 100 years in the motoring business – give away a car of course…and not just any car – the first car ever sold. Cairns’ oldest car dealership Ireland’s of Cairns, which is operated by principals Richard and David Ireland, has marked its centenary...
by admin@herberton | Sep 5, 2021 | Exhibits
A visit to Ada’s frock shop at the very least will have visitors in awe of the steely endurance of pioneer women. So many clothes to wear in such an unforgiving climate. It may seem incredulous today – and a slow form of torture – but Ada’s Frock Salon takes you...
by admin@herberton | Aug 5, 2021 | Exhibits
The cottage home of Bishop John Feetham is worthy of a man who gave much of his time and energy to helping others. Anglican Bishop of North Queensland from 1913 to 1947, he poured all his efforts into his parishioners not his home. A single bed with iron posts to hold...
by admin@herberton | Jul 5, 2021 | Exhibits
Scores of bacteria can hitch a ride on an ambulance and back in the day ambulances had their own special car wash to rid them of disease carrying germs. In Herberton’s pioneering days, after a call-out the ambulance would drive into the fumigating room. Everyone would...
by admin@herberton | Jun 5, 2021 | Exhibits
The very gracious Elderslie House is the jewel in the crown of the Historic Village Herberton collection. The home of Herberton founder – miner and adventurer John Newell – was built in 1888 of red cedar and white beech. Soaring 5 metre ceilings, spacious,...
by admin@herberton | Mar 2, 2021 | Exhibits, What's New
The Tin Lizzie was a remarkable car and despite its slightly disparaging nickname an engineering feat. Running on petrol, kerosene or even ethanol this people’s car proved to be one of the most reliable vehicles ever made. The 1923 Model-T Ford housed at the village...
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