News & Events
Fumigation Room
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...
Elderslie House
The very gracious Elderslie House is the jewel in the crown of the Historic Village Herberton collection. The home of Herberton founder - miner and...
Dress The Part For Pioneer Weekend
Step back into the 1880s this weekend (May 8 and 9) when the Historic Village Herberton presents its Pioneer Weekend Country & Folk Music...
Herberton History
Herberton, otherwise known as the Village in the Hills, owes its European settlement to the discovery of tin. It takes its name from the Herbert...
Steam-Powered Music and Family Fun at Pioneer Weekend
There will be plenty of steam-powered entertainment for everyone this May 8 and 9 when the Historic Village Herberton presents its Pioneer Weekend...
Schools Out for Holidays but not at the Historic Village
Imagine this? This is the school of hard knocks – no heating or cooling apart from an open window and the infamous “cane” hanging by the blackboard....
Live Music, Old Machines And Family Holiday Fun At Historic Village
Take a stroll down nostalgia lane, see a century-old mechanical blast from the past, or enjoy the added bonus of a guest appearance by country music...
Red, Shiny And Guaranteed To Thrill All At Pioneer Village
An old work horse that saw gallant duty in Cairns over three decades has been stripped back to bare metal,...
Model T Ford
The Tin Lizzie was a remarkable car and despite its slightly disparaging nickname an engineering feat. Running on petrol, kerosene or even ethanol...