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HERITAGE NOOSA

Under renovation, Parkyn's Hut, Tewantin, ca 2001

ABOUT THIS IMAGE

TitleParkyn's Hut, before relocation, Hart's property, Tewantin, ca 2001Additional InformationImage taken ca 2000 to be used in 'The Historical Cultural Heritage Study of Noosa Shire', commissioned by Noosa Council and completed in 2002.

Extract from study:
"The small building making up this facility is yet another link in the relationship between Gympie and Tewantin. The cottage began its life as a miner's shed or living quarters at Gympie, having been constructed in the early 1920s. It was soon thereafter transported to Tewantin by Jack Hart and his wife, themselves having come from Gympie. The cottage, which was originally unlined, was placed on Hart's land in Tewantin. He and his wife lived in it while he built his home on
that land. Hart's land covered all the area between Doonella, Diyan and Pelican Streets, and bounded on the north by the present Post Office. On the land, Hart built, firstly on the corner of Pelican and Doonella Streets, a two storeyed shop, occupied by H. and M. Born when it burnt down in 1939, then to the north progressively, a general store for the
Bickle family, a pharmacy and then his house.

The cottage originally occupied the north western corner of the property, but following the subsequent sale of the property to Howard and Iris Parkyn in 1938, it was relocated at the south western corner.

Howard and Iris Parkyn retained the property containing (as well as the original Hart house) the cottage until 1998 when it was sold to the RSL Club who had need of it as an extension to
meet Noosa Council requirements for additional car parking spaces when they enlarged their Club premises.

Since buying the property, the Parkyns lived in the house built by Hart. While they lived in the previous house, the cottage was used for overflow
family accommodation at times such as Christmas, and it proved to be very much in demand for that use.

At the time of the sale of the property to the RSL Club, the Club offered the cottage to the Tewantin Heritage and Historical Society as it was extraneous to Club needs. Until its present use, the building languished at the Council's works depot in Eumundi Road, but has now begun a new role, serving the visiting public as a tourist information centre...It has been named in honour of the Parkyns, as both a former owner of the hut and
for their significant contribution to the district’s development in the twentieth century." Dateca 2001Image NoT2009977

IDENTIFIERS

Subject (Keywords)DwellingsEarly Settlement

CONNECTIONS

LocalityTewantinPlaceParkyn's HutOrganisation or ClubParkyn's Hut Tewantin Historical and Heritage SocietyHeritage Library CatalogueHistorical cultural heritage of Noosa Shire : an historical overview and associated sites, features & precincts / Noosa Shire Strategic Planning, September 2002.

CONDITIONS OF USE

CopyrightIn Copyright. This image may be used for educational and non-commercial research purposes. It must not be reproduced for any other purposes without the prior permission of Noosa Libraries.AttributionImage courtesy Heritage Noosa Image No. (insert).

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Under renovation, Parkyn's Hut, Tewantin, ca 2001