Cottage Museum

Item details


Name of item:	Cottage Museum
Other name/s:	Merriwa Cottage
Type of item:	Built
Location:	Lat: -32.1389177170 Long: 150.3536670010
Primary address:	Bow Street, Merriwa, NSW 2329
Parish:	Merriwa
County:	Brisbane
Local govt. area:	Upper Hunter
Local Aboriginal Land Council:	Wanaruah

Property description

Lot/Volume Code	Lot/Volume Number	Section Number	Plan/Folio Code	Plan/Folio Number
LOT	C		DP	418098

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
Bow Street	Merriwa	Upper Hunter	Merriwa	Brisbane	Primary Address
Bettington Road	Merriwa	Upper Hunter	Merriwa	Brisbane	Alternate Address

Owner/s

Organisation Name	Owner Category	Date Ownership Updated
Upper Hunter Shire Council	Local Government


Current use:	Museum
Former use:	Cottage

Historic themes

Australian theme (abbrev)	New South Wales theme	Local theme
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities.	Housing townsfolk - terraces and cottages-

Procedures /Exemptions

Section of act	Description	Title	Comments	Action date
57(2)	Exemption to allow work	Standard Exemptions	HERITAGE ACT 1977 ORDER UNDER SECTION 57(2) TO GRANT STANDARD EXEMPTIONS FROM APPROVAL I, Penny Sharpe, the Minister for Heritage, on the recommendation of the Heritage Council of New South Wales and under section 57(2) of the Heritage Act 1977: revoke the order made on 2 June 2022 and published in the Government Gazette Number 262 of 17 June 2022; and grant an exemption from section 57(1) of the Act in respect of the engaging in or carrying out the class of activities described in clause 2 Schedule A in such circumstances specified by the relevant standards in clause 2 Schedule A and General Conditions in clause 3 Schedule A. This Order takes effect on the date it is published in the NSW Government Gazette. Dated this 29th day of October 2025 The Hon Penny Sharpe MLC Minister for Heritage For more information on standard exemptions click on the link below.	Nov 7 2025

Standard exemptions for engaging in or carrying out activities / works otherwise prohibited by section 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Heritage Act - State Heritage Register	00259	02 Apr 99	27	1546
Heritage Act - Permanent Conservation Order - former	00259	13 May 83	71	2124
Local Environmental Plan		01 May 92

References, internet links & images

Type	Author	Year	Title	Internet Links
Tourism		2007	Cottage Museum	View detail
Tourism	Attraction Homepage	2007	Cottage Museum	View detail

Note: internet links may be to web pages, documents or images.

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Heritage NSW
Database number:	5045354
File number:	S90/05334 & HC 32903

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