Hope Cottage
Hope Cottage is one of three built in 1857 by the Calnan family, later to become known as Faith, Hope and Charity. The Museum holds a collection of photographs, books, shipwreck articles, tractors, engines and farm machinery (some restored to working order). A tower in the grounds carries the light transferred from Tippera Reef to Cape Willoughby in 1922. There is also a working model of a eucalyptus still and a working windmill.
Collections
A wide variety of different articles from early Kangaroo Island. The cottage has the normal things found in a home in the early days including the first piano brought to Kangaroo Island. On display in the parlour is a log cabin design quilt which featured in the Quilters of Australia magazine. Large photographic display and family history records, cellar, laundry display, automobilia display. A transport room depicting air and sea transport from as far back as 1860 to the present. The sheds are full of farm machinery and implements used in the early days. The majority of displays are labelled as to their original use, and volunteers are always on hand to explain anything else.