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Ringwood Miner's Cottage Fire
20 Nov 2009

Another fire in the eastern region has resulted in the loss of more local history.  The Miner's Cottage near the Ringwood Lake was destroyed by fire early this morning.  The cottage was opened to the public regularly and manned by volunteers from the Croydon and Ringwood Historical Societies. This loss comes on top of the 7 February 2009 fires which destroyed the Marysville Historical Society Museum as well as countless of colonial buildings in the Kangaroo Ground, St Andrews and Yarra Glen districts.

Further information about the fire and the cottage can be read on these web-sites:

The Herald Sun newspaper
The Leader newspaper

Hopefully, the staff of the Croydon and Ringwood Historical Societies will give a full report later, particularly if items can be recovered from the ashes.

This Miner's Cottage was similar to the ones used to house miners in the Antimony industry at Ringwood in the 1880s and 1890s.