Growing up in Old Treasury
Permanent exhibition at the Old Treasury Building
Open 10am - 4pm - Admission is free.
Sunday to Friday (closed Saturdays)
In the 1920s, the Maynard family lived downstairs in the Old Treasury building - Mother, Father and eight children squeezed into five rooms.
Mr Maynard was the Superintendent, in charge of security, maintenance and the cleaning staff. Mrs Maynard, as well as looking after her family, would prepare morning and afternoon tea for the Governor's regular meetings.
Officialdom upstairs and family life downstairs meant that two different worlds lived side by side in the centre of Melbourne.
"My father worked in the garden outside the high bluestone wall which surrounded a large backyard to the building in which we lived. Further beyond the garden was a fence enclosing a paddock where my father kept a horse and a cow and fowls. Right in the middle of Melbourne we had our own fresh vegetables, milk and eggs."
Today you can tour the basement and see the rooms the Maynard family lived in. Visit the kitchen and imagine making tea for the Governor; tour the living room and you can almost see the children playing out back.
❊ When ❊
Happens: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday
Time: 10am-4pm Sunday to Friday
❊ Where ❊
Old Treasury Building View Venue
20 Spring Street Melbourne Victoria 3001 Map
✆ Venue: +61 (0) 3 9651 2233 | Event: 03 9651 2233
❊ Web Links ❊
Advertiser:
www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au
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