Laundry, Narryna and appliances

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Narryna, Battery Point, Hobart. (Other rooms are under the Narryna tag.)


Wash trough with washboard and mangle/wringer. More photos of mangle below.


Air-compressed washing machine, Wolter & Etching. More information on these.


These are your standard flat irons. Apply heat. Iron.

But these two are gas irons. Put heat inside. Some more information here (scroll down) and here.


Two lace/frill/fluting/goffering irons. (Two photos of each.) Some information on these here, here (scroll down) and here,  and some other examples here.


This one has a conveniently placed mobile phone for scale.


Finally a wooden washing machine. I can't find anything more about these. I put more photos of it here.

Trentham Cottage, Port Arthur/Carnarvon

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From the panel out the front"

"The building here now was built around 1900 by the Trenham family and was called Trentham Cottage. It is a typical house of the Carnovon period [after Port Arthur penal settlement closed down]. The house and garden have been restored to show how they might have looked in 1915."

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Looking from the front door.

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The short hall was two bedrooms opening off it, and a living room at the end. Unfortunately all these rooms are shown behind glass so they don't photograph well when you're in a hurry.

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