Herdsman Lake Settler's Cottage

confusing and easy to get lost

Very tranquil location! Awesome piece of history.

Open studios Stirling, great venue for the artists to display their work.

The place has historic value as physical evidence of an important government land settlement scheme in the inter-war years and as part of a larger government programme of land settlement in the south-west of the state during this period. It demonstrates an important phase in the evolution of development associated with the lake and demonstrates an important phase in the evolution of development associated with the lake and demonstrates the changing status of the locality and the contrast between pre-World War Two standards and those of the 1980s and 90s.The cottage has historic value as evidence of working class housing and lifestyles in Western Australia in the 1930’s and early post-World War Two period.The drain has historic significance as the location of the original outlet drain from the drainage scheme undertaken by the Catholic Church in 1883 and later incorporated in the 1920s Public Works Department Scheme

Most traqual place one can get.