Historic cottage in Melbourne, built in 1839, by order of the First Superintendent of Port Phillip in New South Wales, Charles La Trobe and his family, this cottage is characterized as a prefabricated house, imported from England. This cottage is listed as a Victorian Heritage for its historical, social, and architectural importance, as it is one of the unique examples of prefabricated homes existing to this day, which gives an insight into colonial architecture, and interior home designs of the period, and the collectibles of La Trobe and his family do not Still found in the hut.