Don Bank Museum

Don Bank is the oldest timber house in North Sydney. It is also one of the best and earliest examples of a ‘slab’ cottage anywhere in Australia.

Built on the Wollstonecraft/Berry estate in the 1830s or 1840s, it was later home to the Irish-Australian White family who were part of the substantial local Catholic community.

Don Bank is one of North Sydney Council’s premier historical sites open to the public. It is a rare survivor of early St Leonards, as 19^th century North Sydney was known, nestled in a remnant Victorian garden. The permanent exhibition tells the story of the house and its occupants, with guided tours available on request.

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