Rosedale Story
Come and step back in time to meet the early pioneers, convicts and original custodians of the land, the Parrdarrama Pungenna people at the Rosedale Homestead, Heritage Museum. Through enhanced, interactive displays of industrial machinery and household items, hear stories of early settlers.
Tales to tell…

Through the windows of the settler’s houses and workplaces – from the laundry to the blacksmith’s forge to the dairy and local school – you’ll discover how hard they lived and worked each day.
Displays of early industrial machinery and tools of the trade show just how particularly resourceful and innovative these people were.
Gain an insight into the Parrdarrama Pungenna people who lived and survived on the Peninsula through a display created by the local aboriginal community.
Local Tasman Peninsula people have generously loaned some items to share with you in the aboriginal and early pioneer displays, keeping alive the stories of their ancestors.
The Tasman Peninsula’s convict history is particularly well covered by the World Heritage listed Port Arthur Historic Site and the Saltwater River Coal Mines but there are plenty more tales to be told from the settler families of the area as they set to work building a fitting home for their growing number of historical treasures.
The museum includes an exhibition of early settlement and about the life of original custodians of the land, the Parrdarrama Pungenna people, which was put together by the local aboriginal community.
Discover the Story behind…
Bellow Organ
Black Gold
Discover the story behind…
Discover the Story behind…
Roses from the Heart
25,566 female convicts were transported to Australia between 1788 and 1853. They faced tough lives and uncertain futures at the various convict female factories in Hobart, Ross and Parramatta and, until relatively recently, their history was largely unseen and known.
In 2007 Christina Henri began a project to commemorate all those women inviting people to make a bonnet embroidered with the name of a female convict, the name of the ship she arrived on and the date she started her life as a convict on the other side of the world.
Over ensuing years thousands of bonnets have been created, often by descendants of the convict women themselves which in turn brought families closer to their own histories.
In 2015, Tasman Heritage Museum held a ‘Blessing of the Bonnets” . These bonnets were made by local people in remembrance of their female ancestors.
whilst at the museum

Enjoy Our Restaurant
All the fun of meeting our animals is sure to make you hungry, whilst visitors can enjoy a picnic in the grounds we also have an onsite restaurant . Either enjoy a snack on our large veranda exclusive to park guests, or enjoy a lunch in front of the wood heater.
School Packages Available
Rosedale Homestead, is the perfect place for school groups to visit. Our school package includes entry to the animal park with a chance to meet the animals up close, arena entertainment and entry to our heritage museum. Each child will receive a poster to remember their visit.
Ideal for school groups

ANIMAL SANCTUARY
Come meet the animals at our Animal Sanctuary,
Rosedale Homestead, where you experience A little touch of country