Chandlers Rest

This recently renovated cottage was built in 1860 by Edward (Junior) Chandler, son of Sarah and Edward Chandler. Sarah and Edward came to Australia by ship from England in 1839, where they met and became friends with John Jamison and Henry Parkes.

Jamison, who owned a vast estate called Rengentville at Mulgoa in the Neapen Region, employed Edward as a Shepard and Agricultural worker, as was Henry Parkes; Sarah and Edward then leased land near Richmond, north of Penrith before buying land at Mumbil near Wellington NSW, then in 1856 they purchased 650 acres of land at Shaw near Cacoar NSW, which they named Coombing Creek. Edward and his sons purchased more land adjoining Coombing Creek, which included the property Springfield of, which they now call Chandlers Rest.

The owner purchased this property in 2012 and realised its history and heritage. They couldn't let it deteriorate further, so they just had to renovate it to preserve it, believing this could be the only shingle-roofed slab hut remaining in the district. After three years of painstaking work, renovations are complete, and the owners have now opened it as accommodation for everyone to share this unique and quaint cottage steeped in heritage and history.