Sharams Cottage

In 1848, Christopher Sharam a boot maker aged 29 of Limestone Ridge Station, married Ellen Patching 15, a shepherd’s daughter of nearby Glenroy Station. Early in 1850, the family moved into a two roomed slab cottage in Petticoat Lane, Penola. Christopher built The cottage from blackwood slabs and a bark roof out of timber from a nearby swamp. He built a second cottage of sawn slabs in the mid 1860s to accommodate his growing family. The cottages remained in the Sharam family, with descendant Sarah, known as “Granny Davis” being the last to live there until 1941. Then it was purchased by Bob Fennell. The Penola Branch of the National Trust of South Australia purchased the property in 1981.