Pise House (Mud Hut)
About Pise House (Mud Hut)
The Pise House (Mud Hut) was built in 1896 by Mary Brodie who came to the district in the mid-1880s with her husband. After he died suddenly, she purchased the Royal Hotel and by 1890, she was effectively running the town of Bedourie, listed as the local butcher, postmistress, storekeeper, wine and spirit merchant and licensee of the Royal Hotel. Mary soon remarried and when her second husband died from Bright's Disease, she inherited enough money to build the Pise House (Mud Hut). This house was built of rammed earth and mud collected from Eyre Creek. The only other buildings from that time still standing are the Royal Hotel, across the road, and the Indigenous Trackers Hut, which now stands behind. It is a rare surviving example in the region of this type of construction. At the end of ...
Pise House (Mud Hut)
Queensland
Herbert Street, Bedourie, Queensland, Australia, 4829
One of the first buildings built in Bedourie, the Mud Hut was erected in the early 1880s with mud collected from Eyre Creek.
Pise House (Mud Hut)
Herbert Street, Bedourie, Queensland, Australia, 4829
visitors@diamantina.qld.gov.au
1300 794 257-
www.diamantina.qld.gov.au
