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Rockhampton Heritage Village

(07) 4936 8688
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296 Boundary Road
Rockhampton Q 4702

This website has been created by the Friends of the Heritage Village, an incorporated association that has been around for as long as the Heritage Village itself!
We love the Heritage Village and through this website would like to share our passion with you.
The Friends of the Heritage Village work in close cooperation with Rockhampton Regional Council, which owns and operates the Village. We have provided information here not only about the Village itself but also about the services it provides. For more details about the Village please contact Heritage Village management on 07-4936 8681.

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Doll House

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The Doll House was first located close to St. Christopher’s Chapel in Nerimbera. Originally, the building was used as a recreation building for American Troops stationed in the Rockhampton area during World War II. After being used as a scout hall and shell museum in Yeppoon, the building was moved to the Village where it now displays The Myrtle Perkins Doll Collection. The Doll House features around 1600 doll on displays.

 

Myrtle Perkins Doll Collection

As a child Myrtle had a love for dolls and would spend hours and hours designing dolls out of dolly (wooden) pegs, corn cobs and small pieces of fabric.

Many years later in 1962, Myrtle was walking along East St in Rockhampton with her husband Allan when he saw a beautiful Japanese National Doll displayed in a shop window. He was so taken with it that Myrtle bought it for him as a gift. Who was to know that this would be the start of the Myrtle Perkins Doll Collection which continued to grow, displaying an exquisite array of dolls until she passed away in January 2003.