Premier Room

The Morice Room

In the early 1860s medicine, hospital space, warmth and fresh fruit were very scarce in Clyde.
Frostbite, broken limbs, scurvy, pneumonia and tetanus were common. Dr Charles Morice and his colleagues cared for the sick and injured in their private homes as well as travelling long and arduous miles to attend to their patients. His stone cottage still stands in Sunderland Street in Clyde.

The Stevens Room

In 1873 Joseph Stevens and his wife Dora took over the running of the Clyde School.
They were both highly respected by the community and their students. Joseph is said to have acted as anaesthetist at Dunstan Hospital as well as dentist for the children of Clyde.

The Keddell Room

Appointed the Goldfields Police Commissioner, Major Jackson Keddell held the position of judge of mining disputes and officer in charge of the constabulary.
He carried out his role with ‘admirable success’. He was well respected by the community and was Resident Magistrate until 1885.

The Holt Room

James and Kitty Holt. James Holt was responsible for the development of Clyde’s first domestic water supply.
He also mined coal on the banks of the Clutha River to provide a constant supply to the town during the late 1800s.

Kitty Holt was the proprietor and owner of the ‘Sydney Hotel’ later renamed the ‘Vincent Country Hotel’, considered one of the most prestigious buildings in the town until it burnt down in 1893.