Supporter’s Page

Photo: Laura Fuhrman on Unsplash

Without you, our amazing supporters, we could not do what we do. It is thanks to your interest, enthusiasm and generous donations (big or small) that the work of conserving the cottage has been made possible. Thank you!

A foot of footings – supporters help Rechner Cottage keep it’s feet on the ground.

$100 does not go far these days. But these supporters are spending it on something that will last for many, many years. Something that is both part of our historical heritage, and part of the future, too. And many are choosing to do this in the names of others, as a unique gift, or as a memorial.

Repairing and/or stabilising the footings at Rechner pug cottage is the next stage in its conservation. Your donation of $100 will help fund the work required for a foot length of footings. Your chosen name will be listed here, and you can see where your foot of footings is on the plan. Names will also be recorded on site when the cottage is finished.

Register of names

Augustus Cowan Rechner
Thomas (Tom) Theodore Reuther
Una Joan Reuther (nee Habermann) 1934-2023
Robyn Kassandra Reuther
Jarrod (Harmony) Grant Windham
Margaret Gooden (née Fisher) 1920 – 2012.
Margarethe Anna Sabel (nee Stolz) 1935 – 2023
The Reuther family, Toowoomba, Qld
Donald Beall
Catherine Baldwin
Donald Connor
Judy Gale Rechner
Peter Rechner and family
Elizabeth Blight and Edna Beall
Janet and Frank Salamon
Steven, Leah, Mitchell and Taylor Salamon
Julie, Andrew, Estelle and Coralie Telfer
Matthew, Mallory and Joshua Goldman
Polly Jones
Eleanor Rose Rechner
Genevieve Rechner
Michael and Daniel Scotton
Mark, Louise, Nadia and Imogen Salamon and Jaydan Eustice
Reginald and Rita Grant
YOUR NAME HERE

…… until we reach all the way around

Map of Footings

What do you think? What have you learnt from the past that makes a difference to your future?

Supporters of the month

Pat and Leslie Mullen

Pat is the granddaughter of Reginald and Rita Grant. Reg (born Kurt Alexander Rechner) was the son of Adolph Rechner – GJ and Bertha’s 5th living child. Originally from Tanunda, sometime after the war he took up farming in Wagin, WA, and so we have a branch of the family over there.

Pat and her husband Leslie made the long trip over to LightPass earlier this year, and were thrilled to see the cottage. Pat credits her nephew with bringing her attention to their family history, and she is really enjoying finding out more about it. They are wonderfully supportive and encouraging of the work that is being done.

Would you like to be a supporter of the month? We’d love to celebrate you. Send us a photo, and let us know your connection to the cottage, and why you are happy to help conserve it.