 There are some historic buildings , with connection to the town 's early history . Bentley house 's landscape is on the Tasmanian Heritage Register and the house itself is registered by the Tasmanian Heritage Council . Cattle were farmed on the land from at least 1827 and the house was finished in 1879 , at which time the property was owned by Donald Norman Cameron , later member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly . At the south @-@ east corner of the town , on the main road , is a restored building that was made for the Van Diemen 's Land company in 1827 – 8 as a grain store . A sign commemorates acrimony around its restoration or remodelling , stating " Building restored November 2003 . Despite the best efforts of The National Trust and Mrs Patrica Woods . " . Patrica Woods was as the time president of the National Trust of Australia ( Tasmania ) . The main street has a surveyor 's cottage that was built around 1840 
