Craft Shop and Art Gallery
Stephen Street, Warialda

The slab-built main front rooms now house a community run craft shop and art gallery. There are many talented artisans in the Gwydir community and some of their work can be found at the local art and craft stores including Carinda. Visitors are welcome to wander through the unique “Stump Room” to the back courtyard.

The stump room is available for hire and provides a unique venue for functions.

Facilities also include public toilets with wheelchair access at the back of the building, a public notice board and a garden seat.

Opening Hours
10am – 2pm Monday to Friday
9am – 12 pm Saturday

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CARINDA HOUSE History



Carinda was built for W.H. Crane and family in about 1880. Mr Crane was proprietor of the Royal Hotel and at various times was also a saddler, butcher, farmer and grazier.

Mrs Crane (nee Margaret McGee) was the daughter of the first Chief Constable appointed to Warialda in 1847.

Carinda was constructed of pit-sawn timber slabs on ground level. Horse stables and paddocks were adjacent. The top storey was added about 1900. Carinda features original timber and early bush carpentry, sturdy tree stumps support the upper storey which is accessed by a narrow internal staircase.

In the 1920’s Nurse Marshall conducted a maternity hospital in Carinda and then later Mr and Mrs Stehr ran a boarding house.

In 1943 Mr Les Rolfe occupied Carinda and operated a stock and station agency. His widow later established an insurance agency on the premises. In 1977 a committee of Warialda residents (with public support) purchased the property for use as a Community Cultural Centre.

Carinda is now managed and promoted by local volunteers.
Descendants of the Crane and McGee families still reside in the district.