a miner’s hut, built for john newell and called elderslie house, was the first building on the site when the village was created in 1973. john newell and william jack were credited as being the founders of herberton. the 100-year-old herberton state school building was added to the village in 1978 followed by the herberton catholic presbytery, which was built in the 1920s. among the displays today are the tin pannikin pub, built by harry skenner as an ode to ettamoggah pub immortalised in ken maynard’s comic strip, and bishop feetham's cottage, a national trust listed building.