Joe Lyons Cottage

Joe Lyons Cottage is a small timber heritage cottage at 14 Alexander Terrace in Stanley, Circular Head, Tasmania. It is the birthplace of Joseph Lyons (1879-1939), Premier of Tasmania and 10th Prime Minister of Australia, and childhood home of Dame Enid Lyons. Conserved as a house museum, it displays period furnishings, photographs and memorabilia relating to the Lyons family and is listed on the Tasmanian Heritage Register.

Visitors can expect a modest single-storey weatherboard cottage set in a small garden in central Stanley. Inside are restored rooms furnished to reflect the late 19th and early 20th century, with interpretive panels, photographs, documents and personal items relating to Joseph and Enid Lyons. The site is compact and viewed as a self-guided walk-through, with volunteer guides often available to explain the family's history and the building's conservation.

Built as a modest workers' cottage, it was the birthplace on 15 September 1879 of Joseph Aloysius Lyons, who served as Premier of Tasmania (1923-1928) and as Prime Minister of Australia (1932-1939). It was also associated with his wife Dame Enid Lyons, who became the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1943. The cottage is preserved to interpret the early life and political legacy of the Lyons family.

The cottage is a heritage-listed place that commemorates a nationally significant political family and illustrates late 19th-century living conditions in northwest Tasmania. It serves as a community museum and educational site for Australian political history.