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The kitchen of "The Grove" belonged to the McLane family of Brodies Plains. Its re-erection at the Villnge was made possible by the generosity of the McLane family and the Brodies Plains Hall Committee.

Because of the danger of fire, kitchens were always detached. This room was the hub of activity of any station. Around the ample fireplace and under oil lamps the family would gather at the end of a hard days work. Into the kitohen with its cedar table, often blackened with smoke and age, came all the produce gathered from the garden or the bush, That which was not simmered in the great cauldron or brewed in the three legged pot, went into the camp oven or hung to dry before the fire.