MALDON ROAD TOLL BAR HOUSE
MUCKLEFORD CEMETERY, MUCKLEFORD-WALMER ROAD MUCKLEFORD, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
In 1853, a Roads Act established toll-bars on roads throughout Victoria. The Act empowered District Road Boards (from 1854, the Central Roads Board) to collect fees on their boundaries to be used for the upkeep of local council roads. It is probable that the Maldon Road Toll-Bar House originated subsequent to 1858, at which date Maldon was declared a municipality. By the early 1870s, the toll-bar system was proving uneconomical and the number of toll bars declined until, in 1877, the Victorian Government discontinued the system of toll-collection. In March that year, the trustees of the Muckleford Cemetery applied to the United Shire of Maldon for possession of a toll-bar house, and for financial assistance to relocate it to the cemetery for use as a lodge. Their request was granted and the toll-bar house was relocated. The entry portico of the toll bar house is constructed from the toll collectors' shelter which stood opposite the house when in its original location.
How is it significant?
The Maldon Road Toll Bar House is of historical importance to the State of Victoria.
Why is it significant?
The Maldon Road Toll Bar House is historically important due to its association with the development of local government and transport infrastructure in Victoria. The toll-bar house is a very rare artefact of an administrative system designed to raise revenue for the upkeep of Victoria's roads.
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MALDON ROAD TOLL BAR HOUSE - Permit Exemptions
General Exemptions:General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions. Find out more about heritage permit exemptions here.Specific Exemptions:EXEMPTIONS FROM PERMITS:
(Classes of works or activities which may be undertaken without a permit under
Part 4 of the Heritage Act 1995)
General Conditions:
All exempted alterations are to be planned and carried out in a manner which
prevents damage to the fabric of the registered place or object.
Should it become apparent during further inspection or the carrying out of
alterations that original or previously hidden or inaccessible details of the
place or object are revealed which relate to the significance of the place or
object, then the exemption covering such alteration shall cease and the
Executive Director shall be notified as soon as possible.
If there is a conservation policy and plan approved by the Executive Director,
all works shall be in accordance with it.
Nothing in this declaration prevents the Executive Director from amending or
rescinding all or any of the permit exemptions.
Nothing in this declaration exempts owners or their agents from the
responsibility to seek relevant planning or building permits from the
responsible authority where applicable.
Exterior:
Minor repairs and maintenance which replace like with like.
Conservation works in accordance with The Burra Charter (ICOMOS Charter for
the conservation of cultural significance, revised 1988)
Interior:
Painting of previously painted walls and ceilings provided that preparation or
painting does not remove evidence of the original paint or other decorative
scheme.
Landscape
Removal of plants listed as State Prohibited and Regionally Controlled Weeds
in the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994
Emergency and safety works
Repairs, conservation and maintenance to hard landscape elements, memorials,
paths, fences, gates, and drainage system
The process of gardening and maintenance to care for trees and the cemetery
landscape
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MALDON ROAD TOLL BAR HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H1403
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