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1) WEATHERBOARD FARM HOUSE AND 2) THE OUTBUILDINGS
760 HURSTBRIDGE-ARTHURS CREEK ROAD ARTHURS CREEK, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

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Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010

What is significant?
The c1905 farmhouse, all the pre 1920 outbuildings and the surrounding site to a radius of 50 metres.

How is it significant?
The farmhouse and outbuildings are historically and aesthetically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

Why is it significant?
The farmhouse is historically significant because it was associated with the MacMillan family of orchardists over a long period of time and has strong links with Eltham's fruit growing industry (Criteria A & H). The farmhouse is historically and aesthetically significant as one of a small number of pre 1920s weatherboard dwellings in the rural areas of the Shire, and one of the most substantial (Criteria A, B & E).

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    • Historical Australian Themes

      1) WEATHERBOARD FARM HOUSE AND 2) THE OUTBUILDINGS - Historical Australian Themes

      FARMING

      3.5.3 Developing agricultural industries

      3.9 Farming for commercial profit

      5.8 Working on the land

      8.12 Living in and around Australian homes

      8.14 Living in the country and rural settlements

      Physical Description 1

      1) WEATHERBOARD FARM HOUSE AND 2) THE OUTBUILDINGS - Physical Description 1

      House

      Style late Victorian.

      Design standard.

      Plan rectangular.

      Single storeyed;

      Walls timber stud construction, weatherboard clad.

      Roofs gabled with no eaves, corrugated iron.
      Features are the encircling timber post supported verandah, symmetrical front facade, separate gabled roofs to the front rooms, gable finials and the chimneys.

      Outbuildings

      .. . '~

      One building comprises gable roofed round brick tank? is also a horizontal timber slab farm building (stable?)

      Usage/Former Usage

      1) WEATHERBOARD FARM HOUSE AND 2) THE OUTBUILDINGS - Usage/Former Usage

      Original and Later Use: Farm house

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study

      Author: David Bick
      Year: 1992
      Grading:

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