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STRATHEWEN PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.3947, SCHOOL BUILDING, HEXAGONAL SHELTER SHED AND EXOTIC SITE PLANTING, 5 SCHOOL RIDGE RD, STRATHEWEN
5 SCHOOL RIDGE RD STRATHEWEN, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

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Strathewen Primary School Colour 1 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

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Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010

Note- destroyed in Feb 2009 Fires. Amendment C59. Statement of Significance not revised.

BICK STUDY, 1992
Strathewen Primary School No.3947 has historic and social significance as the local school, while the one room schoolroom illustrates a standard design found throughout Victoria. The intact hexagonal shelter shed is a quite rare example of this type of structure in a Victoria-wide context. The three exotic trees are important components in the school grounds and direct links to the school's past. Strathewen School was established by the local community and leased by the Education Department, an unusual arrangement for an early 20th century school.

BASIS OF SIGNIFICANCE:

SOCIAL

ILLUSTRATION OF THE THEMES

HISTORY

DEGREE OF SIGNIFICANCE: LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE

EXTENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: ALL PRE 1930 BUILDINGS, EXOTIC PLANTING AND THEIR SITES TO A RADIUS OF 20 METRES.

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  STRATHEWEN PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.3947, SCHOOL BUILDING, HEXAGONAL SHELTER SHED AND EXOTIC SITE PLANTING, 5 SCHOOL RIDGE RD, STRATHEWEN - Historical Australian Themes
  
  TOWNSHIP DEVELOPMENT
  
  Physical Description 1
  
  STRATHEWEN PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.3947, SCHOOL BUILDING, HEXAGONAL SHELTER SHED AND EXOTIC SITE PLANTING, 5 SCHOOL RIDGE RD, STRATHEWEN - Physical Description 1
  
  School:
  
  Rectangular plan.
  
  Single storey with additions.
  
  Weatherboard clad timber stud walls.
  
  Gable roofs corrugated ironclad.
  
  Brick fireplace.
  
  Shelter Shed:
  
  Hexagonal plan
  
  Weatherboard clad timber stud walls.
  
  Usage/Former Usage
  
  STRATHEWEN PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.3947, SCHOOL BUILDING, HEXAGONAL SHELTER SHED AND EXOTIC SITE PLANTING, 5 SCHOOL RIDGE RD, STRATHEWEN - Usage/Former Usage
  
  Original and Continuing Use: Strathewen State School No.3947 now Strathewen Primary School
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study
  
  Author: David Bick
  Year: 1992
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- STRATHEWEN PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.3947, SCHOOL BUILDING, HEXAGONAL SHELTER SHED AND EXOTIC SITE PLANTING, 5 SCHOOL RIDGE RD, STRATHEWEN
  
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