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Opie's Dairy
2-4 Egan Street, DEER PARK VIC 3023 - Property No 80

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1851 - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study 1998
1851 - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study 1998
1851 - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study 1998
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Statement of Significance

Statement of Significance

Opie's dairy is of local historical and social significance as a rare surviving remnant of the nineteenth century rural agricultural development that was centred around the old village of Kororoit Creek (Deer Park). The mud-mortared bluestone and timber structures demonstrate the vernacular architecture of the period. Remnant landscape elements, such as the peppercorn trees, contribute to the rural atmosphere of the site, surrounded as it is by suburban development. The Dairy and peppercorn tree are the main heritage elements remaining on the site.
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    • Physical Description 1

      Opie's Dairy - Physical Description 1

      Description

      Opie's dairy was originally part of a farm and homestead complex set in an isolated location about a kilometre from the village of Kororoit Creek (Deer Park) which was centred on the Ballarat Road - Station Road intersection. Now located within a subdivision (originally 1930s but not built until recently) On the north west of the corner Egan Street and Lake Boga Street. Until a recent subdivision and unit development, the remnant farm extended through to Kunat Street. Some stone walling remains. The surviving historical structures include the much modified bluestone homestead, which, although it retains some of the random coursed bluestone walls, has been re-roofed, fitted with new windows and door frames, and probably extensively altered inside. Along the north side of Egan Street runs the random-coursed, bluestone, former milking shed and dairy with hipped roof clad in corrugated iron. Stone work, (although patched in cement) was constructed in mud mortar. Some remnants of dry stone walls survive, along with weather board outbuildings. Remnants of the garden include Maritime pines, peppercorn tree and oleander.

      Physical Conditions

      Opie's Dairy - Physical Conditions

      Condition/integrity

      The homestead has been greatly altered but the dairy itself is in good condition and appears relatively intact externally. Remains of dry stone walls, timber out buildings and pepper trees contribute to the integrity of the site.

      Intactness

      Opie's Dairy - Intactness

      Substantially intact.

      Historical Australian Themes

      Opie's Dairy - Historical Australian Themes

      3 Developing local, regional and national economies
      3.5 Developing primary production

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Brimbank - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study

      Author: G. Vines
      Year: 2000
      Grading: Local

      Brimbank - Melbourne Western Region Industrial Heritage Study

      Author: G. Vines & A. Ward
      Year: 1989
      Grading:

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