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FORMER CARLO GERVASONI HOMESTEAD
390 YANDOIT CREEK ROAD YANDOIT HILLS, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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1 former carlo gervasoni homestead yandoit creek road yandoit hills old homestead apr1987
1 former carlo gervasoni homestead yandoit creek road yandoit hills old homestead apr1987
1 former carlo gervasoni homestead yandoit creek road yandoit hills old homestead apr1987
Old Stone House Yandoit 1904.jpg
Old Stone House Yandoit 1904.jpg
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Statement of Significance

HISTORIC BUILDINGS COUNCIL - STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:

The former Carlo Gervasoni Homestead Complex is one of a group of buildings expressive of the settlement of Italian agriculturists in the Yandoit area from the 1860's and its subsequent development over a long period by their descendants.

The complex is one of the oldest in the district. This particular group consists of a two storey rendered stone building with a low gable roof which appears to have had a verandah at first floor level. Its architecture and construction bears similarity to a number of other buildings in the area, constituting a vernacular style which is distinctive to this region of Victoria.

This older complex has not been inhabited since the 1920's and has suffered in consequence. The complex is urgently in need of restoration. Another residential building owned and lived in by Mr. Gervasoni is still under consideration for registration at this stage pending the recommendations of the shire area conservation study.

The former Carlo Gervasoni Homestead is of architectural and historical importance for the following reasons:

* as an expression of the vernacular tradition in rural architecture brought to Australia by Italian immigrants in the 1860's and developed notably in the Yandoit area of Victoria.

* as an expressionof Italian rural agricultural and social traditions in Australia

* as an expression of small-scale rural development in the immediate past Gold Rush decade period.

* for its association with the Gervasoni family of Italian settlers

* for its contribution to the distinctively altered characteristics of the cultural landscape of the Yandoit area.

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    • Permit Exemptions

      FORMER CARLO GERVASONI HOMESTEAD - 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.

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