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"Innisfail", house
45 Cross Street, BATESFORD VIC 3221 - Property No 276072

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Statement of Significance

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The history of 'Innisfail' at Cross Street, Batesford, is unrecorded in detail. This single storey basalt rubble house with sandstone quoins and dressings, timber verandah and slate roof was erected in the 1850's as a pair of houses in the colonial vernacular cottage style. The original occupants are unknown. The houses were apparently occupied by a ladies school conducted by the Presbyterian Church from 1866-1878

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Geelong Regional Commission Register.

REFERENCES

Johnston, R - "A History of Batesford District" - History Research Essay, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne, 1965 - pp 27

National Trust of Australia (Victoria) - File No 2365, Little documented information held..

Wynd, I - 'So Fine a Country: A history of Corio Shire" - Draft Copy to be published in late 1980

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