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CHEWTON TOWN HALL
145 MAIN ROAD CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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Victorian Heritage Register
CHEWTON TOWN HALL SOHE 2008
CHEWTON TOWN HALL SOHE 2008
CHEWTON TOWN HALL SOHE 2008
chewton town hall plan
h01015 1 chewton town hall pyrenees highway chewton front she project 2003
chewton town hall pyrenees highway chewton interior she project 2003
chewton town hall pyrenees highway chewton portable police lock up she project 2003
chewton town hall pyrenees highway chewton town hall and post office she project 2003
chewton town hall pyrenees highway chewton west wall she project 2003
h01015 chewton town hall pyrenees hwy chewton front view sep1988
Former Chewton Post Office Pyrenees Hwy Chewton Front and East Wall SHE Project 2004
Former Chewton Post Office Pyrenees Hwy Chewton North East Conrner SHE Project 2004
Former Chewton Post Office Pyrenees Hwy Post Office and Town Hall SHE Project 2004
Former Chewton Post Office Pyrenees Hwy Chewton Public Space SHE Project 2004
Former Chewton Post Office Pyrenees Hwy Chewton Front Sorting Mailbox SHE Project 2004
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Statement of Significance

The Chewton town hall is the one of the few surviving structure evidencing the operation of the former Borough of Chewton, which existed between 1860 and 1916. It is one of the few buildings in the shire of Metcalfe to survive from the gold rush period of the 1850s. It is a substantially intact and rare example of a small town hall.

The Chewton town hall evidences a wide range of private and public uses reflecting the varying fortunes of an area of settlement that is of central importance in the history of the Colony of Victoria.

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    • Permit Exemptions

      CHEWTON TOWN HALL - 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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