Nundah
600 Barkly Street, WEST FOOTSCRAY VIC 3012 - Property No 1008015400
Statement of Significance
Nundah is significant to Victoria because:
- architecturally, Nundah is an exemplary and unusual Californian Bungalow design, judged within the State, with its Arts & Crafts and Asian influences clearly expressed in the detail, form and use of field stone (Criterion F1);
- it possesses a distinctive Chinese/Japanese character and thus expresses clearly the
Californian Bungalow style's origins as well as the skill of design execution within the idiom (Criterion A4, B2, F1);
- its distinctive style and external preservation, including its unusual boundary fence, provides a strong expression of one of the region's strong growth eras, after WW1 ( Criterion A4);
- it is the design of noted architectural firm, Schreiber & Jorgenson who have been also associated with other outstanding Californian Bungalow examples (Criterion H1) ; and
- historically, the house is closely linked with the locally prominent Whitehill family whose community presence extended from the provision of basic services (milk) to the creation of large residential subdivisions in the region and related leased housing (Criterion H1).
Footscray Conservation Study SOS
Architecturally, an exemplary Bungalow (design by an architectural firm associated with other outstanding examples) which possesses a distinctive Chinese/Japanese flavour, thus expressing clearly the style's origins as well as the design execution within the idiom. Historically, closely linked with the prominent Whitehill family whose community presence extended from the provision of basic services to the creation of large residential subdivisions and related leased housing.
Australian Heritage Commission (AHC) criteria
The Australian Heritage Commission criteria consist of a set of eight criteria which cover social, aesthetic, scientific, and historic values. Each criterion has sub-criteria written specifically for cultural or natural values. The relevant criteria are:
F.1 design or technological achievement .
A.4 demonstrates well the course and pattern of history, important historic events
B.2 rarity
H.1 association with important person or group
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WILLIAM COOPER RESIDENCE, SOUTHAMPTON STREET
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Maribyrnong City
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