I.Y.U PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHT HOMESTEAD SITE
245 MCGREGOR ROAD, PAKENHAM, CARDINIA SHIRE
Statement of Significance
2007 Study By Context Pty Ltd
What is significant?
The I.Y.U. Pre-emptive Right Homestead site, constructed in the 1850s, at 245 McGregor Road, Pakenham, including mature exotic trees (three oaks, two elms, three stone pines), hawthorn hedges, the homestead site, ruins of stockyards, a sheep dip, outbuildings, a well with a concrete dome, and brick feed silos.
How is it significant?
The I.Y.U. Pre-emptive Right Homestead site is of local historic and scientific significance to Cardinia Shire.
Why is it significant? The homestead site, trees, silos, wells of the I.Y.U. Pre-emptive Right, held in the 1850s by the Waddell family and later by the Kitchens, is of significance to the Shire of Cardinia because it provides evidence of one of the earliest pastoral properties in the shire and early farming endeavours in the area, as well as later dairying activities (RNE criteria H.1, A.4). While the Shire once had an unusually large number of pastoral run properties, their physical remains are now very rare (RNE B.2).
The mature exotic trees on this site and remnants of hedges and other features which may indicate the location of the original homestead are also significant, along with the collection of yards, outbuildings, brick tanks and brick stock feed silos, which may have been connected with the I.Y.U.'s use for dairying by the Kitchen brothers in the late 19th century. The site has historical significance for its associations with one of the earliest properties within the shire dating from the pastoral era. The site also has potential archaeological significance (RNE criterion C.2).
1996 Study By: Graeme Butler & Associates
The homestead site, trees, silos, wells of the I.Y.U. Pre-emptive Right, held in the 1850s by the Waddell family and later by the Kitchens, is of significance to the locality of Pakenham South because it provides some evidence of pastoral and early farming endeavours in the area, as well as later dairying activities.
This mature exotic trees on this site and remnants of hedges and other features which may indicate the location of the original homestead are also significant, along with the collection of yards, outbuildings, brick tanks and brick stock feed silos, which may have been connected with the I.Y.U.'s use for dairying by the Kitchen brothers in the late 19th century.
The site has historical significance for its associations with one of the earliest properties within the shire dating from the pastoral era.
The site also has potential archaeological significance.
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