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WOOD FARM COMPLEX
575 McDonalds Drain Road (West) PAKENHAM SOUTH, Cardinia Shire

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Wood Farm Complex
Wood Farm Complex
Wood Farm Complex
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Statement of Significance

The Wood farm complex, owned in 1914 by E.S.Wood, is of significance to the Cardinia Shire for its associations with the development of the area as a prosperous dairying and potato growing district after the drainage of the Koo-wee-rup Swamp. This Edwardian-era, weatherboard farm house with extensive outbuildings, remnant hedges, and stone pines along the drive, is significant for its near original external appearance and faithful representation of that era.

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    • Physical Description 1

      WOOD FARM COMPLEX - Physical Description 1

      This Edwardian-era, weatherboard farm house has old extensive outbuildings and stone pines (Pinus pinea) along the drive. There is also a nearby orchard and remnant hedges. The house consists of two intersecting gabled bays, plus a main hipped section, with a verandah in between. The lower walls are weatherboard and the upper appear to be fibrous cement sheet, with strapping at the joints (some still coloured to resemble timbering). The verandah has a bullnose-profile roof of corrugated-iron which also covers the main roofs. Fretted brackets lend some detail to the timber posts and finials survive on the gable apexes. The projecting room bay has a window bay contrasting with the heavy gable boxing above.

      Physical Conditions

      WOOD FARM COMPLEX - Physical Conditions

      The house appears to be externally near original although in only fair repai

      Historical Australian Themes

      WOOD FARM COMPLEX - Historical Australian Themes

      Historical Themes

      3.3 Dairying

      8.7 Swamp towns, e.g. Iona, Cora Lynn

      10.7 Farmhouses/farm complexes & outbuildings, gardens

      10.10 Closer/soldier settlers' houses, gardens

      Physical Description 2

      WOOD FARM COMPLEX - Physical Description 2

      Associations - Wood, E S

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Cardinia - Cardinia Shire Heritage Study 1996

      Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
      Year: 1996
      Grading: Local

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