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ZUMSTEINS RECREATION CENTRE
MOUNT VICTORY ROAD ZUMSTEINS, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

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ZUMSTEINS RECREATION CENTRE SOHE 2008
ZUMSTEINS RECREATION CENTRE SOHE 2008
ZUMSTEINS RECREATION CENTRE SOHE 2008
ZUMSTEINS RECREATION CENTRE SOHE 2008
ZUMSTEINS RECREATION CENTRE SOHE 2008
1 blue cottage/1 pise cottages zumsteins blue cottage front view
1 blue cottage/pise cottages zumsteins blue cottage side view
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Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The Green, Blue and Orange Cottages at Zumsteins was contracted in 1935 by Walter Zumstein’s using the pise or rammed earth technique to provide accommodation for the increasing number of tourists visiting the Grampians. Zumsteins identified these, and the other cottages he contracted, by the colour of the painted lintels over the doors and windows.

How is it significant?

The Green, Blue and Orange Cottages at Zumsteins are of significance to the State of Victoria for technological and social reasons.

Why is it significant?

The Zumsteins’ Cottages demonstrate creative accomplishment in the history of construction. Their location coupled with their period of construction when the state was emerging from a period of severe economic depression, is particularly unusual. The cottages provide a rare and extraordinary example of handmade vernacular construction which was forced to utilise local materials owing to the unavailability of traditional materials and the cost of transportation. They are also important for their social associations, and their ability to demonstrate a way of life, having provided some of the earliest holiday accommodation in the Grampians and assisted in the area becoming a popular venue for leisure activity.

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    • Permit Exemptions

      ZUMSTEINS RECREATION CENTRE - 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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    Zumsteins Recreation Centre

    17/11/14

    The Zumsteins area is currently closed due to damage suffered in floods in early 2011 .

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Zumsteins Recreation Centre

17/11/14

The Zumsteins area is currently closed due to damage suffered in floods in early 2011 .

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