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HORATIO JONES HOUSE
14-16 BLACKWOOD STREET TECOMA, YARRA RANGES SHIRE

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1 horatio jones house blackwood and hazel groves telcoma interior oct1992
1 horatio jones house blackwood and hazel groves telcoma interior oct1992
1 horatio jones house blackwood and hazel groves telcoma interior oct1992
H00957 horatio jones house blackwood hazel groves tecoma plan
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Statement of Significance

Horatio Jones' house was built in the early 1920s by Horatio Jones, an incapacitated First World War veteran, using bush timber and flattened kerosene tins. It is a substantially intact and rare example of shanty construction of the early twentieth century. It is also an unusually grand use of this humble and improvised building technique.

Horatio Jones' house demonstrates the hardships experienced by many people in the inter-war period in Australia and the ways in which they adapted to their situation.

Horatio Jones' house provides evidence of the extraordinary lifestyle of Horatio Jones' and his two sisters who transposed their civilised way of life onto a primitive environment.
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    • Permit Exemptions

      HORATIO JONES HOUSE - 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.

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