McKay Housing Estate - King Edward Ave

King Edward Avenue ALBION, BRIMBANK CITY

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45841 McKay Housing Estate - King Edward Ave

Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Description 1

    McKay Housing Estate - King Edward Ave - Physical Description 1

    The distinctive grid of streets with large blocks west of Anderson Road and north of Forrest Street and the adjoining radial street layout from the octagonal 'square' of Selwyn Park is part of a subdivision sponsored by the H.V. McKay Sunshine Harvester company early this century. Initially houses were erected in the eastern part of the estate, with roads and other services only gradually developed. Street tree plantings were a key part of the planning for the 'Garden Suburb'. The subdivision was laid out with large gardens, with both deep and wide blocks as part of this garden suburb philosophy. While a number of the houses have survived, the large blocks and their proximity to central Sunshine and the railway station, attracted flat development in the 1960s and 70s. As a consequence, houses on the east end of Forrest Street and in Anderson Road between Forrest Street and King Edward Avenue, have almost universally been replaced by two storey elevated walk up brick flats. On the eastern side of Anderson Road are the H.V. McKay Gardens, bowling club, Presbyterian Church and Chaplain Reserve.
    
    
    
    The surviving houses that are contributory to the precinct include the following:
    
    
    
    ADDRESS, PLACE DESCRIPTION DATE
    
    18 Adelaide Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1920s-
    
    19 Adelaide Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1920s-
    
    20 Adelaide Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1920s-
    
    21 Adelaide Street, house, 1920s-
    
    27 Adelaide Street, house, 1920s-
    
    31 Adelaide Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1920s-
    
    35 Adelaide Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1920s-
    
    42 Adelaide Street, house, roughcast and weatherboard bungalow, 1920s-
    
    1 Burnewang Street, house, weatherboard, 1916
    
    2 Burnewang Street, house, weatherboard, 1916
    
    3 Burnewang Street, house, weatherboard, 1913
    
    5 Burnewang Street, Jones house, weatherboard, 1911
    
    9 Burnewang Street, house, weatherboard, 1911
    
    11 Burnewang Street, Pippett house, weatherboard, 1913
    
    13 Burnewang Street, house, 1916
    
    2 Drummartin Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20s
    
    4 Drummartin Street, House, weatherboard bungalow (dual occupancy at rear), 1910-20s
    
    6 Drummartin Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20s
    
    8 Drummartin Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20s
    
    13 Drummartin Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20s
    
    20 Forrest Street, J.L. Scott House, well preserved in area, 1911
    
    32 Forrest Street, Bain House, well preserved in area, 1911
    
    34 Forrest Street, House, well preserved in area, 1915-20c
    
    36 Forrest Street, House, well preserved in area, 1912 c.
    
    12 Hutchinson Street, house, weatherboard, 1910-20
    
    16 Hutchinson Street, house, weatherboard, 1910-20
    
    18 Hutchinson Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1920s-
    
    9 Kamarooka Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20
    
    11 Kamarooka Street, house, 1910-20
    
    13 Kamarooka Street, house, 1910-20
    
    15 Kamarooka Street, house, 1910-20
    
    17 Kamarooka Street, house, 1910-20
    
    35 King Edward Avenue, House, 1915c
    
    37 King Edward Avenue, House, 1915c
    
    39 King Edward Avenue, House, 1915c
    
    40 King Edward Avenue, House, Weatherboard bungalow, 1920s
    
    41 King Edward Avenue, House, Weatherboard hipped roof, double fronted, 1915c
    
    42 King Edward Avenue, House, Weatherboard bungalow, 1920s
    
    44 King Edward Avenue, House & Canary Island date palms, 1920s
    
    45 King Edward Avenue, Boorer House, 1914, (Individually listed in 2000 Heritage Study #060)
    
    46 King Edward Avenue, House, Weatherboard bungalow, 1920s
    
    49 King Edward Avenue, House, Weatherboard hipped roof, double fronted, 1915c
    
    51 King Edward Avenue, House, Weatherboard bungalow, 1915c
    
    53 King Edward Avenue, House, Weatherboard bungalow, 1915c
    
    54 King Edward Avenue, House and shop, 1920s, (shop individually listed in 2000 Heritage Study #061)
    
    56 King Edward Avenue, house, Weatherboard bungalow, 1920s
    
    58 King Edward Avenue, house, Weatherboard bungalow, 1920s
    
    60 King Edward Avenue, house, Weatherboard bungalow, 1920s
    
    64 King Edward Avenue, house, Weatherboard bungalow, 1920s
    
    66 King Edward Avenue, house, Weatherboard bungalow, 1920s
    
    67 King Edward Avenue, house, Weatherboard bungalow, 1920s
    
    69 King Edward Avenue, house, Weatherboard bungalow, 1920s
    
    71 King Edward Avenue, house, Weatherboard bungalow, 1915c
    
    1 Kororoit Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-15
    
    2 Kororoit Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-15
    
    5 Kororoit Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-15
    
    6 Kororoit Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-15
    
    7 Kororoit Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-15
    
    10 Kororoit Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-15
    
    11 Kororoit Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-15
    
    12 Kororoit Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-15
    
    14 Kororoit Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-15
    
    5 Ridley Street, house, 1909
    
    7 Ridley Street, house, 1915-20c
    
    9 Ridley Street, house, 1915-20c
    
    11 Ridley Street, Concrete house, 1909
    
    17 Ridley Street, Concrete house, 1909
    
    19 Ridley Street, house, 1915-20c
    
    21 Ridley Street, house, 1915-20c
    
    22 Ridley Street, house, 1915-20c
    
    23 Ridley Street, house, 1915-20c
    
    26 Ridley Street, house, 1915-20c
    
    29 Ridley Street, house, Weatherboard, new units at rear, 1915-20c
    
    33 Ridley Street, house, Weatherboard bungalow, 1915-20c
    
    34 Ridley Street, house, 1915-20c
    
    35 Ridley Street, house, Weatherboard bungalow may be a later building?, 1915-20c
    
    38 Ridley Street, house, 1915-20c
    
    40 Ridley Street, house, Edwardian era house, connected with church?, 1910c
    
    2 Sydney Street, House "Alston Moor", Weatherboard, 1910-20c
    
    5 Sydney Street, House, Wide gable, 1914
    
    7 Sydney Street, McGovern House, Weatherboard, 1911
    
    10 Sydney Street, House "Warrawel", weatherboard , 1913
    
    11 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard, 1910-20c
    
    12 Sydney Street, House "Melton", weatherboard, 1913
    
    13 Sydney Street, House "Graceville", 1910-20c
    
    14 Sydney Street, Stark House, weatherboard, 1911
    
    15 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard includes Canary Palm in front yard, 1910-20c
    
    16 Sydney Street, Sunshine Baptist Church, 1916 (Individually listed in 2000 Study #069)
    
    17 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard, 1910-20c
    
    19 Sydney Street, House, brick shop on corner with weatherboard house with corrugated iron roof and verandah, 1910-20c
    
    22 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard house, corrugated iron roof, 1912c
    
    23 Sydney Street, Whiting house, Large weatherboard house, slatted verandah, hipped and gabled, 1912c
    
    25 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard, 1910-20
    
    26 Sydney Street, House, A relatively elaborate timber Edwardian/Federation house, 1915c
    
    31 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1920s
    
    33 Sydney Street, House, Brick bungalow, 1915-20c
    
    35 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1920s
    
    36 Sydney Street, House, former weatherboard bungalow reclad in 1960s, 1910-20c
    
    37 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1915-20c
    
    38 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20c
    
    42 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20c
    
    44 Sydney Street, House, re-roofed in 1960s, 1910-20c
    
    46 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20c
    
    48 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20c
    
    50 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20c
    
    52 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20c
    
    54 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20c
    
    56 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20c
    
    58 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20c
    
    60 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20c
    
    62 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20c
    
    64 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20c
    
    66 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20c
    
    68 Sydney Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1910-20c
    
    
    
    A number of places were identified in the original survey as of potential significance but were not deemed to be contributory to the significance of the precinct. These include several houses built in the mid-twentieth century often having associations with the Sunshine Harvester Works, but representing a different phase in the history of the area. There were also a number of other places demolished during or following the original 2000 Heritage Study. The places include the following:
    
    
    
    ADDRESS, PLACE, DESCRIPTION, DATE, SIGNIFICANCE
    
    1 Adelaide Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, 1950s, Typical
    
    4 Adelaide Street, House, recently demolished former weatherboard bungalow, 1920s, demolished
    
    6 Adelaide Street, House, Former weatherboard bungalow, converted to flats, recently with two story addition built on shell of original house, 1920s, demolished or altered
    
    13 Adelaide Street, House, reclad weatherboard bungalow, 1950s, Typical
    
    16 Adelaide Street, House, cream brick waterfall front style, 1940s, Typical
    
    25 Adelaide Street, Operation Snail house, weatherboard bungalow Operation Snail?, 1950s, Typical
    
    33 Adelaide Street, House, 1940s, Typical
    
    37 Adelaide Street, House, 1940s, Typical
    
    Anderson Road, Sunshine Tennis Club, original shelter and courts demolished, 1909, demolished
    
    137 Anderson Road, Dr Adamson's house, 1910c, demolished, (Individually listed in 2000 Heritage Study #104)
    
    10 Drummartin Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1940s, Typical
    
    3 Hutchinson Street, house, weatherboard bungalow, 1940s, Typical
    
    13 King Edward Avenue, House, 1940c, Typical
    
    48 King Edward Avenue, House, Attractive clinker brick and rendered Bungalow, 1930s, Typical
    
    50 King Edward Avenue, House, Weatherboard, 1940s, Typical
    
    61 King Edward Avenue, House, Weatherboard bungalow, 1930s, Typical
    
    62 King Edward Avenue, House, brick veneer, 1960s, Typical
    
    63 King Edward Avenue, House, Weatherboard bungalow, 1930s, Typical
    
    65 King Edward Avenue, House, Weatherboard bungalow, 1930s, Typical
    
    68 King Edward Avenue, Operation Snail house, Operation Snail weatherboard house, 1950, Typical
    
    86 King Edward Avenue, house, Weatherboard bungalow, 1940s, Typical
    
    3 Kororoit Street, House, weatherboard bungalow, built by Norm Carland 1938, (John Williams family home) Typical
    
    4 Kororoit Street, House, Brick veneer - former weatherboard bungalow, 1910-15, demolished 1999
    
    10 Ridley Street, House demolished?, Brick veneer flats replaced former weatherboard bungalow, 2000c, demolished
    
    20 Sydney Street, House, Edwardian era, high cypress hedge fence original, 1911, demolished
    
    29 Sydney Street, House, Modern brick veneer, 1970s, Typical
    
    24 Talmage Street, D.B. Ferguson house, demolished 1998, formerly a large altered weatherboard Edwardian some trees, planting includes grevillea, silky oak, pepper tree., 1900-10c, demolished

    Physical Conditions

    McKay Housing Estate - King Edward Ave - Physical Conditions

    While a number of the houses have survived, the large blocks and proximity to central Sunshine and the railway station have attracted flat development in the 1960s and 70s. As a consequence houses on the east end of Forrest Street and in Anderson Street between Forrest Street and King Edward Avenue, have almost universally been replaced by two storey elevated walk up brick flats. West of Adelaide Street, however, the original building pattern was more scattered with many gaps left between the McKay period houses, some not built on until after the hiatus caused by the 1930s depression or even after World War Two.

    Historical Australian Themes

    McKay Housing Estate - King Edward Ave - Historical Australian Themes

    4 Building settlement, towns and cities
    4.1 Planning urban settlements

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Brimbank - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study

    Author: G. Vines
    Year: 2000
    Grading: State

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