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PRIMARY (STATE) SCHOOL NO.2105 AND FORMER RESIDENCE
275 ELTHAM-YARRA GLEN ROAD KANGAROO GROUND, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

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64 - Kangaroo Primary State School Elth Yarr Glen Rd - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

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Kangaroo Primary State School Elth Yarr Glen Rd Colour 1 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

Kangaroo Primary State School Elth Yarr Glen Rd Colour 2 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

Kangaroo Primary State School Elth Yarr Glen Rd Black & White 2 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

Kangaroo Primary State School Elth Yarr Glen Rd Colour 3 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

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Kangaroo Primary State School Elth Yarr Glen Rd Colour 7 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

Kangaroo Primary State School Elth Yarr Glen Rd Black & White 3 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010

What is significant?
The c1878 State school, the c1887 school room to the west, and the site to a radius of 30 metres.

The c1879 residence, the c1920s small room built on the front verandah of the residence (which served as a State savings bank agency until c1934), the c1937 bathroom and rear porch, and the site to a radius of 30 metres.

How is it significant?
The State school is historically, socially and aesthetically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

The residence is historically, socially and aesthetically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

Why is it significant?
Historically and socially, the school's construction was a reflection of the growth of Kangaroo Ground during the 1870s and the school has served the local community ever since (Criterion A & G). The school is historically and aesthetically significant as one of a group of three well preserved public buildings in the Kangaroo Ground hamlet (see also HO46 and HO48) and as a major heritage component of Kangaroo Ground which was one of the earliest settled areas of the Shire and which has the character of an English village rather than an Australian settlement (Criteria A & E).

The residence is historically and socially significant because in addition to being associated with the school, it has also acted as a State Savings Bank agency and is currently used by the Eltham Historical Society (Criteria A & G).

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- Historical Australian Themes
  
  PRIMARY (STATE) SCHOOL NO.2105 AND FORMER RESIDENCE - Historical Australian Themes
  
  TOWNSHIP DEVELOPMENT
  
  4.5 Making settlements to serve rural Australia.
  
  6.2 Establishing schools
  8.14 Living in the country and rural settlements
  
  Physical Description 1
  
  PRIMARY (STATE) SCHOOL NO.2105 AND FORMER RESIDENCE - Physical Description 1
  
  Style Victorian.
  
  Plan L-shaped building: east-west wing schoolroom, north-south (road frontage) section mostly residence.
  
  Single storeyed.
  
  Walls timber stud construction, weatherboard clad.
  
  Roof gabled, corrugated iron sheeted.
  
  Features are the basic design, the windows and doors, schoolroom porch projecting from road facade and the verandahs to east (front) north and part of west originally. The schoolroom has later windows added. The whole building is very largely intact.
  
  Usage/Former Usage
  
  PRIMARY (STATE) SCHOOL NO.2105 AND FORMER RESIDENCE - Usage/Former Usage
  
  Original Use: State School and teacher's residence
  
  Later Use: Primary School and Eltham Historical Society purposes
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study
  
  Author: David Bick
  Year: 1992
  Grading:
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- HAWTHORN HEDGES (Crataegus monogyna)
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- ENGLISH OAK TREE KNOWN AS "DONALDSON'S OAK", LOT 2 DONALDSON RD
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- WELLER'S HOTEL, PITMAN CORNER, ELTHAM-YARRA GLEN RD
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- 177 Fenwick Street
  
  Yarra City
- 19 Cambridge Street
  
  Yarra City
- 2 Derby Street
  
  Yarra City