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TIMBER SLAB FARM BUILDING
365 KANGAROO GROUND-WATTLE GLEN ROAD KANGAROO GROUND, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

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Timber Building 365 Kangaroo Ground Wattle Glen Rd Colour - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

Timber Building 365 Kangaroo Ground Wattle Glen Rd - 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 19th / early 20th century timber slab farm building and the surrounding site to a radius of 30 metres.

How is it significant?
The farm building is historically and technically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

Why is it significant?
The farm building is historically significant as a reminder of the role that agriculture played in the development of the area (Criterion A). The farm building is technically and historically significant as one of only four remaining slab farm buildings to be found in the former Shire of Eltham (see HO63 and HO 64) and as a rare example of the use of vernacular construction techniques in the area during the late c19th / early 20th century (Criteria B & D).

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- Historical Australian Themes
  
  TIMBER SLAB FARM BUILDING - Historical Australian Themes
  
  FARMING
  
  3.5.3 Developing agricultural industries
  
  3.9 Farming for commercial profit
  
  5.8 Working on the land
  
  8.12 Living in and around Australian homes
  8.14 Living in the country and rural settlements
  
  Physical Description 1
  
  TIMBER SLAB FARM BUILDING - Physical Description 1
  
  Style a-stylar.
  
  Design basically standard.
  
  Plan rectangular.
  
  Single storied.
  
  Walls timber post supported, with horizontal timber dropslab walling.
  
  Roof gabled, corrugated iron clad.
  
  Features are the slab construction and role of this building in the landscape and streetscape.
  
  Usage/Former Usage
  
  TIMBER SLAB FARM BUILDING - Usage/Former Usage
  
  Original and Continuing Use: Farm Building (Hayshed?)
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study
  
  Author: David Bick
  Year: 1992
  Grading:
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