By Gary Vines, Melbourne's Living Museum of the West

in association with Olwen Ford, Graeme Butler & Francine Gilfedder

2000

Brimbank City Council

Post-contact

Cultural Heritage Study

Volume 2

HERITAGE PROGRAM AND

CONSERVATION POLICY

By

Gary Vines

Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West

in association with

Olwen Ford, Graeme Butler &

Francine Gilfedder

2000

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Prepared by:

Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West

P.O. Box 60 Highpoint City, Victoria, 3023

in association with

Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West

Graeme Butler & Associates

Francine Gilfedder & Associates

for Brimbank City Council,

Municipal Offices, Alexandra Avenue,

Sunshine, Victoria, 3020.

ISBN :

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We would like to acknowledge the assistance provided by members of the Brimbank

community in the preparation of this report. We are especially thankful to members

of the Keilor Historical Society, St.Albans History Society and the Sunshine and

District Historical Society. The many publications which these organisations have

produced over many years have been a great resource. Individual members of the

societies have also given generously of their time in suggesting places for inclusion,

and comments on drafts of this report.

We would also like to thank Chantal Brens and Des Johnson for their assistance

with photography and particularly Norm Carlton, Joan Carstairs, Dierdrie Farfor,

Frank Ford, Susan Jennison, Rosa Jovanovic, Chris Laskowski, David Moloney,

Tom Rigg, Ray Gibb, Maureen Lane, Greg Thorpe and Don Webster for their

individual contributions to the study.

Staff and associates of the Living Museum, including Peter Haffenden, Kerrie

Poliness, Sahm Keily and Libby McKinnon, assisted in preparing the site reports and

the study in general.

Acknowledgment is also due to the staff of the local libraries at Keilor, St. Albans

and Sunshine and staff of the State Library of Victoria, Australian Archives and the

Victorian Public Records Office, for assistance with reference material. We have

made extensive use of material held in the collection of Melbourne’s Living Museum

of the West, especially photographs, maps and printed documents.

David Meale of I.C.I. Deer Park made possible a tour of the I.C.I. complex and has

been generous in supplying reference material. We have made extensive use of

material held in the collection of Melbourne's Living Museum of the West, especially

photographs, maps and printed documents.

Finally we would like to thank the members of the Steering Committee for their input,

support and suggestions.

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Background....................................................................................................................... 1

Purpose of the Heritage Study ...................................................................................... 2

Extent of the study area ................................................................................................ 3

Map of the City of Brimbank .......................................................................................... 4

Study Team................................................................................................................... 5

Steering Committee ...................................................................................................... 5

Consultation .................................................................................................................. 5

Methodology ..................................................................................................................... 7

Abbreviations used in the report.................................................................................... 7

Assessment of Individual Sites...................................................................................... 8

Criteria for Selection of Individual Sites ......................................................................... 9

Heritage Areas - Landscapes and Streetscapes ........................................................... 9

Criteria for Selection of Heritage Areas. ...................................................................... 11

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Summary of Major Recommendations ............................................................................ 13

Statutory Heritage Provisions.......................................................................................... 14

Introduction ................................................................................................................. 14

Relevant Legislation.................................................................................................... 15

Places Recommended for Statutory Heritage Controls. .................................................. 17

Specific Planning Scheme Provisions ......................................................................... 17

Individual Places ......................................................................................................... 17

Heritage Areas and Cultural Landscapes .................................................................... 27

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Heritage Area A - Railway Station Estate / Wright & Edwards..................................... 28

Heritage Area B1- McKay housing Estate - Forrest Street to King Edward Avenue..... 30

Heritage Area B2 - McKay Estate - Durham Road ...................................................... 32

Heritage Area C - Commonwealth Defence Housing Estate ....................................... 34

Heritage Area D - ICI Factory & Company Housing .................................................... 36

Heritage Area E - ICI Housing 1950s Estate ............................................................... 38

Heritage Area F - St.Albans Village Plan..................................................................... 39

Heritage Area G - War Service Homes ....................................................................... 40

Heritage Area H - Keilor Village................................................................................... 42

Heritage Area I - Leith Avenue Concrete Houses........................................................ 44

Heritage Area J - Keilor Market Gardens Landscape .................................................. 46

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Summary of Non-Statutory Conservation Recommendations ......................................... 48

Formally adopt the Heritage Strategy.......................................................................... 49

Heritage Advisory Committee or Working Group......................................................... 49

Heritage Adviser.......................................................................................................... 50

Incentives to private conservation and restoration....................................................... 51

Land Use Review ........................................................................................................ 51

Review Heritage Strategy............................................................................................ 51

Further Research ........................................................................................................ 52

Other Heritage Places................................................................................................. 52

Potential Further Heritage Areas ................................................................................. 52

Trees, Landscapes and Gardens ................................................................................ 53

Ruins and Archaeological Sites................................................................................... 53

Publication and promotion........................................................................................... 54

Internet Publication - Web site .................................................................................... 55

Encouraging Community Preservation Initiatives......................................................... 55

Encourage Conservation Works to Council-owned places and by Government

agencies...................................................................................................................... 55

Summary of recommendations ....................................................................................... 56

Appendix A Heritage Victoria State Heritage Controls.................................................... 60

Appendix B Summary of the database field structure...................................................... 65

Appendix C List of all places examined in the study........................................................ 66

Appendix D Site in adjoining municipalities ..................................................................... 67

Appendix E Sites demolished during the course of the study.......................................... 85

Appendix F Information Flyer ........................................................................................ 87

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The City of Brimbank was formed following restructure of Victorian municipal

government from 1994. It comprises the majority of the former Cities of Sunshine

and Keilor, excepting small eastern parts of municipalities. The study was

commissioned by the Brimbank City Council in order to meet the requirements of the

new format planning schemes, introduced by the Department of Infrastructure.

Neither the Sunshine nor Keilor Councils had previously conducted a municipal

heritage study, although some historical research and identification of historic places

had been carried out in those areas by other organisations including the Western

Region Commission and local historical societies.

The City of Brimbank has been undergoing relatively rapid development in recent

years as new residential and industrial estates are constructed in the rural fringe,

and commercial development is being undertaken on a large scale in central

Sunshine there was therefore a clear need to identify the cultural heritage of the

municipality at a time when much of it was perceived as under threat.

The Heritage Study (Post-contact Cultural Heritage) was commenced in 1987. It has

been carried out as part of a comprehensive program of development of strategies

for natural and cultural heritage in the municipality of Brimbank. The first stage

program of preparing an environmental history and a preliminary list of places of

potential cultural heritage significance, was followed by a second stage involving

detailed site investigations, and preparation of a heritage program. The

Environmental History was completed in 1998 while copies of the preliminary list of

places were circulated at the same time.

Brimbank City Council commissioned a Cultural Heritage Strategy for the

municipality as part of their overall Corporate Plan for 1995 to 2000. The Cultural

Heritage Strategy is in two parts, comprising Part 1 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and

Part 2 Post-contact Cultural Heritage.

The Post-contact Cultural Heritage Strategy was carried out in two stages: Stage 1 -

Preliminary Survey and Environmental History and Stage 2 - Place Documentation

and assessment and development of heritage program.

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The Post-contact Cultural Heritage Strategy report documents all stages of the study

in four volumes:

contains the environmental history and historical themes;

contains the introduction, methodology, summary of recommendations,

statutory and non-statutory heritage provisions, conservation policy for heritage

areas and a summary listing of all places investigated during the study. It also

contains a discussion of the significance and character of Brimbank’s cultural

heritage and a listing of all places investigated in the course of the study.

contains individual site reports for places of cultural significance and

citations for each of the 11 heritage areas. It also includes indexes to places

according to street address, location and place name.

contains maps of the individual heritage places, and the 11 heritage

areas, along with a list of the places indexed to the relevant map numbers and place

numbers.

The aim of the present study is to identify, document and assess the significance of

local heritage places, and to recommend to Brimbank City Council measures by

which this heritage can be preserved and promoted.

The aims of the overall strategy are to:

a) provide an overall framework which will facilitate the effective and efficient

planning and management of Brimbank’s cultural heritage

b) establish significance and prepare documentation for nomination of sites

for Statutory Registers

c) recommend non-statutory measures for conservation of heritage sites

d) outline the context in which significance is determined

e) provide a policy framework to enable Council to develop conservation and

preservation strategies for culturally significant sites.

The Australian Heritage Commission’s Minimal Documentations Standards have

been used as a starting point for the documentation of places but, in practice, these

have been exceeded. Data on sites recorded in the survey have been entered into a

database (Claris Filemaker Pro 3.0 format).

The field structure for this database was prepared to accommodate the level of

documentation anticipated for the second stage of the project, and not just the

minimum information required to prepare the preliminary list of sites.

A summary of the database field structure is included in Appendix B of this report.

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The area of the present study is the entire City of Brimbank, formed from major

portions of the Cities of Keilor and Sunshine. Part of the former City of Sunshine

between Ashley and Duke Street was transferred to the City of Maribyrnong, while

parts of Keilor, north of the Maribyrnong River and east of the Broadmeadows

Albion rail line were transferred to the Cities of Hume and Moonee Valley

respectively. These areas have not been dealt with in this study.

The boundaries of the study area follow Thomson’s Road from the Calder Freeway

to the Maribyrnong River, the Maribyrnong River, along the north side of Keilor Park

Reserve, Keilor Park Drive, Sharps Road, the Broadmeadows-Albion railway, the

Maribyrnong River, Duke Street, Stony Creek, the Sunshine-Newport railway,

Geelong Road, Kororoit Creek, Boundary Road, Robinson’s Road, Kororoit Creek, a

line north from the creek to Pecks Road, Hume Drive, the edge of Hillside Estate,

Calder Park Drive and the Bendigo railway back to Thomson’s Road.

The study area includes the former nineteenth century village of Keilor, the major

commercial and retail centre of Sunshine, the agricultural land on the north and

south west fringe - particularly the Keilor Market Gardens and the Derrimut

grasslands, industrial areas at Brooklyn and Sunshine North and the large area of

the ICI and Albion explosives factories. It is a diverse municipality of predominantly

early twentieth century industrial and residential suburbs around Sunshine, and post

World War Two housing development in Sunshine West, Deer Park, St. Albans and

west of Keilor, associated with post war European migration. Culturally, the City is

one of the most diverse in Australia, with a large proportion of residents born

overseas or from non-English speaking backgrounds.

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Gary Vines

Team Leader, historical archaeologist, industrial sites.

Olwen Ford

Historian

Francine Gilfedder Heritage landscapes

Graeme Butler Architectural historian

Beatrice Magalotti Historical research

Amanda Opie Brimbank City Council

Kerry Birtwistle Brimbank City Council

Kate Smith

Brimbank City Council.

John Roan

Brimbank City Council

Ros Kilgour

Brimbank City Council

Lelia Pop

Brimbank City Council

Carol Opperman Brimbank City Council.

Norm Carlton Sunshine & District Historical Society

Joan Carstairs St. Albans History Society

Jack Sheridan St. Albans History Society

Barry Thompson Keilor Historical Society

Colin Missen

Keilor Historical Society

Geoff Austin

Heritage Victoria

Diannh McIntosh Heritage Victoria

In the course of the study, the views and contributions of people from the community

were canvassed through articles in local newspapers, advertisements in local papers

and in the Brimbank community newsletter. Whole page advertisements were

placed in both 'The Advocate' and 'Brimbank Messenger' clearly explaining the

strategy. A number of articles and updates were placed in Council's monthly

newsletter 'Around Brimbank'. An advertisement was placed in the local paper

notifying the community of the strategy, contact details and where it could be read.

The consultants and council staff also presented talks, displays and information

nights at libraries, council offices and historical societies. Flyers were distributed to

promote the study and elicit further information on historic places.

Copies of the drafts of the complete strategy were put on display and made

available at the Municipal Offices in Keilor and Sunshine as well as the Harvester

Customer Service Centre, Sunshine. They were also made available at the

Municipal Libraries at Sunshine, Deer Park, Keilor and St Albans. Copies of the

strategy were distributed to relevant stakeholders, including members of the steering

committee, Council's Heritage Advisory Committee, the three (3) historical societies

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(Sunshine, St. Albans and Keilor), Brimbank councillors, Heritage Victoria and the

National Trust.

There has also been a considerable amount of informal discussion and consultation

with individuals through a large number of community heritage, environment and

multicultural organisations and individuals which are part of the Living Museum’s

own network. In particular, people who are independently conducting historical

research provided material which assisted in the study and gave feedback on the

documentation which was prepared as part of the study.

Council staff wrote to all affected landowners and occupiers with information on the

heritage strategy and the pages of the study relevant to their property in order to

inform them of the process and give them the opportunity to comment on the place

and precinct reports and the recommendations of the study.

A council officer was made available to answer telephone enquires or to meet with

individuals regarding the heritage strategy.

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The Post-contact Cultural Heritage Strategy has been prepared in accordance with

the Australian ICOMOS (International Council for the Conservation of Monuments

and Sites) Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance (Burra

Charter) and its guidelines. Reference has also been made to the publication: J.S.

Kerr,

:. A guide to the preparation of conservation plans for

places of European cultural significance.

Criteria used in the identification and assessment of places of cultural significance

are the criteria adopted by the Australian Heritage Commission for the Register of

the National Estate. Consideration has also been given to separate criteria used by

Heritage Victoria and the National Trust of Australia

In the preparation of the environmental history (see volume 1) and assessment of

sites, use has been made of the historic themes adopted in the Australian Heritage

Commission’s National Historic Themes Project. These themes have been added to

and modified to suit the particular history and character of the City of Brimbank. A

detailed discussion of the thematic approach and a list of themes, as they apply to

the City of Brimbank, is included in Volume 1.

The following abbreviations have been used in this report in various contexts.

National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Register of Classified Places

Victorian Heritage Register

Register of the National Estate, Australian Heritage Commission.

National Trust timber bridges survey

Historical Archaeological Sites Register (now Heritage Inventory,

Heritage Victoria)

Western Region Industrial Heritage Study, Gary Vines, 1989

Western Region Cultural Heritage Study, Meredith Walker & Assocs.

1988

The cultural significance of places identified in this study has been assessed in

accordance with the Burra Charter (ICOMOS) Guidelines for the conservation of

places of cultural significance. Significance has been assessed at various levels

related to comparative assessment of places according to geographic distribution,

site type, rarity, historical associations, aesthetic characteristics and social value.

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The level of significance is described according to the following table:

Significant at the National level either because of its role in the

development of an aspect of Australia’s History, or its unique

values as a major example of its building type or function.

Significant to the State of Victoria either because of its role in the

development of an aspect of Victoria’s History, or its unique value

as a major example of its building type or function.

Significant in the context of the Melbourne Metropolitan area.

Of significance to a defined area such as the Western Suburbs,

Melbourne’s Western Region, Maribyrnong Valley, etc.

Of significance to the City of Brimbank

Of significance to the local area or specific locality such as Keilor

village, Ardeer, Deer Park etc.

Typical of site type and demonstrates the character of the site

type in the local area, but otherwise not distinguished from other

places of the type.

A place included in one of the heritage areas but not separately

assessed as an individual place.

Of demonstrated or potential archaeological value - may have

buried historical artefacts or structural remains.

A preliminary survey and assessment of sites in Stage 1 of the study endeavoured

to rank the places according to their potential level of importance on a typical, local,

regional, state and national scale. These levels of significance generally correspond

to the alphabetical ranking used in many earlier heritage studies and the former

National Trust and statutory register classifications. They are designed to assist in

determining thresholds for inclusion on statutory registers, or other forms of planning

protection. The following table provides a comparative summary of the significance

ranking of sites.

National - State A

Victorian Heritage Register, Register of the

National Estate, Brimbank Planning Scheme

Regional /

Metropolitan

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Register of the National Estate, Brimbank Planning

Scheme

Local / City

C

Brimbank Planning Scheme

Typical

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Brimbank Planning Scheme where contributory to

heritage area

Site identification was undertaken through a street by street visual survey in

conjunction with historical research which suggested potential sites, as well as

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places identified by members of the community reference group and through

consultation with historical societies and other community members.

During the initial survey in Stage 1 of the study, 310 places of cultural significance

were identified. Of these 77 were identified as potentially of local significance, 27 as

potential regional significance, and 15 of potential State significance. The remainder

were determined as being typical sites. That is, they are representative examples of

their type, which contribute to the general historical character of the municipality. In

some cases, many of the typical and local sites may also contribute to landscape

and streetscape precincts, which have a higher overall level of significance.

During the course of Stage 2 of the study, a large number of additional sites

designated as typical, were also identified as contributing to the heritage character

of the City of Brimbank. A total of 550 places were identified in all. A large proportion

of these are within recommended heritage areas, although there are still many other

individual places outside heritage areas which did not demonstrate the threshold

significance level for inclusion, or could not be adequately assessed in the course of

the study. These sites may also contribute to the historic and architectural character

of the municipality, but have not been recommended for statutory protection.

During both stages of the study, a total of more than 500 places have been identified

as demonstrating some cultural heritage and so are regarded as contributing to the

distinctive heritage character of Brimbank. It was not possible for all of these places

to be individually assessed, due to finite resources and because no heritage study

can be truly comprehensive, as it is conducted within a specific time frame and to a

specific brief. Accordingly, recommendations are made below for further action to

aid in the on-going identification and conservation of other significant and

contributory heritage places.

The individual sites of cultural significance identified in the preliminary assessment

were assessed according to the following criteria:

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are characteristic or distinctive buildings or structures which demonstrate local

historical themes

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are relatively early examples of their type for the locality

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have social value or historical associations with prominent individuals or events

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are individually important buildings of architectural merit

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are particularly well preserved or rare surviving examples of their type.

Several streetscapes, urban landscapes and street or subdivision layouts were also

identified in the preliminary assessment. These areas are where a combination of

cultural places, houses and other buildings, street tree rows, gardens and/or other

man-made features form a unified environment reflecting the social and historical

processes which formed them. Examples where landscape elements are an

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important component of Heritage Areas include the Sunshine Gardens in the McKay

Estate, and the reserve and median planting in Keilor Village. Landscape places

have been appraised by Francine Gilfedder. These are generally groups and rows of

mature street trees and former farm plantings. While some consideration was given

to defining cultural landscapes in a broad sense (for example, the remnants of the

basalt plains grassland at Mt. Derrimut or the landscape of the Bendigo Road just

north west of Keilor), only the Keilor Market Gardens was ultimately included as a

Cultural Landscape Heritage Area.

The potential Heritage Areas identified in the preliminary assessment were:

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Railway Station Estate / Wright & Edwards estate -: bounded by Morris, Stanford,

and Wright Streets and Anderson Road

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McKay housing estate - King Edward Avenue, Ridley, Forrest, Drummartin,

Burnewang, Adelaide and Sydney Streets

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McKay managers’ houses -Talmage Street

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Sunshine Central, Shopping Centre on Hampshire and Devonshire Roads

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1920s housing around Dickson, Martin and Monash Streets

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ICI factory and company housing subdivisions - Ballarat Road, Tilburn Road,

Fitzgerald Road, Station Road, Deer Park

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ICI 1950s housing subdivisions along Milburn Drive and Kororoit Creek, Deer

Park

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St. Albans town plan -bounded by Emily, Alfrieda and Winifred Streets and Main

Road West

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Soldier Settlement Estate - bounded by Gunnedah, Sydney, Kamarooka and

Adelaide Streets, Albion

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Remnant grasslands and stone walled grazing country, Derrimut.

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Keilor Market Gardens

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Keilor Village

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Gold Rush route to Mt. Alexander Diggings, old Calder Highway, Keilor

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Railway Houses in Sunshine

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Half-houses in St. Albans

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Glengala subdivision (crescent pattern of streets)

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1960s-70s curvilinear subdivisions

A street by street survey and assessment was undertaken of the study area with

special emphasis given to areas which showed a high degree of integrity and

preservation of significant buildings. Aspects considered in the assessment of

potential heritage areas included: building fabric, level of intactness, scale,

construction type, architect and predominant era of construction. Where relevant,

street plantings were also noted, along with other distinctive features such as street

layout and alignment, rear access lanes, setbacks, front fences, parks, etc. As

further research was carried out, and detailed assessment of these areas was

undertaken, the list was modified, and further refined. The citation for each Heritage

Area includes a Statement of Significance, a description of the extent and character

of the area and a brief history.

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Areas or precincts of cultural significance were chosen according to the following

criteria which are based on the

criteria (Allom Lovell &

Associates 1998).

The identified precincts conform with one or more of the following criteria:

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contain buildings which derive cultural significance from their context and/or

relationship with others in the area

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have relatively intact and visually cohesive streetscapes, creating precincts of

historic and/or architectural integrity

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contain numbers of buildings intact to the extent of their principal exterior physical

fabric, although some detail may be missing and require reinstatement

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may contain individually important buildings which contribute to the historic or

architectural significance of the area

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may reflect local historical themes or have particular historical associations or

social value

Heritage Areas in the City of Brimbank typically:

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contain residential building stock predominantly from the early 20th century, inter

war and post World War Two periods

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retain historically important street layouts and subdivisions, in particular, workers

housing and planned estates of the 1890s, 1910-20, wartime, and post World

War Two periods

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display a consistency of scale, height and materials

•

display a diversity of styles

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contain groupings and individual examples of historically or architecturally

significant buildings which are substantially intact

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have close historical associations with major regional industrial developments and

innovative town planning theories - especially Wright & Edwards, the Garden City

developments of H.V. McKay in central Sunshine and ICI in Deer Park, and the

Commonwealth Munitions housing in East Sunshine-Braybrook

The recommended Heritage Areas determined in the second stage of the study are:

Heritage Area A

Railway Station Estate / Wright and Edwards Sunshine

Heritage Area B1

McKay Housing Estate Forrest Street / King Edward

Avenue, Sunshine

Heritage Area B2

McKay Housing Estate Durham Rd. Sunshine

Heritage Area C

Commonwealth Munitions Housing Estate, East Sunshine

Heritage Area D

ICI factory & company housing, Deer Park

Heritage Area E

ICI 1950s housing estate, Deer Park

Heritage Area F

St. Albans Village Plan

Heritage Area G

War Service Homes, Albion

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Heritage Area H

Keilor Village, Macedon St. Keilor

Heritage Area I

Concrete house estate, Leith Avenue, Sunshine

Heritage Area J

Keilor Market Gardens Landscape, Arundel Rd and Milburn

Road, Keilor

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It is recommended that Brimbank City Council implement the following measures for

the preservation and enhancement of the heritage of the study area:

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Distribute this Heritage Study and summary information as widely as possible,

including notifying all owners of properties which are included in the schedules for

statutory protection of the cultural value and statutory obligation placed on those

properties

•

Implement Planning Scheme statutory controls for listed places as recommended

•

Provide nominations to State and Federal statutory heritage registers as

recommended

•

Review any land-use strategy plans previously prepared for the Brimbank City

Council in the light of this Heritage Study

•

Formally adopt the ‘Heritage Areas Conservation Policy’ as described in this

report

•

Provide the structure and resources to ensure that the Heritage Strategy can be

implemented.

•

Provide on-going support for a Heritage Advisory Committee.

•

Undertake the following additional studies:

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A Rural Landscape Character Study specifically of the Keilor Market

Garden Area and Maribyrnong Valley

•

A Keilor Village Townscape Character Study

•

A "McKay's Sunshine" Townscape Character Study

•

Undertake additional research, survey and documentation, and where

appropriate, preliminary archaeological survey, to establish whether places listed

under Other Heritage Places might also be recommended for additional statutory

protection, or be subject to any strategic measures such as special conservation

works or interpretative measures

•

Instigate projects for community education, celebration and interpretation

designed to raise the standing and appreciation of heritage in the community

•

Assess the potential for additional Heritage Areas and individual places in: central

Sunshine business area and the area east of Hampshire Road and the railway

line; St. Albans, e.g. Percy Street and Cleveland Street; and Deer Park

•

Prepare, or encourage property owners to prepare, Conservation Management

Plans for the following places: -

•

ORICA (former ICI Australia) Nobel’s Explosives, Ammunition and

Leathercloth Factories, Deer Park

•

Mt. Derrimut Homestead and gardens

•

Overnewton Homestead

•

Review the heritage strategy at appropriate intervals

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The Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Strategy Brief required

that the consultants, after examining existing planning policies and development

pressures, develop a comprehensive program of statutory and non-statutory

measures to assist in the conservation of the study area.

The City of Brimbank has a heritage of great importance, not only to residents of the

municipality, but to the wider community of Melbourne and Victoria, with

considerable value for education, cultural interpretation and recreational purposes,

and for enhancing the urban and rural character of the City to the betterment of

residents.

The introduction to the Environmental History of this study summarises the

significance of the City of Brimbank, noting the major historical themes expressed in

the study area, the large number of heritage places of significance, and the impact

of important industrial and rural development on that history. The purpose of the

heritage strategy, therefore, is to determine processes by which the cultural

significance of the City may be conserved and enhanced.

A major objective of this study has been to provide comprehensive information about

the cultural significance of the places identified in the study area, and to recommend

appropriate levels of statutory protection for these places.

It is recommended that Brimbank City Council introduce the statutory controls

proposed for the individual places, and cultural landscapes and heritage areas,

listed in this study, and initiate the necessary planning scheme amendments and

nominations to other authorities upon completion of the study. This will ensure that

the places are protected, and minimise uncertainty for their owners.

It may be desirable to launch a timetable for the introduction of the controls at the

same time as the study itself is released. This would include opportunity for

community consultation and response.

It is further recommended that Brimbank City Council undertake additional research,

survey and documentation to establish whether other places listed as ‘Typical’ in this

report should be recommended for additional statutory protection, or be subject to

any strategic measures such as special conservation works or interpretative

measures.

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The legislation in regard to statutory controls over development proposals for

heritage places is as follows:

The Australian Heritage Commission's powers are limited to making

recommendations concerning development proposals to the Commonwealth

Government regarding heritage places on the Register of the National Estate which

are owned by the Commonwealth Government or (sometimes) a Commonwealth

Business Enterprise. The AHC can also make recommendations when

development projects which utilise Commonwealth funds will impact upon a heritage

place.

This is Victoria's primary means of statutory protection for heritage of outstanding

significance. The Heritage Council established under this act keeps the Victorian

Heritage Register, which lists places (including buildings, sites or precincts, gardens,

and shipwrecks) of heritage significance to the State. Places on this register require

a permit for works such as alteration (including interior works in some cases) and

demolition. Interim measures can be taken to stop works on places which are not

on the Register, but which have a

case for inclusion in it, pending

formal determination as to whether the place should be added to the Register.

The Executive Director of the Heritage Council is also responsible for a Heritage

Inventory of places of listed or potential archaeological significance, and a permit

must be obtained for the disturbance, destruction or removal of artefacts from these

places.

Local planning schemes are the source of statutory protection for most heritage

places in Victoria. The objectives and provisions of the Planning and Environment

1987 explicitly require local government 'to conserve and enhance those buildings,

areas or other places which are of scientific, aesthetic, architectural or historical

interest, or otherwise of special cultural value" (Sections 4(l)(d) & (f), 12(l)(a) & (c)].

It is mandatory for local government to provide for the protection of heritage places

in their planning schemes. This is normally achieved either through overlay heritage

controls, or special conservation zones within planning schemes which require a

planning permit to alter (exterior only), demolish, subdivide or develop the listed

place. This does not in itself preclude any of these changes, including demolition,

but simply ensures that the heritage value of the place is properly considered before

any significant change occurs.

It should be noted that, under the State section of the Planning Scheme, section 2-

4.2 requires that the National Trust be given notice of any application relating to land

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under the control of the responsible authority on which there is a building classified

by the National Trust.

Both of these Commonwealth Acts are administered by Aboriginal Affairs Victoria,

Heritage Branch (Department of Human Services). They provide controls over

designated places and areas of significance in relation to the Aboriginal occupation

of the land. Their impact on the present strategy will only be evident in cases where

Aboriginal sites co-exist with post-contact cultural heritage sites. A separate study of

such sites has not been made as part of this study but may be indicated in the

Brimbank Aboriginal Heritage Strategy.

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The recommendations of this Study in relation to statutory controls are:-

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That the places (including heritage areas and cultural landscapes) deemed to be

of National, State, Regional and Local significance, be included in the list of

heritage places requiring a permit for alteration, demolition, subdivision, or

development in the City of Brimbank planning scheme

•

That the places (including heritage areas and cultural landscapes) listed as being

of National or State significance in this Study be nominated to the Heritage

Council for inclusion in the Victorian Heritage Register

•

That the places (including heritage areas and cultural landscapes) listed in this

Study as being of National significance and all Commonwealth- owned properties

of local significance or greater, be nominated to the Australian Heritage

Commission's Register of the National Estate

•

That the 'Historical Sites, Ruins and Archaeological Sites' listed in this Study be

included in the Heritage Inventory established pursuant to Part 6 of the

•

It is recommended that the Brimbank City Council adopt and apply Heritage

Victoria's State Heritage Controls (Appendix A)

137 individual places are recommended for statutory protection. All of these sites

are recommended for inclusion in the Heritage Overlay of the Brimbank Planning

Scheme.

Of these, 26 places of State or national significance are recommended for

nomination to the Victorian Heritage Register. 53 places of regional or greater

significance or locally significant places in Commonwealth ownership are

recommended for nomination to the Register of the National Estate.

Also, 20 places of potential archaeological value are recommended on the State

Heritage Inventory. These include places for which site reports have been prepared,

as well as historical sites for which only a general location is known. Further

archaeological investigation will be required in order to precisely identify the site

location, and extent or potential for survival of archaeological remains.

For places currently included on one or more of the State and Commonwealth

statutory heritage registers, it is recommended that these continue to be so listed,

and when and where necessary reviewed as to the extent of the registered area.

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001 Keilor police station, former

779 Macedon Street

Keilor

002 Darling's Flour Mill

Sydney Street

Albion

003 Albion VR, D.C. sub station

Talmage Street

Albion

004 Pig and Calf Market (WMMT)

Market Road

Brooklyn

005 Monsanto Chemicals, Huntsman

Chemical. Co.

Somerville Road

Brooklyn

006 ICI Explosives complex (now

ORICA)

off Ballarat Road

Deer Park

007 ICI Explosives Laboratory

off Ballarat Road

Deer Park

008 ICI Gatehouse

763? Ballarat Road

Deer Park

009 ICI Leathercloth Factory

Station Road

Deer Park

010 Hume and Hovell Cairn

cnr. Station Road & Ballarat

Road

Deer Park

011 Mt. Derrimut Homestead & farm

buildings

Station Road

Derrimut

012 Trestle Bridge Arundel Road

Bridge

Arundel Road

Keilor

013 Milburn’s Weir

near Arundel Road - across

Maribyrnong River

Keilor

014 Anderson Farm House

100 Taylor’s Road

St. Albans

015 Keilor Hotel, former Galway

Arms Hotel, & Red Lion Hotel

670 Macedon Street

Keilor

016 Basket Bridge/Keilor Road

Bridge

Old Calder Highway

Keilor

017 Overnewton Gatehouse

Old Calder Highway

Keilor

018 Overnewton

Overnewton Road

Keilor

019 Steel Ck. rail embankment

off Roberts Road

Keilor

020 Quartermile Railway Trestle

Bridge

off Stirling Drive

Keilor East

021 Corrugated iron, prefabricated,

portable building - former police

station

off Calder Freeway off

Oaklands Avenue

Keilor North

022 Sewer outfall bridge

off Old Geelong Road

Laverton

North

023 Hume and Hovell Cairn

cnr. East Esplanade & Taylor’s

Rd.

St. Albans

024 H.V. McKay Memorial Gardens

Anderson Road

Sunshine

025 H.V. McKay Sunshine Harvester

Works

Hampshire & Devonshire

Roads

Sunshine

026 Sunshine railway signal box

off Hampshire Road

Sunshine

027 Black Arch rail bridge

Sunshine Road

Sunshine

028 Railway Culvert

off Victoria Road

Sydenham

029 Sugar Gum row

east Talmage Street

Albion

030 Mt. Derrimut dry stone walls

Station Road

Derrimut

031 Railway Culvert

Sydenham Road

St. Albans

032 Hazelwood, John Milburn's

farmhouse

off Arundel Road

Keilor

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033 Grange Farm, David Milburn's

off Arundel Road

Keilor

034 Robertson's Homestead

off Calder Highway,

Sydenham Park

Keilor

035 Dodd homestead ruins

Brimbank Park

Keilor

036 St. Augustine's (Catholic)

Church-Keilor

636 Fullerton Road

Keilor

037 former Shire Hall & Courthouse

- Community Arts Centre

777 Macedon Street

Keilor

038 Keilor Cemetery

Old Calder Highway and

Cemetery Road

Keilor

039 Harrick’s house

Harrick’s Road

Keilor Park

040 Sunshine Advocate office

11 - 15 Sun Crescent

Sunshine

041 Keiglo, Padley House, Old

Manor House, now Sacred

Heart Presbytery

4 Winifred Street

St. Albans

042 H V McKay Memorial Gates

Anderson Road opp. King

Edward Avenue

Sunshine

043 H V McKay Memorial

(Presbyterian) Church

120 Anderson Road

Sunshine

044 Sam McKay house & garden

147 Anderson Road

Sunshine

045 Sunshine Technical School

Derby Road

Sunshine

046 Sunshine Girls Technical School

Derby Road

Sunshine

047 Pedestrian foot bridge over

railway

end Devonshire Road to

Sunshine Gardens

Sunshine

048 Ralph McKay house & garden

11 King Edward Avenue

Sunshine

049 Sydenham Railway Station

Keilor Melton Road

Sydenham

050 ABC Radio Mast and transmitter

station

Sydenham Road

Sydenham

051 Black Powder Mill, Former

Albion Explosives Factory

off Station Road - Vic Weaver

plantation

Deer Park

052 house

48 Station Place

Sunshine

053 H V McKay offices / Massey

Ferguson (Aust) Ltd

2 Devonshire Road

Sunshine

054 Former Scott Motor works part

of H.V. McKay Sunshine

Harvester Works

Anderson Road

Sunshine

055 ANZ Bank, former ES&A bank

115 Durham Road

Sunshine

056 Sunshine Metropolitan Fire

Station & Flats

330 Hampshire Road

Sunshine

057 Derrimut Hotel

Sun Crescent

Sunshine

058 St. Mark’s Anglican Church

cnr Sun Crescent, Anderson

Road

Sunshine

059 Robinson House

33 Sun Crescent, cnr Watt St. Sunshine

060 Boorer House

45 King Edward Avenue

Sunshine

061 Shop

54 King Edward Avenue

Sunshine

062 Steven’s Farmhouse

446 Main Road West

St. Albans

(Kings Park)

063 St. Theresa’s Catholic Church

and school

cnr Adelaide & Drummartin

Streets

Albion

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064 Curracloe

11 Adelaide Street

Albion

065 Sunshine Melton Library service

- former Mechanics Institute

Library

Corio Street

Sunshine

066 ARC

Ballarat Road

Albion

067 former Wunderlich now West

End Market

McIntyre Road

Albion

068 Selwyn Park

Selwyn Street

Albion

069 Sunshine Baptist Church

Sydney Street

Albion

070 Cameron house & dairy

49 Sydney Street

Albion

071 House, trees

22 Talmage Street

Albion

072 Market Garden

end Yallourn Street

Ardeer

073 Ford

Burke Road to Canning

Street Avondale Heights

Braybrook

Avondale

Heights

074 Lions House of Sunshine

Corio Street

Sunshine

075 Guiding Star Hotel

700 Geelong Road

Brooklyn

076 Hunt Club Hotel

Ballarat Road

Deer Park

077 Deer Park Hotel

Ballarat Road

Deer Park

078 Deer Park Primary School

No.1434

cnr Ballarat Road & Station

Roads

Deer Park

079 ICIANZ Recreation Club/ Deer

Park Club, bowling greens

780 Ballarat Road

Deer Park

080 Opies’ Dairy

Lake Boga St.

Deer Park

081 St. John’s Anglican Church and

hall

2-4 Miles Street

Deer Park

082 Neale Rd Ford

end Neale Road

Deer Park

083 Deer Park Hall

50 Station Road

Deer Park

084 Albion Explosives Factory

Ballarat Road

Deer Park /

Albion

085 Foxly Lodge farm, stone fences north of Boundary Road

Derrimut

086 Sunshine Market

City Place

Sunshine

087 Frank Milburn’s house

off Arundel Road

Keilor

088 Christ Church, Keilor (Anglican

Church)

cnr Church & Kennedy Streets Keilor

089 McFarlane gates, Keilor

Recreation Reserve

Macedon Street

Keilor

090 Keilor Reserve

Macedon Street

Keilor

091 Cenotaph war memorial

Macedon Street

Keilor

092 Borrell's Farm ruins and site of

market garden

Old Calder Highway

Keilor

093 House, St Albans estate

16 Arthur Street

St. Albans

094 St.Albans Uniting Church

(formerly Presbyterian)

cnr East Esplanade & Elaine

Street & Circus East

St.Albans

095 St. Albans Public Hall

East Esplanade

St. Albans

096 St. George’s Free Serbian

Orthodox Church

Kate Street

St Albans

097 Errington Reserve & Memorial

Gates

Main Road East, Errington

Reserve

St. Albans

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098 St. Albans Community Hall

Youth Club / Tin Shed

Main Road East

St. Albans

099 Beanland House

23 Couch Street

Sunshine

100 Methodist church & hall

32 Devonshire Road

Sunshine

101 Quarry

off Duke Street & Berkshire

Road

Sunshine

102 Macedonian Community Centre end Fourth Avenue

Sunshine

103 Hannah McKay house

145 Anderson Road

Sunshine

104 Dr Adamson’s house

137 Anderson Road

Sunshine

105 Weatherboard house

6 Hampshire Road

Sunshine

106 Chemist shop

234 Hampshire Road

Sunshine

107 Sunshine Bowling Club

Anderson Road

Sunshine

108 Sunshine Municipal Offices

Alexandra Avenue

Sunshine

109 Sunshine State Primary School

3113

67 - 75 Hampshire Road cnr Derby

Road

Sunshine

110 Standard Steel

18 Market Road

Sunshine

111 Mariana Hall - Our Lady’s Parish cnr Monash Street & Station

Place.

Sunshine

112 Our Lady of the Immaculate

Conception Catholic Church

92 Monash Street

Sunshine

113 Parsons house

114 Morris Street

Sunshine

114 Our Lady’s School

Station Place - Monash St. Sunshine

115 Palmas

2 Tyler Street

Sunshine

116 Sheep Dip

Burrowye Crescent near

Taylor’s Creek

Taylor’s

Lakes.

117 St. Paul’s R.C. Church

Glengala Road

West

Sunshine

118 St. Andrews Greek Orthodox

Church (Greek Cypriot)

cnr St. Andrews Street &

Simmies Street

West

Sunshine

119 Presbyterian Manse - Kirby

house

127 Durham Road cnr Watt

Street

Sunshine

120 William McKay house

150 Durham Road

Sunshine

121 Albion Primary School No 4265

Derrimut Street

Albion

122 Ralph's Meatworks

690 Geelong Road

Brooklyn

123 Brimbank Farm

off Brimbank Road Brimbank

Park

Keilor

124 Church of Christ

83 Hampshire Road

Sunshine

125 Masonic Lodge No. 226

93 Hampshire Road

Sunshine

126 Sunshine Picture Theatre

126-128

Hampshire Road

Sunshine

129 Shops

193-199

Hampshire Road

Sunshine

130 Lagoon Reserve, trees

Macedon Street

Keilor

131 Ukrainian Catholic Church

2 Holmes Street cnr Forrest

Street

Ardeer

132 Shop row

207-219 Hampshire Road

Sunshine

133 Victorian Row House

25 Benjamin Street

Sunshine

134 Victorian Row House

29 Benjamin Street

Sunshine

135 Victorian Row House

31 Benjamin Street

Sunshine

136 Victorian Row House

33 Benjamin Street

Sunshine

137 Victorian Row House

35 Benjamin Street

Sunshine

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003 Albion VR, D.C. sub station

Talmage Street

Albion

004 Pig and Calf Market (WMMT)

Market Road

Brooklyn

005 Monsanto Chemicals, Huntsman

Chemical. Co.

Somerville Road

Brooklyn

006 ICI Explosives complex (now

Orica)

off Ballarat Road

Deer Park

007 ICI Explosives Laboratory

off Ballarat Road

Deer Park

008 ICI Gatehouse

763 Ballarat Road

Deer Park

051 Black Powder Mill, Former

Albion Explosives Factory

off Station Road - Vic Weaver

plantation

Deer Park

009 ICI Leathercloth Factory

Station Road

Deer Park

010 Hume and Hovell Cairn

cnr. Station Road, Ballarat Road Deer Park

011 Mt. Derrimut Homestead & farm

buildings

Station Road

Derrimut

012 Trestle Bridge Arundel Road

Bridge

Arundel Road

Keilor

013 Milburn’s Weir

near Arundel Road, across

Maribyrnong River

Keilor

001 Keilor police station, former

779 Macedon Street

Keilor

015 Keilor Hotel, former Galway

Arms Hotel, & Red Lion Hotel

670 Macedon Street

Keilor

017 Overnewton Gatehouse

Old Calder Highway

Keilor

019 Steel Ck. rail embankment

off Roberts Road

Keilor

021 Corrugated iron, prefabricated,

portable building - former police

station

off Calder Freeway off

Oaklands Avenue

Keilor North

022 Sewer outfall bridge

off Old Geelong Road

Laverton

North

031 Railway Culvert

Sydenham Road

St. Albans

023 Hume and Hovell Cairn

cnr. East Esplanade & Taylor’s

Rd.

St. Albans

024 Sunshine Gardens H.V. McKay

memorial

Anderson Road

Sunshine

053 H V McKay offices / Massey

Ferguson (Aust) Ltd

2 Devonshire Road

Sunshine

026 Sunshine railway signal box

off Hampshire Road

Sunshine

027 Black Arch rail bridge

Sunshine Road

Sunshine

028 Railway Culvert

off Victoria Road

Sydenham

088 Christ Church, Keilor (Anglican

Church)

cnr Church & Kennedy Streets Keilor

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002 Darling's Flour Mill

Sydney Street

Albion H829

016 Basket Bridge/Keilor Road Bridge

Old Calder Hwy Keilor

H1427

018 Overnewton

Overnewton Road Keilor

H200

020 Quartermile Railway Trestle Bridge off Stirling Drive

Keilor East H1197

025 H.V. McKay Sunshine Harvester Works

Hampshire Road Sunshine H667

002 Darling's Flour Mill

Sydney Street

Albion

003 Albion VR, D.C. sub station

Talmage Street

Albion

004 Pig and Calf Market (WMMT)

Market Road

Brooklyn

005 Monsanto Chemicals, Huntsman

Chemical. Co.

Somerville Road

Brooklyn

006 ICI Explosives complex (now

ORICA)

off Ballarat Road

Deer Park

007 ICI Explosives Laboratory

off Ballarat Road

Deer Park

008 ICI Gatehouse

763? Ballarat Road

Deer Park

009 ICI Leathercloth Factory

Station Road

Deer Park

051 Black Powder Mill, Former

Albion Explosives Factory

off Station Road - Vic

Weaver plantation

Deer Park

010 Hume and Hovell Cairn

cnr.

Station Road, Ballarat

Road

Deer Park

011 Mt. Derrimut Homestead & farm

buildings

Station Road

Derrimut

030 Mt. Derrimut dry stone walls

Station Road

Derrimut

032 Hazelwood, John Milburn's

farmhouse

off Arundel Road

Keilor

033 Grange Farm, David Milburn's

off Arundel Road

Keilor

013 Milburn’s Weir

near Arundel Road, across

Maribyrnong River

Keilor

034 Robertson's Homestead

off Calder Highway,

Sydenham Park

Keilor

035 Dodd homestead ruins

Brimbank Park

Keilor

001 Keilor police station, former

779 Macedon Street

Keilor

015 Keilor Hotel, former Galway

Arms Hotel, & Red Lion Hotel

670 Macedon Street

Keilor

038 Keilor Cemetery

Old Calder Highway, and

Cemetery Road

Keilor

019 Steel Ck. rail embankment

off Roberts Road

Keilor

020 Quartermile Railway Trestle

Bridge

off Stirling Drive

Keilor East

021 Corrugated iron, prefabricated,

portable building - former police

station

off Calder Freeway off

Oaklands Avenue

Keilor North

022 Sewer outfall bridge

off Old Geelong Road

Laverton North

031 Railway Culvert

Sydenham Road

St. Albans

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041 Keiglo, Padley House, Old

Manor House, now Sacred

Heart Presbytery

4 Winifred Street

St. Albans

043 H V McKay Memorial

(Presbyterian) Church

120 Anderson Road

Sunshine

044 Sam McKay house & garden

147 Anderson Road

Sunshine

042 H V McKay Memorial Gates

Anderson Road, opp.

King Edward Ave.

Sunshine

133 Victorian Row House

25 Benjamin Street

Sunshine

134 Victorian Row House

29 Benjamin Street

Sunshine

135 Victorian Row House

31 Benjamin Street

Sunshine

136 Victorian Row House

33 Benjamin Street

Sunshine

137 Victorian Row House

35 Benjamin Street

Sunshine

045 Sunshine Technical School

Derby Road

Sunshine

046 Sunshine Girls Technical School

Derby Road

Sunshine

053 H V McKay offices / Massey

Ferguson (Aust) Ltd

2 Devonshire Road

Sunshine

047 Pedestrian foot bridge over

railway

end Devonshire Road, to

Sunshine Gardens

Sunshine

025 H.V. McKay Sunshine

Harvester Works

Hampshire Road

Sunshine

026 Sunshine railway signal box

off Hampshire Road

Sunshine

048 Ralph McKay house & garden

11 King Edward Avenue Sunshine

027 Black Arch rail bridge

Sunshine Road

Sunshine

049 Sydenham Railway Station

Keilor Melton Road

Sydenham

050 ABC Radio Mast and transmitter

station

Sydenham Road

Sydenham

028 Railway Culvert

off Victoria Road

Sydenham

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084 Albion Explosives Factory

Ballarat Road

Deer Park /

Albion

016 Basket Bridge/Keilor Road Bridge

Old Calder Highway

Keilor

036 St. Augustine's (Catholic) Church-Keilor 636 Fullerton Road

Keilor

012 Trestle Bridge Arundel Road Bridge

Arundel Road

Keilor

037 former Shire Hall & Courthouse -

Community Arts Centre

777 Macedon Street

Keilor

017 Overnewton Gatehouse

Old Calder Highway

Keilor

018 Overnewton

Overnewton Road

Keilor

039 Harrick’s house

Harrick’s Road

Keilor Park

024 Sunshine Gardens H.V. McKay memorial

Anderson Road

Sunshine

023 Hume and Hovell Cairn

cnr East Esplanade & Taylor’s

Road

St.Albans

Alfred Newman’s house &

forge

Ballarat Rd.

Albion

073 Ford

Burke Road to Canning Street

Avondale Heights

Braybrook -

Avondale Heights

Ford

North Road

Braybrook -

Avondale Heights

127 Braybrook Shire Hall site

Ballarat Road

Deer Park

082 Neale Rd Ford

end Neale Road

Deer Park

011 Mt. Derrimut Homestead &

farm buildings

Station Road

Derrimut

030 Mt. Derrimut dry stone walls

Station Road

Derrimut

033 Grange Farm, David

Milburn's

off Arundel Road

Keilor

034 Robertson's Homestead

off Calder Highway, Sydenham Park

Keilor

035 Dodd homestead ruins

Brimbank Park

Keilor

Watson & Hunter’s Station

Macedon Street

Keilor

130 Lagoon Reserve, trees

Macedon Street

Keilor

092 Borrell's Farm ruins and site

of market garden

Old Calder Highway

Keilor

038 Keilor Cemetery

Old Calder Highway and Cemetery

Road

Keilor

021 Corrugated iron,

prefabricated, portable

building - former police

station

off Calder Freeway off Oaklands Avenue Keilor North

039 Harrick’s house

Harricks Road

Keilor Park

Glengala Estate (Anderson’s

homestead site)

off Anderson Roadnear Glengala Road

and Kororoit Creek

Sunshine

116 Sheep Dip

Burrowye Crescent - Taylor’s Ck

Taylor’s Lakes.

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Jones Creek 1 - archaeological

site

off Ballarat Road

Ardeer

084 Albion Explosives Factory

Ballarat Road

Deer Park /

Albion

Derrimut station stone wall 1

Station Road

Derrimut

Derrimut station stockyards

Station Road

Derrimut

035 Dodd homestead ruins

Brimbank Park

Keilor

128 Chisholm Shelter Shed site

Macedon Street

Keilor

Jones Creek 2 archaeological

site

McKechnie Street

St. Albans

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Eleven (11) Heritage Areas are recommended for inclusion in the Heritage Overlay

of the Brimbank Planning Scheme.

Railway Station Estate / Wright and Edwards Sunshine

McKay Housing Estate Forrest Street / King Edward

Avenue, Sunshine

McKay Housing Estate Durham Road, Sunshine

Commonwealth Munitions Housing Estate, East

Sunshine

ICI factory & company housing, Deer Park

ICI 1950s housing estate, Deer Park

St. Albans Village Plan

War Service Homes, Albion

Keilor Village, Macedon Street, Keilor

Concrete house estate, Leith Avenue, Sunshine

Keilor Market Gardens Landscape, Arundel Road and

Milburn Road, Keilor

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The following conservation policies have been developed for the specific Heritage

Areas described in the study. These take into account the significant characteristics

of the Heritage Areas and significant elements within the areas. The contributory

places have been identified in a schedule for each Heritage Area, and are identified

in the accompanying plans.

This policy applies to the Railway Station Estate / Wright & Edwards Heritage Area

and also specifically applies to the following items of particular heritage significance

to which special consideration should be given:

25, 29, 31, 33, 35 Benjamin Street

114 Morris Street

23 Couch Street

•

To maintain and enhance the character of the heritage area as a remnant

nineteenth century suburban subdivision, developed over subsequent decades

and with a concentration of timber homes built in the period 1900 to 1930

•

To retain the regular street pattern in character with the locally distinctive

subdivision pattern of parallel streets with rear service lanes

•

Retain the general uniformity in scale and massing of buildings

•

To encourage the use of the traditional building materials of the area, being

timber weatherboard walls, timber-framed windows, galvanised, corrugated iron

or terra cotta tile roofs and brick chimneys

•

To ensure that the frontage setback of buildings is consistent with the dominant

setback of adjoining buildings

•

To maintain traditional fencing in the area such as low pickets or twisted wire, and

to encourage the use of traditional materials and construction techniques

•

To encourage use of the traditional building design of the heritage area which

included wide eaves, steep gable and hipped roofs, verandahs, vertical

rectangular windows and broken facades

•

To retain the historic integrity of the area in any replanting program

It is recommended that the following policy be applied to the Railway Estate / Wright

& Edwards Heritage Area:

•

The objectives of the policy will be taken into account in assessing any planning

permit application

•

Further subdivision of land will be discouraged

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•

The closure or sale of service lanes will be discouraged

•

Preference will be given to bluestone pitched kerb and channel in road

reconstruction

•

Preference will be given to buildings that incorporate the following design

characteristics:

•

Galvanised, corrugated iron or terra cotta tile roofs

•

hipped or gabled roofs pitched at between 30 and 45 degrees

•

Vertical rectangular timber-framed windows

•

Brick walls, or horizontal timber weatherboard and timber block cladding

•

Timber verandahs

•

Fencing materials and construction techniques appropriate to the period of

the related place

•

In carrying out new building works or alterations the following will apply:

•

The frontage setback should be the same as the setbacks of adjacent

buildings or if these are different the setback may be between the setbacks

of adjacent buildings

•

The width of the facade of a dwelling should not be greater than 15 metres

•

Buildings should not exceed one storey

•

The highest point of the roof of a building should not be greater than the

highest adjacent building

These policy requirements may be varied to the extent that it can be verified by

photographic or other historical evidence that an equivalent structure once existed

on the site.

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This policy applies to all that land designated as Heritage Area B1, and specifically

to land identified in the accompanying plan, forming part of the McKay Housing

Estate in Sunshine, between Forrest Street and King Edward Avenue, and also

specifically applies to the following items of particular heritage significance to which

special consideration should be given:

11 Adelaide Street

St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Adelaide Street

HV McKay Memorial Gates, Anderson Road

Sunshine Gardens, Anderson Road

Sunshine Bowling Club, Anderson Road

HV McKay Memorial Church, 120 Anderson Road

137 Anderson Road

145 Anderson Road

147 Anderson Road

Foot bridge over railway.

11 King Edward Avenue

45 King Edward Avenue

54 King Edward Avenue

Baptist Church, Sydney Street

22 Talmage Street

Garden trees, The Gables, off Talmage Street

Sugar Gum Row, Talmage Street

The whole of the defined heritage area, including the remaining houses and land in

the heritage area (i.e. not separately identified as contributory buildings in the plan)

should be included in a Design and Development Overlay.

•

To maintain and enhance the character of the heritage area as a planned suburb

of single houses on large allotments

•

Retain the general uniformity in scale and massing of buildings

•

To encourage the use of the traditional building materials of the area, being

timber weatherboard walls, timber-framed windows, galvanised corrugated iron or

terra cotta tile roofs and brick chimneys

•

To ensure that the frontage setback of buildings is consistent with the dominant

setback of adjoining buildings

•

To maintain traditional fencing in the area such as low pickets or twisted wire,

and to encourage the use of the traditional materials and construction techniques

•

To encourage use of the traditional building design of the heritage area which

included wide eaves, steep gable and hipped roofs, verandahs, vertical

rectangular windows and broken facades

•

To retain the historic integrity of the area in any replanting program

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It is recommended that the following policy be applied to the McKay Housing Estate

Heritage Area B1:

•

The objectives of the policy will be taken into account in assessing any planning

permit application

•

Further subdivision of land will be discouraged

•

Preference will be given to buildings that incorporate the following design

characteristics:

•

Galvanised, corrugated iron or terra cotta tile roofs

•

Hipped or gabled roofs pitched at between 30 and 45 degrees

•

Timber-framed windows

•

Horizontal timber weatherboard and timber block cladding to walls

•

Timber verandahs

•

Fencing materials and construction techniques appropriate to the period of

the related place

•

In carrying out new building works or alterations the following will apply:

•

The frontage setback should be the same as the setbacks of adjacent

buildings or, if these are different, the setback may be between the

setbacks of adjacent buildings

•

The width of the facade of a dwelling should not be greater than 15 metres

•

Buildings should not exceed one storey

•

The highest point of the roof of a building should not be greater than the

highest adjacent building

These policy requirements may be varied to the extent that it can be verified by

photographic or other historical evidence that an equivalent structure once existed

on the site.

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This policy applies to all that land designated as McKay Estate - Durham Road -

Heritage Area B2, and specifically to land identified in the accompanying plan,

forming part of the McKay Housing Estate in Sunshine, and also specifically applies

to the following items of particular heritage significance to which special

consideration should be given:

Sunshine Market, City Place

Lions House of Sunshine, Corio Street

Mechanics Institute Library, Corio Street

Sunshine Technical School, Derby Road

Sunshine Girls Technical School, Derby Road

Former ES&A bank, 115 Durham Road

Former Presbyterian Manse, 127 Durham Road

150 Durham Road

Sunshine Primary School, 67-75 Hampshire Road

Christ Church, 83 Hampshire Road

Masonic Lodge, 93 Hampshire Road

Sunshine Picture Theatre, 126-8 Hampshire Road

Shop row, 193-199 Hampshire Road

Shop row, 217-9 Hampshire Road

Chemist, 234 Hampshire Road

Derrimut Hotel, Sun Crescent

Office, 11-15 Sun Crescent.

Robinson House, 33 Sun Crescent

St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Sun Crescent

The whole of the defined heritage area, including the remaining houses and land in

the heritage area (i.e. not separately identified as contributory buildings in the plan)

should be included in a Design and Development Overlay.

•

To maintain and enhance the character of the heritage area as a planned suburb

of single houses on large allotments and a mixed residential, commercial and

community (church/hall/school) area

•

Retain the general uniformity in scale and massing of buildings

•

To encourage the use of the traditional building materials of the area, being

timber weatherboard walls, timber-framed windows, galvanised corrugated iron or

terra cotta tile roofs and brick chimneys

•

To ensure that the frontage setback of buildings is consistent with the dominant

setback of adjoining buildings

•

To maintain traditional fencing in the area such as low pickets, or twisted wire and

encourage the use of the traditional materials and construction techniques

•

To encourage use of the traditional building design of the heritage area which

included wide eaves, steep gable and hipped roofs, verandahs, vertical

rectangular windows and broken facades

•

To retain the historic integrity of the area in any replanting program

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It is recommended that the following policy be applied to the McKay Housing Estate

- Durham Road Heritage Area B2.

•

The objectives of the policy will be taken into account in assessing any planning

permit application.

•

Subdivision of land will be discouraged, except to realign the boundary between

lots.

•

Preference will be given to buildings that incorporate the following design

characteristics:

•

Galvanised, corrugated iron or terra cotta tile roofs

•

Hipped or gabled roofs pitched at between 30 and 45 degrees

•

Timber-framed windows

•

Horizontal timber weatherboard and timber block cladding to wall

•

Brick chimneys

•

Timber verandahs

•

Fencing materials and construction techniques appropriate to the period of

the related place

•

In carrying out new building works or alterations the following will apply:

•

The frontage setback should be the same as the setbacks of adjacent

buildings or if these are different the setback may be between the setbacks

of adjacent buildings

•

The width of the facade of a dwelling should not be greater than 15 metres

•

Buildings should not exceed one storey

•

The highest point of the roof of a building should not be greater than the

highest adjacent building

These policy requirements may be varied to the extent that it can be verified by

photographic or other historical evidence that an equivalent structure once existed

on the site.

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This policy applies to all that land designated as the Commonwealth Defence

Housing Estate - Heritage Area.

•

To maintain and enhance the character of the heritage area as a planned estate

of detached and semi-detached Commonwealth design houses

•

Retain the general uniformity in scale and massing of buildings

•

To encourage the use of the traditional building materials of the area, being

concrete walls (for detached houses) or brick walls, timber-framed windows, terra

cotta or cement tile roofs and brick chimneys

•

To ensure that the frontage setback of buildings is consistent with the dominant

setback of adjoining buildings

•

To maintain traditional fencing in the area such as brick and encourage the use of

the traditional materials and construction techniques

•

To encourage use of the traditional building design of the heritage area which

included wide eaves, broad hipped roofs, verandahs under the main roof line and

broken facades

•

To retain the historic integrity of the area in any replanting program

It is recommended that the following policy be applied to the Commonwealth

Defence Homes Heritage Area.

•

The objectives of the policy will be taken into account in assessing any planning

permit application

•

Subdivision of land will be discouraged, except to realign the boundary between

lots

•

Preference will be given to buildings that incorporate the following design

characteristics:

•

Cement or terra cotta tile pitched roofs

•

Hipped or gabled roofs pitched at between 30 and 40 degrees

•

Vertical rectangular timber-framed windows

•

Brick or concrete walls

•

Fencing materials and construction techniques appropriate to the period of

the related place

•

In carrying out new building works or alterations the following will apply:

•

The frontage setback should be the same as the setbacks of adjacent

buildings or if these are different the setback may be between the setbacks

of adjacent buildings

•

The width of the facade of a dwelling should not be greater than 14 metres

or 22 for semi-detached pairs

•

Buildings should not exceed one storey

•

The highest point of the roof of a building should not be greater than the

highest adjacent building

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These policy requirements may be varied to the extent that it can be verified by

photographic or other historical evidence that an equivalent structure once existed

on the site.

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This policy applies to all that land designated as ICI Factory and Company Housing

Heritage Area, and also specifically applies to the following items of particular

heritage significance to which special consideration should be given:

Braybrook Shire Hall Site, Ballarat Road

Hunt Club Hotel, Ballarat Road

ICI Explosives Factory, Ballarat Road

ICI Laboratory, off Ballarat Road

ICI Gatehouse, Ballarat Road

Deer Park Hall, Station Road

Leathercloth Factory, Station Road

ICI Ammunition Factory, Tilburn Road

Surviving buildings of the Black Powder Area

•

To maintain and enhance the character of the heritage area as an integrated

industrial and staff/workers housing precinct

•

To retain the general uniformity in scale and massing of buildings

•

To encourage the use of the traditional building materials of the area, being

timber weatherboard walls, timber-framed windows, galvanised corrugated iron or

terra cotta tile roofs and brick chimneys for the residential buildings, and

galvanised corrugated iron roofs and walls or brick walls for the industrial

buildings

•

To ensure that the frontage setback of buildings is consistent with the dominant

setback of adjoining buildings

•

To maintain traditional fencing in the area such as low pickets, or twisted wire and

encourage the use of the traditional materials and construction techniques

•

To encourage use of the traditional building design of the heritage area which

included wide eaves, steep gable and hipped roofs, verandahs, vertical

rectangular windows and broken facades

•

To retain the historic integrity of the area in any replanting program, particularly in

respect of the windbreak/screening plantings around and within the ICI factories

It is recommended that the following policy be applied to the ICI Factory and

Company Housing Heritage Area:

•

The objectives of the policy will be taken into account in assessing any planning

permit application

•

Subdivision of land will be discouraged, except to realign the boundary between

lots.

•

The existing land use zoning will be retained to encourage the continuing mix of

low density industrial, residential, open space and community facilities

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•

For the existing residential component, preference will be given to buildings that

incorporate the following design characteristics:

•

Galvanised corrugated iron or terra cotta tile pitched roofs

•

Vertical rectangular timber-framed windows

•

Brick, concrete or horizontal timber weatherboard cladding to walls

•

Timber verandahs

•

Traditional fencing materials and construction techniques

•

In carrying out new building works or alterations in the existing residential

component. the following will apply:

•

The frontage setback should be the same as the setbacks of adjacent

buildings or if these are different the setback may be between the setbacks

of adjacent buildings

•

The width of the facade of a dwelling should not be greater than 15 metres

•

Buildings should not exceed one storey

•

The highest point of the roof of a building should not be greater than the

highest adjacent building

•

For the existing industrial component, preference will be given to buildings that

incorporate the following design characteristics:

•

Galvanised corrugated iron pitched and sawtooth roofs

•

industrial steel-framed windows

•

Brick or galvanised corrugated iron walls

•

In carrying out new building works or alterations in the industrial component, the

following will apply:

•

The scale and spacing of buildings should be within the range of that of

existing buildings

•

Buildings should not exceed two storey

•

The highest point of the roof of a building should not be greater than the

highest adjacent building

•

Trees should not be destroyed, felled, lopped, ring-barked or uprooted except

with a permit. This does not apply to trees which pose an immediate danger to

people or property

•

Further investigation of the industrial areas of the heritage area should be

undertaken in order to determine precise levels of significance and extent of

individual buildings and components and to refine the application of this policy

•

On-going minor changes/upgrades to the internal equipment and plant and minor

modification to buildings to accommodate these changes could be specified as

exempt from permits

These policy requirements may be varied to the extent that it can be verified by

photographic or other historical evidence that an equivalent structure once existed

on the site.

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This policy applies to all that land designated as the ICI 1950s Estate Heritage Area:

•

To maintain and enhance the character of the heritage area as a planned suburb

of single houses on large allotments

•

Retain the general uniformity in scale and massing of buildings

•

To encourage the use of the traditional building materials of the area, being

timber weatherboard walls, timber-framed windows, terra cotta tile roofs and brick

chimneys

•

To ensure that the frontage setback of buildings is consistent with the dominant

setback of adjoining buildings

•

To maintain traditional fencing in the area such as low timber rails or chain wire,

and to encourage the use of the traditional materials and construction techniques

•

To encourage use of the traditional building design of the heritage area which

included gable or hipped roofs, verandahs and rectangular windows

•

To retain the historic integrity of the area in any replanting program

It is recommended that the following policy be applied to the ICI 1950s Estate

Heritage Area E.

•

The objectives of the policy will be taken into account in assessing any planning

permit application

•

Subdivision of land will be discouraged

•

Preference will be given to buildings that incorporate the following design

characteristics:

•

Terra cotta tile roofs

•

Hipped or gabled roofs pitched at between 30 and 35 degrees

•

Rectangular timber-framed windows

•

Horizontal timber weatherboard cladding to walls

•

Timber verandahs

•

Fencing materials and construction techniques appropriate to the period of

the related place

•

In carrying out new building works or alterations the following will apply:

•

The frontage setback should be the same as the setbacks of adjacent

buildings or if these are different the setback may be between the setbacks

of adjacent buildings

•

The width of the facade of a dwelling should not be greater than 15 metres

•

Buildings should not exceed one storey

•

The highest point of the roof of a building should not be greater than the

highest adjacent building

These policy requirements may be varied to the extent that it can be verified by

photographic or other historical evidence that an equivalent structure once existed

on the site.

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This policy applies to all that land designated as St. Albans Village Plan Heritage

Area, and also specifically applies to the following items of particular heritage

significance to which special consideration should be given:

16 Arthur Street

St. Albans Public Hall, East Esplanade

St. Albans Uniting Church, East Esplanade

St. Albans Free Serbian Orthodox Church, Kate Street

Errington Reserve & Memorial Gates, Main Road East

St. Albans Youth Club, Main Road East.

Kieglo - Padley House 4 Winifred Street

•

To maintain and enhance the character of the heritage area as a remnant

planned nineteenth century boom period suburban subdivision

•

To retain the historic integrity of the area in any replanting program

It is recommended that the following policy be applied to the St.Albans Village Plan

Heritage Area F.

•

The objectives of the policy will be taken into account in assessing any planning

permit application

•

Subdivision of land will be discouraged

•

Closure, sale, realignment or name change of any street or road reservation will

be discouraged

It is recommended that the City of Brimbank introduce a Local Planning Policy that

will address the retention of the distinct layout and character of the historic

subdivision plan of St. Albans.

These policy requirements may be varied to the extent that it can be verified by

photographic or other historical evidence.

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This policy applies to all that land designated as the War Service Homes Heritage

Area:

•

To maintain and enhance the character of the heritage area as a planned

returned servicemen’s housing estate

•

Retain the general uniformity in scale and massing of buildings

•

To encourage the use of the traditional building materials of the area, being

timber weatherboard walls, timber-framed windows, galvanised corrugated iron

roofs and brick chimneys

•

To ensure that the frontage setback of buildings is consistent with the dominant

setback of adjoining buildings

•

To maintain traditional fencing in the area such as low plain ended pickets or

chain wire, and to encourage the use of the traditional materials and construction

techniques

•

To encourage use of the traditional building design of the heritage area which

included wide eaves, steep gable and hipped roofs, verandahs under the main

roof line and vertical rectangular windows

•

To retain the historic integrity of the area in any replanting program and maintain

and enhance the distinctive open space reserves and bluestone cobbled access

lanes

It is recommended that the following policy be applied to the War Service Homes -

Heritage Area G:

•

The objectives of the policy will be taken into account in assessing any planning

permit application

•

Subdivision of land will be discouraged

•

Preference will be given to buildings that incorporate the following design

characteristics:

•

Galvanised corrugated iron pitched roofs

•

Hipped or gabled roofs pitched at between 30 and 40 degrees

•

Vertical rectangular timber-framed windows

•

Horizontal timber weatherboard walls

•

Timber verandahs

•

Fencing materials and construction techniques appropriate to the period of

the related place

•

In carrying out new building works or alterations the following will apply:

•

The frontage setback should be the same as the setbacks of adjacent

buildings or if these are different the setback may be between the setbacks

of adjacent buildings

•

The width of the facade of a dwelling should not be greater than 12 metres

•

Buildings should not exceed one storey

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•

The highest point of the roof of a building should not be greater than the

highest adjacent building

These policy requirements may be varied to the extent that it can be verified by

photographic or other historical evidence that an equivalent structure once existed

on the site.

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This policy applies to all that land designated as Keilor Village Heritage Area and

also specifically applies to the following items of particular heritage significance to

which special consideration should be given:

Christ Church, Church & Kennedy Streets

Cenotaph, Macedon Street

Keilor Reserve, Macedon Street

Lagoon Reserve, Macedon Street

McFarlane Gates, Macedon Street

Keilor Hotel, 670 Macedon Street

Shire Hall & Court House 777 Macedon Street

Police Station 779 Macedon Street

Chisholm Shelter Site, Macedon Street

Basket Bridge, Old Calder Highway

Borrell’s Farm Ruins, Old Calder Highway

•

To maintain and enhance the character of the heritage area as a nineteenth

century rural village

•

Retain the general uniformity in scale and massing of buildings

•

To encourage the use of the traditional building materials of the area, being brick

or stone masonry, or timber weatherboard walls, timber-framed windows,

galvanised corrugated iron, slate, or terra cotta tile roofs and brick chimneys

•

To ensure that the frontage setback of buildings is consistent with the dominant

setback of adjoining buildings

•

To maintain traditional fencing in the area such as low pickets, or twisted wire and

encourage the use of the traditional materials and construction techniques

•

To encourage use of the traditional building design of the heritage area which

included wide eaves, steep gable and hipped roofs, verandahs and vertical

rectangular window

•

To maintain the natural beauty of the extensive nineteenth century street and

reserve tree plantings and to retain the historic integrity of the area in any

replanting program

•

To preserve archaeological resources within the heritage area

It is recommended that the following policy be applied to the Keilor Village Heritage

Area

•

The objectives of the policy will be taken into account in assessing any planning

permit application

•

Subdivision of land will be discouraged

•

An assessment of archaeological potential should be undertaken prior to

development of individually listed places

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•

Preference will be given to buildings that incorporate the following design

characteristics:

•

Galvanised corrugated iron, slate or terra cotta tile roofs

•

Hipped or gabled roofs pitched at between 30 and 45 degrees

•

Vertical rectangular timber-framed windows

•

Brick, bluestone or horizontal timber weatherboard and timber block

cladding to walls

•

Timber verandahs

•

Fencing materials and construction techniques appropriate to the period of

the related place

•

In carrying out new building works or alterations the following will apply:

•

The frontage setback should be the same as the setbacks of adjacent

buildings or if these are different the setback may be between the setbacks

of adjacent buildings

•

The width of the facade of a dwelling should not be greater than 12 metres

•

Buildings should not exceed two storeys

•

The highest point of the roof of a building should not be greater than the

highest adjacent building

•

Trees should not be destroyed, felled, lopped, ring-barked or uprooted except

with a permit. This does not apply to trees which pose an immediate danger to

people or property

These policy requirements may be varied to the extent that it can be verified by

photographic or other historical evidence that an equivalent structure once existed

on the site.

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This policy applies to all that land designated as Leith Avenue Heritage Area.

•

To maintain and enhance the character of the heritage area as a planned suburb

of single houses on large allotments

•

Retain the general uniformity in scale and massing of buildings

•

To maintain the concrete kerb and channel and concrete road surfaces, and the

median reserve in Leith Avenue

•

To encourage the use of the traditional building materials of the area, being

concrete walls, timber-framed windows, terra cotta or cement tile roofs and brick

chimneys

•

To ensure that the frontage setback of buildings is consistent with the dominant

setback of adjoining buildings

•

To maintain traditional fencing in the area such as brick or low plain pickets, and

encourage the use of the traditional materials and construction techniques

•

To encourage use of the traditional building design of the heritage area which

included wide eaves, broad hipped roofs, verandahs under the main roof line, and

broken facades

•

To retain the historic integrity of the area in any replanting program

It is recommended that the following policy be applied to the Leith Avenue Heritage

Area:

•

The objectives of the policy will be taken into account in assessing any planning

permit application

•

Subdivision of land will be discouraged, except to realign the boundary between

lots

•

Preference will be given to concrete kerb and channel and road surface in any

street reconstruction

•

Preference will be given to buildings that incorporate the following design

characteristics:

•

Cement or terra cotta tile roofs

•

Hipped or gabled roofs pitched at between 30 and 40 degrees

•

Vertical rectangular timber-framed windows

•

Brick or concrete walls compatible with the original style of the estate

•

Verandahs under the main roof line with brick or concrete piers

•

Fencing materials and construction techniques appropriate to the period of

the related place

•

In carrying out new building works or alterations the following will apply:

•

The frontage setback should be the same as the setbacks of adjacent

buildings or if these are different the setback may be between the setbacks

of adjacent buildings

•

The width of the facade of a dwelling should not be greater than 12 metres

•

Buildings should not exceed one storey

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•

The highest point of the roof of a building should not be greater than the

highest adjacent building

These policy requirements may be varied to the extent that it can be verified by

photographic or other historical evidence that an equivalent structure once existed

on the site.

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This policy applies to the Keilor Valley Market Gardens Heritage Area and also

specifically applies to the following items of particular heritage significance to which

special consideration should be given:

Arundel Road Bridge

Milburn’s Weir

Glen Burn - Frank Milburn’s House, off Milburn Road

Grange Farm - David Milburn’s farm, off Arundel Road

Hazelwood - John Milburn’s farm, cnr. Arundel Road & Milburn Road

•

To maintain and enhance the natural beauty of the landscape of terraced fields

and horticultural blocks showing the continuity of intensive irrigated market

gardening

•

To maintain significant views within and through the Heritage Area, such as that

to the undeveloped escarpment edge

•

To maintain rural zoning and existing market gardening and farming as the

primary land uses

•

To discourage through vehicular traffic movements, particularly heavy vehicles,

through the overlay area apart from that required by the farms and property

owners in the Heritage Area

•

To encourage the use of the traditional building materials of the area, being brick

or timber weatherboard walls, timber-framed windows, galvanised corrugated iron

roofs and brick chimneys, or, for non-residential buildings, weatherboard or

galvanised corrugated iron-clad walls and galvanised corrugated iron roofs

It is recommended that the following policy be applied to Keilor Valley Market

Gardens Heritage Area:

•

The objectives of the policy will be taken into account in assessing any planning

permit application

•

Subdivision of land will be discouraged, except to realign the boundary between

lots.

•

Soil extraction and quarrying should not be permitted within the heritage area

•

Trees should not be destroyed, felled, lopped, ring-barked or uprooted except

with a permit. This does not apply to trees which pose an immediate danger to

people or property

•

Preference will be given to buildings that incorporate the following design

characteristics:

•

Galvanised corrugated iron or terra cotta tile roofs

•

Hipped or gabled roofs pitched at between 30 and 45 degrees

•

Vertical rectangular timber-framed windows

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•

Brick walls or horizontal timber weatherboard and timber block cladding

•

Timber verandahs

•

for non-residential buildings - weatherboard or galvanised corrugated iron

walls and galvanised corrugated iron roofs

•

Fencing materials and construction techniques appropriate to the period

•

In carrying out new building works or alterations the following will apply:

•

The frontage setback should be the same as the setbacks of adjacent or

nearby buildings

•

The width of the facade of a dwelling should not be greater than 12 metres;

•

Buildings should not exceed one storey

•

The highest point of the roof of a building should not be greater than the

highest adjacent building

These policy requirements may be varied to the extent that it can be verified by

photographic or other historical evidence that an equivalent structure once existed

on the site.

It is recommended that Brimbank City Council introduce a Local Planning Policy that

will address the issue of preservation of the Keilor Market Gardens Landscape, and

include the heritage area in a Significant Landscape Overlay to the Brimbank

Planning Scheme. The individually listed places within the heritage area should be

included in the Heritage Overlay of the Brimbank Planning Scheme.

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It is recommended that the Brimbank City Council implement the following measures

for the preservation and enhancement of the heritage of the study area:-

•

Council adopt the Post-contact Cultural Heritage Strategy.

•

Distribute this Heritage Study and summary information as widely as possible

including notifying all owners of properties which are included in the schedules for

statutory protection of the cultural value and statutory obligation placed on those

properties

•

Provide the structure and resources to ensure that the Heritage Strategy can be

implemented including:

•

Ongoing support for a Heritage Advisory Committee or Working Group

•

Appointment of a Heritage Adviser

•

Review the heritage strategy at appropriate intervals

•

Undertake additional research, survey and documentation and, where

appropriate, preliminary archaeological survey, to establish whether places listed

under Other Heritage Places might also be recommended for additional statutory

protection, or be subject to any strategic measures such as special conservation

works or interpretative measures

•

Assess the potential for additional Heritage Areas and individual places in: central

Sunshine business area and the area east of Hampshire Road and the railway

line; St. Albans e.g. Percy Street and Cleveland Street; and Deer Park

•

Review any land-use strategy plans previously prepared for the Brimbank City

Council in the light of this Heritage Study

•

Undertake the following additional studies:

•

A Rural Landscape Character Study specifically of the Keilor Market

Garden Area and Maribyrnong Valley

•

A Rural Landscape Character Study specifically of the Derrimut district

focussing on Mt Derrimut homestead

•

A Keilor Village Townscape Character Study

•

A ‘McKay's Sunshine’ Townscape Character Study

•

An archaeological zoning plan which identifies areas of proven and

potential significance for historical archaeological sites and relics

•

An archaeological survey, assessment and management plan for

archaeological sites identified in this and previous Studies

•

Prepare, or encourage property owners to prepare, Conservation Management

Plans for the following places:

•

ORICA (former ICI Australia) Nobel’s Explosives, Ammunition and

Leathercloth Factories, Deer Park

•

Mt. Derrimut Homestead and gardens

•

Overnewton Homestead

•

Conservation works on Council-owned places

•

Prepare Interpretation and Educational Material for residents and Council

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•

Further Research - both through commissioning site and area-specific research

and supporting and resourcing the research of others

•

Publication and Promotion - including neighbourhood histories

The Brimbank City Council has already put in place a process for defining and

implementing a Heritage Strategy. It is recommended that the Brimbank City Council

formally adopt the Heritage Strategy as a Council policy document and provide the

structure and resources to ensure that the Heritage Strategy can be implemented.

Of the individual places, heritage areas and cultural landscapes identified in this

study, some have been identified as having significance at the local or regional

levels; others have been accorded State significance; a few are considered to be of

significance to the nation. The primary recommendation of the Study is that these

places be listed in the local planning scheme, or State or national statutory heritage

registers, commensurate with the significance of the place.

However, legislative controls have only limited effectiveness in regard to the

maintenance, interpretation, and promotion of listed places, and no effect on the

numerous other places which also contribute to the heritage of the study area.

Consequently, non-statutory measures are also a critically important part of this

Heritage Conservation Program.

For example, it might consider the investigation of financial incentives and

development concessions to private owners, a program of preservation and

enhancement works for Council-managed heritage places, and a range of special

events, promotions, awards, works, further research, and other measures which

could be undertaken in conjunction with the community and local schools, the

universities, media, and business.

It is recommended that the City of Brimbank provide ongoing support for a Heritage

Advisory Committee comprising representation from Brimbank City Council, local

Historical Societies, Heritage Victoria and appropriate National Trust branches.

This committee has the potential to instigate a wide variety of beneficial heritage

projects as well as a means for monitoring the progress of heritage conservation in

Brimbank.

Ideally the Heritage Advisory Committee should carry out the following activities

•

Consider any future nominations of places for heritage protection (i.e. places not

already assessed in this heritage study

•

Develop projects for the interpretation and public education of cultural heritage in

the community, such as commemorations, publications, special events, heritage

workshops, seminars, information sessions, etc. It is anticipated that these

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activities would be funded and run by council, possibly with funding from external

sources

•

Identify sources of funding and advise council on submission of funding

applications for community heritage projects

•

Consult broadly with individual residents and with groups who have experience

and/ or views to offer on heritage related issues

•

Advise council on the distribution of allocated Local Government funds and the

availability and local application of State and federal funding programs

•

Advise Council on the allocation of Council heritage loans

•

Support relevant Council staff with:

I. Liaison between Council and the community

II. Advice on specific programs

•

Assist and support individuals or organisations to obtain funding for heritage

projects

•

Comment and advise on development applications or major projects relating to

buildings or places of heritage significance, which are subject to protection in the

Brimbank Planning Scheme

•

Advise the Council on matters of conservation of including application to

demolish/alter historic places

•

Advise on the application of planning regulations to places of cultural significance

•

Monitor the implementation of Council's Post-contact Cultural Heritage Strategy

•

Develop public education material to promote the heritage of the area and

heritage conservation initiatives

•

Advise Council on the development and implementation of heritage-related

policies and strategies

In addition to the Heritage Advisory Committee, necessary resources could be made

available through Council to provide information, expertise and assistance to

property owners and to encourage them to carry out appropriate conservation

measures to historic places. This would include employment of a Heritage Advisor,

qualified to provide conservation, restoration, planning and building information, and

assist in formulating and obtaining funding for future heritage studies and

conservation programs. The heritage adviser could also provide assistance and

advise in the preparation and implementation of the following:

•

Specialist advice to council on individual conservation or development proposals

for places of cultural significance

•

Incentives to private conservation and restoration

•

Conservation works to Council-owned places

•

Encouraging community preservation initiatives

•

Encourage conservation works by Government agencies

•

Interpretation and educational material

•

Distributing this report widely to the community, e.g. make copies for sale, provide

multiple copies for viewing and or loan at libraries, Council offices, Historical

Society premises, etc.

•

Restoration guidelines

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•

Information on listing - statutory obligations and financial incentives

•

Municipal history and/or a series of neighbourhood histories

•

Self-guide brochures / trails

•

Community heritage promotion, e.g. Heritage Festival

The Brimbank City Council could encourage private restoration and conservation

activities in the municipality through incentives such as conservation grants, low

interest loans, rate rebate or concessions, and concession to planning and

development applications with heritage conservation components. For example,

assistance could be given to initiatives such as the restoration of Darling flour mill,

particularly in resolving potential land use and planning conflicts.

Qualification for such financial assistance or concessions should be carefully

assessed against the Heritage Strategy and any specific heritage policy objectives

and mechanisms implemented to ensure the appropriate conservation outcomes are

achieved. For example, a conservation plan may be required to be completed before

assistance can be provided, or as part of the assistance package.

A major influence on preservation of heritage places is continuation of use,

particularly in the case of industrial and rural places. Where use is dramatically

changed (for example the change from residential to industrial land use in the

Central Avenue area, or the change from low density to medium density residential

in Forrest Street and Anderson Road) then existing historic fabric fares badly as it

can rarely be sympathetically adapted for the new use.

A consideration in future land use planning and rezoning applications should be the

potential impact it may have on the historic fabric and heritage of the area. Areas

under threat include residential streets near main commercial centres, old industrial

areas such as ICI, Deer Park and rural fringe and market garden areas.

As the understanding and appreciation of cultural heritage changes in time and the

physical condition of heritage places also changes, periodic review of the heritage

strategy is necessary. This should be undertaken at no greater than five-year

intervals. An earlier review (12 to 18 months after adoption of the strategy) could

also be undertaken to assess the success and effectiveness of the strategy and the

extent to which the recommendations have been implemented. This review would

also be able to determine ways to improve the implementation of the strategy and

address any potential obstacles which may arise.

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Further research aimed at enhancing our understanding of the cultural heritage of

the City of Brimbank may also be carried out, both through commissioning site and

area-specific research and supporting and resourcing the research of others,

especially Historical Societies and non professional researchers.

One significant step would be to commission a municipal history - a major research

undertaking considering that neither Keilor nor Sunshine has previously had a

comprehensive history produced, notwithstanding the existing publications and the

work of the various historical societies.

A number of other places were identified as part of either the Stage 1 preliminary

survey and historical research or the Stage 2 study. These were either not found,

generally because they were demolished, were below the threshold for inclusion as

individual places, were contributory places outside of Heritage Areas, or where

insufficient time and resources meant that they could not be adequately researched

and investigated to determine their cultural significance. These sites are

recommended for further investigation.

These places contribute to the heritage of the study area, but either do not merit

statutory protection because of their low level of individual significance or because

they fall outside of a Heritage Area, or could not be sufficiently assessed within the

resources of this study.

It is appropriate, considering the on-going nature of conservation activities and the

potential for further information to be found about places of cultural significance, that

further research be undertaken as required. This may take the form of more detailed

survey and documentation of individual sites and precincts, and where appropriate,

preliminary archaeological survey,. This would establish whether places listed as in

the inventory of sites should be further examined and recommended for additional

statutory protection, or be subject to any strategic measures such as special

conservation works or interpretative measures.

A number of potential heritage areas were identified in the first stage of this study.

These were based on results of research for the Environmental History. However,

limited time and resources precluded detailed investigation of these areas. Further

research is recommended for these places.

•

Sunshine Central, shopping centre on Hampshire and Devonshire Roads

•

1920s housing in Dickson and Monash Streets and the area east of Hampshire

Road and the railway line

•

Railway houses in Sunshine

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•

‘Half houses’ in St.Albans and surviving early homes and subdivisions, e.g. Percy

Street and Cleveland Street;

•

Glengala subdivision (crescent pattern of streets) and large 1960s brick veneers

in Killara Street

•

1960s-70s curvilinear subdivisions

•

Deer Park

Some assessment of the more visually prominent and historically significant trees

and landscapes was made during this study. However, there is considerable scope

for further research and survey in this area, particularly in reference to the survival of

landscape elements and individual trees which demonstrate the Garden City

movement as promoted by H.V. McKay at Sunshine. It is recommended that further

specialist research be carried out in this area with the objective of identifying and

determining conservation and protection outcomes.

Derelict and disused places which do not merit statutory protection but nevertheless

convey much information about the cultural heritage of the study area, and the

changes which have occurred in it. These may be subject to the provisions of the

relating to archaeological sites, and are therefore recommended

for further heritage assessment by the Brimbank City Council in the form of a

historical archaeological survey. Such a study would identify locations of confirmed

and potential historical archaeological sites, assess the possible extent and

significance of archaeological remains and determine appropriate measures for their

conservation and management including but not limited to detailed recording,

archaeological excavation, collection of artefacts, conservation and interpretation.

Some sites which would be appropriate for archaeological investigations include:

•

Dodds’ Homestead, Brimbank Park

•

Anderson’s Glengala Homestead, Sunshine.

•

Milburn’s Grange Farm, Keilor

•

The Braybrook Shire Hall, Deer Park

•

Mt. Derrimut, Deer Park

•

Robertson’s Homestead, Keilor

•

The corrugated iron portable building, Keilor

Also, many sites have been identified from documentary resources and maps.

These include sites of shepherds’ huts along the Maribyrnong River, hotel sites

along the major overland routes, and the homesteads and outstations of the original

squatting runs. Archaeological survey may determine the extent of preservation of

these sites.

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The major recommendation in terms of publication and promotion, is that Brimbank

Council instigate the publication of a municipal history which integrates existing

histories and would have the additional benefit of helping to develop a community

sense of place based around the new municipality.

It is also recommended that this strategy is published in an appropriate form, either

in full, or in an abridged version which provides the environmental history and data

on heritage places in a readily accessible form.

Specific neighbourhood histories, particularly of the Keilor, Ardeer, Deer Park and

St. Albans areas should be commissioned and published along with a popular

publication such as a brief outline history of the municipality (possibly in the form of

a booklet distributed to ratepayers), the history of the Sunshine Harvester Works

and its influence on the district and the story of Sunshine in the post World War Two

period.

It is recommended that Brimbank City Council prepare interpretation and

educational material such as:

Restoration guidelines - including guidelines for extensions, alterations and

restorations, and sources for restoration materials and trades.

Information on listing - including an explanation of statutory obligations and

procedures for obtaining permits, undertaking alterations and obtaining

financial incentives and other assistance.

Self-guide brochures / trails - heritage walking trails could be developed which

focus on particular areas or themes. Some that may be considered are the

Keilor village walk, McKay’s Sunshine, Kororoit Creek, public and company

housing styles (this may need to be a self-drive trail), and early industries.

Community Promotion - activities and programs which highlight the value of

Brimbank’s heritage could include displays and exhibitions at council offices

and libraries, school holiday activities with a heritage focus, for example

school classes from the nineteenth century, a Heritage Festival, or

incorporating heritage-themed activities in the Brimbank Community Festival.

School project material - this could be integrated into the school curricula, in

particular Studies of Society and Environment, with material designed to

highlight Brimbank’s past by focussing on surviving historic places. Material

from the Heritage Strategy, such as the list of places, and environmental

history, could be adapted for this purpose.

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Access to the post-contact cultural heritage strategy can be facilitated through

publication of the strategy documents themselves both as printed versions and

through the internet. The Environmental History (volume 1 of the strategy) has been

published on the City of Brimbank Web Site. It is recommended that a more easily

accessible form of the strategy be published on the internet incorporating an

abridged version of the environmental history and a summary of the Strategy

findings. The web site could also include illustrations of a range of heritage places in

the City of Brimbank which show the style of historic buildings, the different types of

places, and places representing the different localities and levels of significance.

Ideally the information provided in the Strategy on individual properties and heritage

areas should also be made accessible on the internet.

One option would be to tie in the place reports with the Council’s GIS system so that

residents can access data on an individual property by making a search on the

particular address. This would then give access to the place report, conservation

policy for a heritage area, the actual heritage overlay and permit controls, etc. The

system could also be expanded to provide other council services and information

which is geographically-based.

In the course of the study it became very clear that there is a strong community

interest and support for heritage in the Brimbank municipality. Several major

heritage initiatives have been driven by local community action such as the Hunt

Club restoration, and the interest in preserving the H.V. McKay bulk store. Another

example is the Maltese community restoring the former Albion electricity substation.

Such efforts should be encouraged through organisational assistance and planning

advise on heritage conservation issues.

There are several heritage places owned either by the Council, or State and Federal

government agencies. It is recommended that the Brimbank City Council develop

policies and strategies for the maintenance and conservation of Council-owned

properties, and encourage other government agencies to develop plans for

conservation of heritage properties they own or manage in the City of Brimbank.

Examples include the restoration of the H.V. McKay Memorial Gardens by the

Council or the management of Public Transport Corporation-owned property such as

the Sunshine signal box, etc.

It is also desirable that heritage guidelines be produced for Council and Council staff

in relation to conservation of Council-owned properties. Such guidelines should

outline the mechanisms necessary to properly manage council owned properties.

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Objective

Action/Strategy required

to achieve objective

responsibilities Performance

indicators

Resources Time Line

Estimated

Cost

1.1 Present to Council Councillors and

planning staff

Strategy adopted

Copies

available and

staff and

consultants to

explain

June 2000

2.1 Planning Scheme

Amendments

Councillors and

staff

Proportion of places

and areas included in

heritage and other

overlays

Planning staff late 2000

(staged

implementation

)

2.2 Nominations to

State/ Federal Statutory

Registers

Planning staff

“

Planning staff

“

2.3 Land Use Review

“

Review completed Planning staff ditto

3.1 Heritage Advisory

Committee or Working

Group

Planning staff

and committee

chair

Meetings held and

minuted -

recommendations to

council

Committee

support

current

$5,000

3.2 Heritage Adviser Consultant and

planning staff

Issues negotiated,

higher standard of

heritage decision

making

Consultant

planning

support

late 2000

$3,000

p.a.

4.1 Financial incentives,

rate relief, information

on conservation

funding

“

Properties conserved Support and

publication of

information

on going start

2001

$5,000 to

$200,000

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Objective

Action/Strategy required

to achieve objective

responsibilities Performance

indicators

Resources Time Line

Estimated

Cost

5.1 Further research Heritage

consultant,

planning staff

Research undertaken Co-ordinate

consultant

reports

2001

$5,000 -

$20,000

5.2 Assess other

heritage places

“

Research undertaken

- sites identified

“

“

part of

above

5.2 Assess potential

further Heritage Areas

“

Research undertaken

- places determined

“

“

“

5.3 Investigate Ruins

and Archaeological

Sites

“

Research undertaken

- sites identified

“

“

“

6.1 Publish this strategy Planning staff Publication prepared In-house

publication,

support HAC

late 2000

$5,000

6.2 Municipal history Commission

“

Research

support

2003

$30,000

6.3 Neighbourhood and

thematic histories

Heritage

Advisory

Committee,

cultural staff

and

commissioned

work

“

“

“

$5,000

each

6.4 Internet publication -

Web site

consultant - web

designer, IT

staff

Heritage strategy data

available and

searchable on web

site - responses from

users

IT support,

Access to data

2001

$10,000

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Objective

Action/Strategy required

to achieve objective

responsibilities Performance

indicators

Resources Time Line

Estimated

Cost

6.5 Interpretation and

educational material

Heritage

Advisory

Committee or

Working Group,

cultural staff,

and

commissioned

work

Publication prepared

and distributed

Research

support

2003

$5,000 -

$30,000

6.6 Restoration

guidelines

“

“

“

2003

$3,000

6.7 Heritage guidelines

for Council-owned

properties

“

“

“

2000

$2,000

6.8 Information on

listing

“

“

“

2000

$2,000

6.9 Heritage walking

trails

“

“

“

2004

$5,000 -

$50,000

6.10 Community

promotion

“

“

“

2004

$1,000 -

$5,000

6.11 School project

material

“

“

“

2005

$2,000 -

$10,000

7.1 Encourage

community preservation

initiatives

Historical

societies and

community

groups

Standard of

conservation and

maintenance

Referral to

expert advice

and assistance

with funding

2002 and on

going

$5,000

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Objective

Action/Strategy required

to achieve objective

responsibilities Performance

indicators

Resources Time Line

Estimated

Cost

7.2 Encourage

conservation works to

Council-owned places

e.g. H.V. McKay

Memorial Gardens

Council assets

and properties

“

“

$10,000-

$100,000

7.3 Encourage

conservation works to

Government-managed

places eg. Sunshine

signal box

“

“

“

$2,000 +

Shown on the planning scheme map as HO with a number (if shown).

To implement the State Planning Policy Framework and the Local Planning

Policy Framework, including the Municipal Strategic Statement and local

planning policies.

To conserve and enhance heritage places of natural or cultural

significance.

To conserve and enhance those elements which contribute to the

significance of heritage places.

To ensure that development dues not adversely affect the significance of

heritage places.

To conserve specifically identified heritage places by allowing a use that

would otherwise be prohibited if this will demonstrably assist with the

conservation of the significance of the heritage place.

The requirements of this overlay apply to heritage places specified in the

schedule to this overlay. A heritage place includes both the listed heritage

item and its associated land. Heritage places may also be shown on the

planning scheme map.

A permit is required to:

•

Subdivide or consolidate land.

•

Demolish or remove a building.

•

Construct a building.

•

Externally alter a building by structural work, rendering, sandblasting or

in any other way.

•

Construct or carry out works. Construct or display a sign.

•

Externally paint a building if the schedule to this overlay identifies the

heritage place as one where external paint controls apply.

•

Externally paint an unpainted surface.

•

Externally paint a building if the painting constitutes an advertisement.

•

Internally alter a building if the schedule to this overlay identifies the

heritage place as one where internal alteration controls apply.

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•

Remove, destroy, prune or lop a tree if the schedule to this overlay

identifies the heritage place as one where tree controls apply. This does

not apply to any action which is necessary to keep the whole or any part

of a tree clear of an electric line provided the action is carried out in

accordance with a code of practice prepared under Section 65 of the

State Electricity Commission Act 1958.

The construction of a building or the construction or carrying out of works

includes a fence, roadworks and street furniture other than traffic signals,

traffic signs, fire hydrants, parking meters or post boxes

No permit is required for:

•

Repairs or routine maintenance which do not change the appearance of

a heritage place. The repairs must be undertaken to the same details,

specifications and materials.

•

Anything done in accordance with an incorporated plan specified in a

schedule to this overlay.

No permit is required under this overlay to develop a heritage place

identified in the schedule to this overlay as a place which is included on the

Victorian Heritage Register if either:

•

A permit for the development has been granted under the Heritage Act

1995.

•

The development is exempt under Section 66 of the Heritage Act 1995.

An application under this overlay for any of the following classes of

development is exempt from the notice requirements of Section 52(1) (a),

(b) and (d), the decision requirements of Section 64(1), (2) and (3) and the

review rights of Section 82(l) of the Act:

•

Demolition or removal of an outbuilding (including a carport, garage,

pergola, shed or similar structure) unless the outbuilding is identified in

the schedule to this overlay.

•

Demolition or removal of a fence unless the fence is identified in the

schedule to this overlay.

•

External alteration of a building if the alteration docs not adversely affect

the natural or cultural significance of the heritage place.

•

External painting of a building. Construction of a fence.

•

Construction of a carport, garage, pergola, shed or similar structure.

Construction of a vehicle cross-over.

•

Construction of a swimming pool. Construction of a tennis court.

•

Construction or display of a sign. Pruning of a tree.

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•

Construction of seating, picnic tables, drinking taps, barbeques, rubbish

bins, security lighting, irrigation, drainage or underground infrastructure,

bollards, telephone boxes.

Before deciding on an application, in addition to the decision guidelines in

Clause 65, the responsible authority must consider, as appropriate:

•

The State Planning Policy Framework and the Local Planning Policy

Framework, including the Municipal Strategic Statement and local

planning policies.

•

The significance of the heritage place and whether the proposal will

adversely affect the natural or cultural significance of the place.

•

Any applicable heritage study and any applicable conservation policy.

•

Whether the location, bulk, form or appearance of the proposed building

will adversely affect the significance of the heritage place.

•

Whether the location, bulk, form and appearance of the proposed

building is in keeping with the character and appearance of adjacent

buildings and the heritage place.

•

Whether the demolition, removal or external alteration will adversely

affect the significance of the heritage place.

•

Whether the proposed works will adversely affect the significance,

character or appearance of the heritage place.

•

Whether the proposed subdivision or consolidation will adversely affect

the significance of the heritage place.

•

Whether the proposed subdivision or consolidation may result in

development which will adversely affect the significance, character or

appearance of the heritage place. Whether the proposed sign will

adversely affect the significance, character or appearance of the

heritage place.

•

Whether the pruning, lopping or development will adversely affect the

health,

appearance or significance of the tree.

A permit may be granted to use a heritage place for a use which would

otherwise be prohibited if all of the following apply:

•

The schedule to this overlay identifies the heritage place as one where

prohibited uses may be permitted.

•

The use will not adversely affect the significance of the heritage place.

•

The benefits obtained from the use can be demonstrably applied

towards the conservation of the heritage place.

A heritage place identified in the schedule to this overlay as an Aboriginal

heritage place is also subject to the requirements of the Archaeological and

Aboriginal Relics Preservation Act 1972 and the Commonwealth Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Actl984.

State Planning Policy Framework

Local Planning

Policy Framework,

Municipal Strategic Statement,

Particular

Provisions.

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Name

Text

Indexed

Street

Text

Repeating field with 2 repetitions

Date

Text

Indexed

Owner

Text

Text

Indexed

Architect

Text

Builder

Text

History

Text

Indexed

Description

Text

Indexed

Context/comparative analysis

Text

Indexed

Condition/integrity

Text

Indexed

Text

Indexed

Text

Indexed

Text

Indexed

Date Assessed

Date

Indexed

Reg. Number

Number

Repeating field with 5 repetitions

Primary Classification

Text

Secondary Classification

Text

Tertiary Classification

Text

Indexed

Map Number

Text

Map Scale

Text

easting

Text

Melways Reference

Text

Text

Indexed

Register Listings

Text

Repeating field with 5 repetitions

Indexed

Municipality Old

Text

Indexed

Associated People

Text

Street No.

Number

Indexed

Town/suburb

Text

Indexed

Municipality New

Text

Indexed

northing

Text

Grid Reference

Text

Type

Text

Indexed

Report status

Text

Indexed

Site Number

Text

Serial number with current value “332” increment “1”

Indexed

pic

Text

Indexed

Priority

Text

Indexed

consultant

Text

Indexed

Photo No.

Text

PAHT

Text

Indexed

subtheme

Text

Indexed

UCA

Text

Text

second picture

The accompanying summary of sites provides a brief listing of all places which have

been identified in the site survey. It includes places identified in the initial site

identification stage through historical research, field works and community input.

Therefore, there are some places which were not found, or had been demolished or

failed to reach the threshold for detailed investigation in the later stages of the project.

The list includes columns for place number, name, address, date, the level of cultural

significance and the status of the site. These are further explained as follows:

is a sequential number used during the study to identify places which

have been assessed as warranting detailed investigation and assessment and

nomination for planning or other heritage protection. Individual places are identified by

a number value, Heritage Areas are identified by an alphanumeric Value.

identifies sites according to their common name or most prominent

name. Where no particular name was identified a generic term such as “house” has

been used.

is self-evident with places ordered according to street name and number

regardless of location. A locality index is provided in the site reports, Volume 3.

refers to the date of construction, estimated date range of construction, and

where several periods of construction or alteration are evident, each relevant date is

shown.

is the Conservation Level or level of significance based on the following

table:

SIGNIFICANCE KEY

National

Significant at the National level either because of its role in the development

of an aspect of Australia’s History, or its unique values as a major example

of its building type or function.

State

Significant to the State of Victoria either because of its role in the

development of an aspect of Victoria’s History, or its unique values as a

major example of its building type or function.

Metropolitan Significant in the context of the Melbourne Metropolitan area.

Regional

Of significance to a defined area such as the Western Suburbs,

Melbourne’s Western Region, Maribyrnong Valley, etc.

City

Of significance to the City of Brimbank

Local

Of significance to the local area or specific locality such as Keilor village,

Ardeer, Deer Park etc.)

Typical

Typical of site type and demonstrates the character of the site type in the

local area, but otherwise not distinguished from other places of the type.

Heritage Area A place included in one of the heritage areas but not separately assessed

as an individual place.

Archaeological Of demonstrated or potential archaeological value - may have buried

historical artefacts or structural remains.

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68

69

70

71

72

73

74

75

76

77

78

79

80

81

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In the initial investigation for the Stage 1 investigation, the study team identified a

number of places from historical sources, or other documentation which subsequently

were found to be outside of the City of Brimbank boundaries. Sites formerly in the

cities of Sunshine and Keilor, but not included in the Brimbank City Council

boundaries, have been listed separately because these are of relevance to the

thematic history, and for comparative analysis with Brimbank sites. For example, the

nineteenth century bluestone Braybrook Hotel, once the centre of the former Shire of

Braybrook which became the City of Sunshine, is on the City of Maribyrnong side of

Duke Street and therefore could not be included in the study.

Borthwicks Meatworks

Francis Street Brooklyn

Thomas Borthwick & Co.

Smorgons’ Meatworks

Somerville

Road

Brooklyn

Newham & Chandler

Braybrook

Kreglinger works

56 Cranwell

Street

Braybrook

Kreglinger Aust. Pty Ltd

Klipspringer

37 Cranwell

Street

Braybrook

Ficken Halliday & McLelland Pty Ltd,

Klipspringer.

Mullengers

Cranwell

Street

Braybrook

Pennells

Cranwell

Street

Braybrook

G. W. Pennell

Pridhams

21 Evans Street Braybrook

W. Pridham Pty Ltd. Peerless

Holdings P.L.

Wilcox and Mofflin

Cranwell

Street

Braybrook

Quarry

Geelong &

Sunshine

Roads.

Footscray

West

Kynoch Explosives

Sunshine

Road

Footscray

West

Guncotton Factory

Cranwell Park Braybrook

Tottenham RAAF

Stores

Ashley Street Braybrook

Tottenham Railyards

Sunshine

Road

Tottenham

ETA Factory

254 Ballarat Road Braybrook

James Hardie

Hardie Road Brooklyn

James Hardie & Company Pty. Ltd.

D. Richardson & Sons 330 Ballarat Road Braybrook

Factory

Bourke Street Braybrook

Sawmill

618 Fullarton Road Keilor

Fry, W. Carpet works

Tottenham

Pacific Carpets - BACM

Paramount

Road

Tottenham BACM, Pacific Carpets, Felt &

Textiles

Pelaco

32 Duke Street Braybrook

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Dyecraft

Ballarat Road Braybrook

Market Garden

Canning

Street

Avondale

Heights

Braybrook Hotel

Ballarat Road Braybrook

Derham, Thomas Burge 1867-1906;

Gunn c. 1927;

Victorian Iron Rolling

Co.

Francis Street Brooklyn

3LO radio transmitter

station

Ashley Street Braybrook

Creamota

Sunshine

Road

Footscray

West

Meadow Lea

Sunshine

Road

Footscray

West

Pilkington ACI

234 Ballarat Road Braybrook

Pilkington ACI Ltd.

F.T. Wimble & Co

Cranwell

Street

Braybrook

F. T. Wimble & Co. Ltd.

Barbiston Farm

Barbiston

Road

Keilor

Bluestone Bridge

off

Princess

Highway

Altona North

Brooklyn

Arundel Farm

Arundel Road Keilor

Robert McDougall

Housing Commission

Estate

Churchill

Avenue and

adjoining

streets

Braybrook

Housing Commission

Elders Woolstores

Somerville

Road

Brooklyn

Caroline Chiusholm

College - St. Johns

Campus

Churchill

Avenue

Sunshine

Tottenham Technical

School

South Road Braybrook

Olex Cables

Sunshine

Road

Tottenham

Annandale Road Bridge

Annandale

Road

Keilor

White City coursing

track

Sunshine

Road

Tottenham

Chamois Ponds

Kororoit Creek Rockbank

James Pinkerton

Solomon's Homestead off Ashley Street Braybrook

Joseph Solomon

Maribyrnong Park

off Raleigh Road Maribyrnong Joseph Raleigh

Skeleton Waterholes

Truganina

John Aitken

Stoney Park

off Ballarat Road Deer Park

James Christie

McIntyre's

Braybrook

James McIntyre

Cropley's/Stoneleigh

Middle and

Sinclairs Road

Truganina,

Rockbank

Cropley brothers

Truganina Estate

Boundary

Road

Truganina

R. Hepburn

May Farm

Boundary Truganina

Cropley, James Robinson,?- Evans

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Road

Doherty's

Doherty's

Road

Truganina

John Doherty

Moonee Ponds Ck.

Trestle Bridge

off Roberts Road Airport West

Oakbank

off

McNabs and

Grants Road

Keilor

John & Duncan McNab

Victoria Bank

Mansfield

Road

Keilor

John & Duncan McNab

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A number of places which were investigated during the study, were demolished before

its completion. The first list identifies places which had been demolished prior to

commencement of the study, but were initially included on the list on the basis of

information from other sources, such as the National Trust files, or historical

references. The second list includes places that were demolished during the course of

the study.

Sunshine Tennis Club

Anderson Road

Sunshine

Rose system concrete house ARC estate

Ballarat Road

Albion

Alfred Newman’s house & forge

Ballarat Road

Albion

Albion Quarry

Ballarat Road

Albion

I.C.I. Ammonia Plant

off Ballarat Road

Deer Park

ICI - former Federal Fertilizers

off Ballarat Road

Deer Park

Spauldings

Ballarat Road

Albion

Sunshine Fire brickworks

Ballarat Road cnr Cornwall Road Sunshine

“Gladina” Theatrette

Clarke Street

Sunshine

Albion Methodist Church and Hall

Derrimut Street

Albion

Post Office

cnr Dickson Street and Hampshire

Roads

Sunshine

St.Albans State School No 2969

East Esplanade

St.Albans

Hyett house

First Avenue

Sunshine

Old Town Hall

Hampshire Road

Sunshine

Presbyterian church

Keilor Melton Road

Sydenham

Sydenham Chaff Mill

Keilor Melton Road & Victoria

Road

Sydenham

St. Andrews / Sunshine Community

Hospital

King Edward Avenue

Sunshine

Pentecostal Church Hall

Martin Street

Sunshine

Phoenix Fire-works

Phoenix Street & McIntyre Road Sunshine

Wright and Edwards factory

Wright Street

Sunshine

Shop - Buddhist Centre

67 Adelaide Street

Albion

McKay Estate house (Area B2)

10 1 Anderson Road

Sunshine

McKay Estate house (Area B2)

10 3 Anderson Road

Sunshine

Deer Park recreation Club (part)

Ballarat Road

Deer Park

Ajax Nettlefolds - remains of garden

Ballarat Road

Albion

Homestead

cnr Barrie Road and Sharps Road Tullamarine

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House

Biggs Street

St.Albans

Sunshine Porcelain Pottery

cnr Derby Road & Thorp Street

Sunshine

historic trees (sugar gums)

Gum Road

St.Albans

McKay Estate house (Area B1)

3 Ridley Street

Sunshine

McKay Estate house (Area B1)

10 Ridley Street

Sunshine

Carinya Park

75 Sharps Road

Tullamarine

McKay Estate house (Area B1)

20 Sydney Street

Sunshine

McKay Estate house (Area B2)

45 Sun Crescent

Sunshine

War Service Homes (Area G)

45 Sydney Street

Sunshine

D.B. Ferguson house, - Sunshine City

Club

24 Talmage Street

Albion

historic trees

22 Talmage Street

Sunshine

historic trees (cypress)

Taylors Road

St.Albans

historic trees (cypress)

Theodore Street

St.Albans

McKay Estate house (Area B2)

5 Watt Street

Sunshine

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This flyer was distributed as part of the initial community consultation in order to

inform residents that the heritage strategy was being undertaken, and to elicit

information on potential heritage places.

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