636 FULLERTON ROAD KEILOR - PROPERTY NUMBER 36 AND 100 HARRICK ROAD KEILOR PARK, BRIMBANK CITY
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1756
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1756 - Brimbank City Council
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Site 036 - St Augustine's
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Site 036 - St Augustine's
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
St. Augustine's Keilor at 100 Harrick Road, Keilor Park, is significant.
How is it significant?
St. Augustine's Keilor is of regional architectural and historical significance.
Why is it significant?
St. Augustine's Keilor is of regional architectural and historical significance as an unusual and early example of an English Gothic church, executed in local materials and occupying the high point of the locality. It is expressive of the growth occurring in the colony at the time of the gold rushes, and the development of the early rural farming community with strong Irish Catholic links in Keilor. The building is, according to the Australian Heritage Commission, 'a handsome bluestone church of c.1858 with an octagonal bell-tower in the manner of the English architect Charles Hansom and probably built to his design under the supervision of the local architect J.M. Barry. A blind cement panel in the chancel arch results from the removal of an earlier timber chancel .'