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Borrell's Farm ruins and site of market garden

Location

Old Calder Highway, KEILOR VIC 3036 - Property No 92

File Number

1934

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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1934 - Brimbank City Council
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Site 092 - Borrell's farm

Statement of Significance

Borrells farm is of local social and historical significance as a remnant of the once prolific orcharding industry in Keilor, and for its associations with pioneering farmers, not the least being Jose Borrell and his family, an important local family who arrived as immigrants and introduced innovative horticultural practices, adapted from their Spanish homeland. The remaining structure is only a fragment of the former farm, but it acts as a physical symbol for the social and historical events that occurred there.

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