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Brook Hill

Other Name Olinda Yarra, House, Silo, Dairy, Stables Location 17-19 MacIntyre Lane, COLDSTREAM VIC 3770 - Property No 4925 File Number 92 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
Brook Hill dairy farm (formerly Olinda Yarra) including the buildings and site, at 25 MacIntyre Lane, Coldstream.

How is it significant?
Brook Hill dairy farm, at 25 MacIntyre Lane, Coldstream, is of local historic, scientific and aesthetic significance.

Why is it significant?
Of historical significance as one of the sole remaining physical examples of a dairy farm complex from the period of the region's history when the Lilydale-Yarra Glen area was one of the largest milk-producing areas in Victoria. RNE criterion B.2

Of scientific significance because 'Olinda Yarra' was the largest and most advanced dairy farm in the region, and substantial elements of its original plantings remain intact. RNE criterion D.2

Of aesthetic significance as a representative example of a large, substantially intact Edwardian/Queen Anne villa in a rural setting with mature trees. RNE criterion E.1