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Lilydale - Healesville Railway Line- Healesville Station (grounds, building & structures)

Other Name Healesville Railway Precinct Location 10 Healesville-Kinglake Road Healesville, YARRA RANGES SHIRE File Number 387 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

Healesville Railway Station Complex is historically significant as an important and intact example of a railway station designed to cater specifically for peak holiday traffic. The station site generally reflects the development of the Healesville township as a tourist destination in the first half of the twentieth century. It also has historical associations with the timber industry, the construction of Maroondah dam and the steam railway era. (Coleman, 1997) (VHR, 1567)

Healesville Railway Station is architecturally significant as an early and unique example of Edwardian timber station design. It was among the first stations to have cantilevered verandahs and possibly the earliest surviving timber example. (VHR, 1567)

The water tower, turntable, goods shed and the sub-structure of the engine shed contribute substantially to the architectural significance of the site, as a representative example of a steam locomotive sub-depot. (Coleman, 1997) (VHR, 1567)