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New Gippsland Seeds and Bulbs

Location 181 Queens Road, Silvan VIC 3795 - Property No 68834 File Number 561 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

This property has high local significance for its associations with the early selection era; with the establishment of the Silvan orcharding industry in the 1870s; and with the emergence of a flower growing industry in the 1940s and 1950s. The property has historical significance as the home of the Lewis family, district pioneers and fruit growers, from the 1870s until the 1930s or later. The old house, thought to date from the 1870s, has significance for its early date of construction and as a rare and intact example of the modest weatherboard cottage built by early district settlers.