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Cottage- Pallotti College

Other Name

Lays Cottage, Camaldoli, House

Location

85 McNamaras Road, Millgrove VIC 3799 - Property No 47530

File Number

612

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The pioneer cottage at Pallotti College has high local significance for its associations with the district sawmilling industry and as one of the oldest houses in the Millgrove area. Built in about 1908 by Platt Bros. Sawmill, it became the first home in 1910 of Alf Lay, sawmiller, and his wife. The Lays' daughter, Ina (now Mrs Saville), became one of the first women to manage a sawmill in Victoria. The Lays were among the district families commemorated in Millgrove's WW1 Avenue of Honour and the Yarra Junction Cenotaph, both of which honor local men who served in the 1914-18 War.

Group

Residential buildings (private)