"AMF Officers" Shed

The former Military Hut at 89 Lerderderg Street, Bacchus Marsh.

How is it significant?

The former Military Hut at 89 Lerderderg Street, Bacchus Marsh is of local historical and aesthetic significance to the Shire of Moorabool.

Why is it significant?

The former Military Hut at 89 Lerderderg Street, Bacchus Marsh is of historical significance for its associations with, and as a remnant building from, the former Military Camp at Darley. This building has local significance in demonstrating the effect of government action and international engagement in the Second World War.

The former Military Hut at 89 Lerderderg Street, Bacchus Marsh is of aesthetic significance as a particularly intact World War Two iron clad military hut, possibly an officers' mess from the Darley Military Camp, erected in 1940 and relocated in 1945. Key original features of the building include the overall form and scale, corrugated metal sheet cladding, front double timber doors, and evenly spaced timber framed awning windows to the side elevations.

Group

Military

Category

Ordnance Store