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"Rosnashane", Reception Centre

Location

11 Aberdeen Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 200009

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

B Listed - Regional Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Rosnashane is regionally architecturally significant as one of a number of large brick Edwardian residences designed for prominent Geelong industrialists by the local architectural firm, Laird and Barlow later Laird and Buchan. It has local historical significance for its associations with Captain George Moore Strong, a wellknown local auctioneer and military man.

REFERENCES:

2. Aitken, R., "Edwardian Geelong An Architectural Introduction - Unpublished Thesis, 1979

Davis, Stephen - Federation Houses, Geelong - Research Paper, 1981.

3. Davis, p.41.

4. The Cyclopedia of Victoria, 1903, vol. II, p.117.

5. Davis, p.28.

6. Ibid pp. 42-43.

7. Willingham, Allan - Geelong Regional Committee Study, Sheets 331, 338.

Group

Recreation and Entertainment

Category

Entertainment Centre