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Ruinous Cottage

Location

291 Breamlea Road, CONNEWARRE VIC 3227 - Property No 222105

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

C Listed - Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The site and ruinous cottage at 291-295 Breamlea Road are historically significant at a LOCAL level. They are associated with and contribute to an understanding of the establishment of a farm from the mid 1850s, and particularly with Elias Harding, orginal purchaser of a vast amount of land in the Connewarre area.

Overall, the site and ruinous cottage at 291-295 Breamlea Road are of LOCAL significance.

References

Parish of Connewarre Maps, 5 Octrober 1878, 7 December 1903 & undated, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1883-1884, 1885-86, 1888-89, 1893-94, 1899-1900, 1908-09, 1923-24, 1936-37.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Cottage