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"Kalimnar" Residence

Location

61- 65 Kensington Road, LEOPOLD VIC 3224 - Property No 270945

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

C Listed - Local Significance

Corrections to the history of this place are informally provided in the history to this citation.

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Kalimnar is believed to incorporate the original four-room home of the McWilliams family who were one of early district pioneering families. It was built c1880. Kalimnar has historic and social value to the Leopold district and Bellarine peninsula communities because it is one of few remaining early pioneering homes. It is of LOCAL cultural significance.

References

1. Mrs. M. Filbay, pers. comm. 2. Sands and Mc. Dougall directory 1912 .

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House