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MOONEE PONDS RAILWAY STATION

Other Name

MPAC heritage study

Location

25 MARGARET STREET,, MOONEE PONDS VIC 3039 - Property No 190176

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Moonee Ponds Railway
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Moonee Valley Heritage Review
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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Moonee Ponds Railway Station, built in 1888 to the design of the Victorian Railways chief draughtsman and architect, George W. Sims, at 25 Margaret Street, Moonee Ponds is significant. The platforms and subway to the extent of the nineteenth century fabric, the mature trees (Pepper trees, Schinus molle, and Canary Island Palms, Phoenix canariensis), and remnants of early railway infrastructure including the base of the water tank also contribute to the significance of the place.

Non-original alterations and additions to the Up-side station and the down-side station building are not significant.

How is it significant?
The Moonee Ponds Railway Station is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Moonee Valley.

Why is it significant?
It is historically significant (Criterion A) as a gateway to the Moonee Ponds centre and locale since 1888, acting as an important impetus to commercial development in Puckle Street since that time.

It is aesthetically important (Criterion E) as a substantially intact example of one of the Victorian Railway's standard conservative Gothic Revival station buildings used mostly in the metropolitan area and also comparing with a second Gothic Revival design used only in country areas and seen today at Casterton and elsewhere. The importance of Moonee Ponds is enhanced by the intact state of the surviving brick building, the associated platforms and subway and by the appropriate setting provided by mature trees.

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