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HOBSON'S (SOLDIER SETTLER) HOUSE

Other Name 194 Soldiers Road, Rythdale Location 194 Soldiers Road RYTHDALE, Cardinia Shire Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] Hobsons Soldier Settler

Statement of Significance

Built in the 1920s, Hobson's farm house is significant to the Cardinia Shire as a well-preserved example of a substantial soldier settler house. It provides good evidence of the closer or soldier settlement in the district and the draining of swamp lands for farming as well as some of the building techniques aimed at producing cheaper housing (concrete blocks).

Hobson's house is closely linked with a well-known family in the area (Hobson) and is rare in the Shire as a concrete block soldier settler house.

Regional Significance (house, farm),
Typical Significance (trees)