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VICTORIAN ORCHARDISTS COOLSTORE & FRUIT

Other Names Beaconsfield Emerald Road, Upper Beaconsfield ,  Victorian Orchardists Cool Store & Fruit Packaging Company Location 24-25 Beaconsfield Emerald Road BEACONSFIELD UPPER, CARDINIA SHIRE Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

Victorian Orchardists Cool Store & Fruit Packaging Company packing shed, which dates from the 1920s, is of significance to the Cardinia Shire as symbolic of the development of orcharding in the district and, after the packing shed's conversion to a motor garage in the 1940s, of the growing importance of motor transport in the shire during the previous decade.

Victorian Orchardists Cool Store & Fruit Co-operative packing shed is of significance as an important component in the Charing Cross Civic and Commercial precinct. It is a reminder of the time when Upper Beaconsfield became an important orcharding district, and, as an early externally intact timber packing shed, is now a rare building type in the Shire.

Regional Significance