William Angliss Worker Housing Area

William Angles Worker Housing Precinct is historically significant to the Western Region of Melbourne because:
- it is one of the city's more historically expressive of a major and distinguishable growth period in the city's development, associated with industrial growth with:
- small Edwardian single-storey detached housing with mainly weatherboard wall cladding, corrugated iron roofing, front verandahs, similar front and side setbacks and narrow block frontages,
- with some surviving early asphalt footpaths and stone kerb and channel,
- originally with no provision for on-site vehicle parking as an indication of the pre motor age, and - repeated built form of the typical Edwardian villa main hip and projecting gable roof form combination (Criterion A4);
- it is the sole built reminder of the important Angliss meat complex (Criterion H1);
- it is the best known example of worker housing groups erected by an employer in the Region (Criterion B2); and
- of the National Trust of Australia classification as a recognition of the views of heritage groups in the wider community (Criterion G1).

Australian Heritage Commission (AHC) criteria

The Australian Heritage Commission criteria consist of a set of eight criteria which cover social, aesthetic, scientific, and historic values. Each criterion has sub-criteria written specifically for cultural or natural values. The relevant criteria are:

A.4 demonstrates well the course and pattern of history, important historic events

B.2 rarity

G.1 social importance to the community

H.1 association with important person or group

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residential Precinct