Barkly Street East

Location

43-149 & 56-128 BARKLY STREET, BRUNSWICK EAST, MORELAND CITY

File Number

3500

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

HO14 Barkly Street East, Brunswick East

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Barkly Street East Precinct, comprising buildings at 43-149 and 56-128 Barkly Street.

How is it significant?
The Barkly Street East Precinct is of local architectural and historical significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?
The Barkly Street East Precinct is of local architectural significance as a relatively intact area of predominantly terraces and attached single-fronted houses dating from the 1880s land boom. Although typical of the period, the consistency of building forms and their relative intactness is unusual in Brunswick. Of architectural note is the long terrace block located at 88 to 100 Barkly Street which has its ground floor entries set below street level.

The Barkly Street East Precinct is of local historical significance due to its association with the occupation during the Great Depression of a local hall and terraces by the communist-inspired Unemployed Single Men's Group (USMG), which campaigned for the rights of the unemployed.

Non-Contributory properties include:
Barkly Street: 47, 53, 1-2/58, 61, 2-3/64, 75, 82, 86, 89, 112 and 128.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residential Precinct