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Gallipoli Parade Precinct
Other NameWar Service Homes Commission West Coburg Estate Precinct Location1-15A, 19-29 & 2-30 FONTAINE STREET AND 34-48 & 47-61 GALLIPOLI PARADE AND 14-20 MITCHELL STREET AND 47-61 REYNOLDS PARADE AND 1-13A, 17-23 & 2-30 SOMALI STREET AND 2 HELIOPOLIS STREET PASCOE VALE SOUTH, MERRI-BEK CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Gallipoli Parade precinct is a residential area that contains homes built by/for or with the assistance of the War Service Homes Commission in two distinct stages; the first in c.1925-c.1929 and the second from c.1946-c.1956. The precinct comprises of 1-15A, 19-29 & 2-30 Fontaine Street, 34-48 & 47-61 Gallipoli Parade, 2 Heliopolis Street, 14-20 Mitchell Street, 47-61 Reynolds Parade and 1-13A, 17-23 and 2-30 Somali Street, Pascoe Vale South.
The following features and elements are integral to the significance of the precinct:
- The houses at 1-13, 17-25 & 29 and 2, 6, 10-28 Fontaine Street, 47, 55, 59 & 61 and 34-48 Gallipoli Parade, 14, 16 & 20 Mitchell Parade, 47 & 53-61 Reynolds Parade, 1-13, 15-19 & 6-14 and 16 & 22-30 Somali Street.
- The extent to which development in two distinct stages is evident in the housing stock with the relatively consistent inter-war character generally to the east of Gallipoli Parade predominantly comprising houses constructed to a range of standard designs by the State Savings Bank of Victoria and the relatively consistent post-war character comprising houses in a more diverse range of designs in the area to the west.
- The consistency of form, scale, style and detailing of the contributory dwellings in each section, including the detached siting behind garden setbacks and low front fences.
- The relatively high integrity of many of the contributory dwellings when viewed from the street.
The Beaufort houses at 17 Fontaine Street and 15 Somali Street are also significant as part of the group of Beaufort houses in this area - please refer to the separate Hermes record for further information including a statement of significance.
Non-original alterations and additions to the contributory places, the houses at 1A, 4, 5A, 8, 15, 15A, 16A, 2/19, 27 & 30 Fontaine Street, 49-53 & 57 Gallipoli Parade, 2 Heliopolis Street, 18 Mitchell Parade, 49 & 51 Reynolds Parade, 13A, 14A, 18, 20, 21 & 23 Somali Street and outbuildings are not significant.
How is it significant?
The Gallipoli Parade precinct is of local historic, architectural and technical significance to the City of Merri-bek.
Why is it significant?
Historically, it is significant as a representative example of an estate that provides evidence of the important role of the War Service Homes Commission in the provision of affordable housing after the First and Second world wars. The consistency of the inter-war house designs, which were constructed by the State Savings Bank of Victoria (SSBV), demonstrate predominant role of the Commission as a builder of houses and its association with the Bank as the single provider of housing during that time. The diversity of post-World War Two house designs, on the other hand, demonstrates the change in policy by the Commission in order to meet severe housing shortages that resulted in a range of house types including Beaufort pre-fabricated houses, houses built to standard Commission designs as well as houses built with the assistance of the Commission by owners to their own design. (Criteria A, D & H)
It is architecturally and aesthetically significant for the very intact 1920s streetscapes in the section to the east of Gallipoli Parade which comprise typical SSBV house designs. (Criteria D & E)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Residential Precinct