Upper Diamond Creek State School 2059 residence

Of unknown origins, this weatherboard house is the oldest in this area, a significant streetscape component and is one of the very small number of houses of this standard design anywhere in the Municipality. The siting of late 19th and early 20th century buildings in this part of the Shire shows the influence of the Diamond Creek and for the latter, also the railway line. (Local significance)

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (with AHC criteria):

The former Upper Diamond Creek SS 2059 residence is significant to the Nillumbik Shire:

- as one of the oldest houses and the oldest government built houses in the Shire (Criterion A4, 82);

- for its long association with public education in the locality and the Shire (Criterion A4);

- as one of only a small number of school residences to have survived from the 19th century (Criterion 82).

Group

Education

Category

School - State (public)