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Stuchbery Farm, Smugglers Gully

Location 87 LATROBE ROAD YARRAMBAT, NILLUMBIK SHIRE Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

Stuchbery Farm, within the Plenty Gorge parklands, Yarrambat is significant to the Shire of Nillumbik. The original form, materials and detailing of the dairy, remnant farm buildings and footings and their setting including the river flats contribute to the significance of the place.Stuchbery Farm is of local historic and research significance to the Shire of Nillumbik.Stuchbery Farm Complex is historically significant for its connection to a well-known family in the history of the Yarrambat locality/community, and a family with a 100 year presence on a single farm. It is historically significance for its demonstration of mixed farming by farmers of little means, typical of the area. The scale of the property in the area and the form of tenure through leasing is atypical for the Nillumbik Shire. (Criterion A) Stuchbery Farm has research potential for its ability to demonstrate the key components and layout of the settlement and farming along the riverbanks in the Shire of Nillumbik. The remnant buildings and in particular the dairy demonstrate vernacular building style and techniques and the use of local materials for construction. (Criterion C)