Queensville Estate Heritage Area

The Queensville Estate Precinct is significant historically and aesthetically to the City of Maribyrnong and the Western Region of Melbourne because:
- the precinct provides a distinctive physical expression of two important eras of residential speculation and growth in the area, the 1880s land boom and the post WW1 residential building surge, one overlaid on the other as expressed by:
- timber Edwardian and Post First War era single storey detached timber housing on small and consistent lot frontages,
- long narrow streets on a grid-iron layout,
- dominance of the gabled roof form,
- some surviving early asphalt footpaths and stone kerb and channel, and

- the pre-motor age, with no provision for on-site vehicle parking for most of the identified housing. (Criterion A4);
- the uniformity of building stock allows comprehension of the rapid rise of a community from paddocks in the post First War era (Criterion A4).
- the precinct growth period reflects the spread of tramways and the influence of new transport networks ( Criterion A4);
- the precinct has a strong visual cohesion arising from its relatively unaltered housing stock from the immediate post WW1 era, and the use of two basic house styles (Criterion E1); and
- of the visual effect of closely spaced mainly gabled Californian Bungalow forms on the narrow 19th century lots is unusual in the metropolitan area compared to other Bungalow-era estates (Criterion B2).

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

E.1 aesthetic importance to the community or cultural group

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residential Precinct