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DOLLAR SCHOOL RESIDENCE (FORMER)
Other NameExtra Location25 DOLLAR HALL ROAD, DOLLAR, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? Aesthetically, it is a good example of an early form of standard
school residence design used in the pre-WW1 period, and is a locally
rare example of an intact residence and school complex constructed at
the same time. (AHC criterion - E.1)
The former Dollar State School residence, designed by the Public
Works Department and constructed in 1913, at 25 Dollar Hall Road,
Dollar is significant.
How is it significant?
The former Dollar School residence is of local historic and
representative significance to South Gippsland Shire.
Why is it significant?
Historically, it is the oldest extant purpose-built teacher's
residence in the Shire. It demonstrates the development of the Dollar
district as well as the development educational facilities in the
Shire. (AHC criteria - A.4, B.2, and D.2)
Group
Education
Category
Staff housing