OUTBUILDINGS AND COTTAGE

All of the fabric of the timber outbuildings built of horizontal slab timbers at 81 Daniels Lane, Mia Mia are significant. The house is not significant, however, the weatherboard cottage behind the house is of significance.

The timber outbuildings built of horizontal slab timbers and weatherboard cottage at 81 Daniels Lane are of local historic and technical and aesthetic significance to the City of Greater Bendigo.

The timber outbuildings and cottage at 81 Daniels Lane are historically significant for their long association with the Daniels family who owned the property from 1880 until the mid 1960s. It is assumed that the lane on which the land is situated is named for the Daniels family. It is probable that the Daniels family undertook the construction of the outbuildings at the property, and used them in conjunction with their farming pursuits.The cottage behind the house is also of significance as it predates the current residence but does not exhibit the primitive building techniques of the outbuildings. Criterion A 

The three timber outbuildings are technically and aesthetically significant. The three small timber shelters are built from unsquared poles as corner posts, squared top and bottom rails and vertical saplings. It is likely that these buildings have been repaired and substantial amounts of timber has been replaced. Of most interest is the larger shelter built of horizontal slabs as it forms part of a tradition of log buildings particularly suited to shelters or farm buildings. The buildings are significant for the extent to which they have survived.Criteria B, D