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WELLER'S HOTEL, PITMAN CORNER, ELTHAM-YARRA GLEN RD

Other Names

Wellers restaurant , former Wellers Pub

Location

ELTHAM-YARRA GLEN ROAD KANGAROO GROUND, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

Level

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Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010

What is significant?
The c1872 hotel, to the extent of the original 19th century fabric only, the site and adjacent sites to a radius of 50 metres from the building.

How is it significant?
The hotel is historically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

Why is it significant?
The hotel is historically significant because it served as an early hotel, store and a staging post for Cobb and Co coaches bound for the Caledonian goldfields (near St Andrews) and the Woods Point gold mine, some 80 kilometres to the east of Warburton (Criterion A). Also because it is associated with Edward Weller, who was also connected with the Kangaroo Ground general store and post office, and Gordon Cameron, who was related to the parliamentarian Ewan Cameron, of Pigeon Bank (HO102) (Criterion H). It has served as a local landmark for almost 140 years (Criterion E & G).

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