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Elizabeth Austin Cottages & Austin Hall

Location 8-12A Mundy Street & 13-23 Carr Street,, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B3624 File Number B3624 Level State

[1/1] B3624 Elizabeth Austin

Statement of Significance

Two terraces each of six single storey cottages of polychrome brickwork with iron roofs and cast-iron verandah trim donated in 1887 by Mrs Thomas Austin of "Barwon Park" to the administration of the Ladies Benevolent Association and still occupied by its beneficiaries.
Classified 10/7/1975
Revised: 03/08/1998

All buildings on the property have been brought together and Classified as a whole. The Statement of Significance for this new Grouping describes it as: Residential buildings symmetrically grouped about a central clock tower, all erected 1887-89 by Mrs. Thomas Austin of "Barwon Park" for administration by the Ladies Benevolent Association and still maintained by the Association's successors.
Group Classification 16/07/1975.