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	Former Port Fairy Customs Shed - Port Fairy Historic Area Bait Shed, Fisherman's Shed, Fisherman's Co-Operative 31 Gipps Street,, PORT FAIRY VIC 3284 - Property No B6504	The Customs Shed at Port Fairy, a timber pile and slab shed with a galvanised iron roof over bowstring trusses, is of state significance as an early, and now rare, example of a once common, nineteenth century industrial building type. It is also of state significance as the oldest building in Port Fairy associated with the fishing industry. It has been in virtually continuous use for approximately 130 years; firstly, as a Customs and Wharf good shed; secondly, as a wharf shed; ... more	B6504	State

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Former Port Fairy Customs Shed - Port Fairy Historic Area

Bait Shed, Fisherman's Shed, Fisherman's Co-Operative

31 Gipps Street,, PORT FAIRY VIC 3284 - Property No B6504

The Customs Shed at Port Fairy, a timber pile and slab shed with a galvanised iron roof over bowstring trusses, is of state significance as an early, and now rare, example of a once common, nineteenth century industrial building type. It is also of state significance as the oldest building in Port Fairy associated with the fishing industry. It has been in virtually continuous use for approximately 130 years; firstly, as a Customs and Wharf good shed; secondly, as a wharf shed; ... more

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