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prefabricated cottage is of historical and scientific (technological)
significance as a rare example of a single storey prefabricated
iron cottage with corrugated iron arch roof. The prefabricated
iron cottage at Keilor is of significance as a rare example
of a corrugated iron clad and timber lined prefabricated
cottage with cast iron uprights. ...The cottage is of particular
interest as an example of a relatively unsophisticated prefabrication
design. ... relatively intact and unencumbered surviving
example of the prefabricated buildings used during the gold
rush era.
(Source: National Trust Victoria)
"Of state significance, as one of a small number of
all iron portable buildings with associations with the provision
of government control on the major goldfields route. The
building demonstrates the manufacturing methods of mid nineteenth
century building design incorporating standard cast-iron
structural components with mass produced corrugated, galvanised
iron cladding.
Through its association with the provision of policing on
the gold route, the building also demonstrates the nature
and limitations of administering the rapidly expanding colony
at the time of the gold rushes, and methods for dealing
with the shortages of both building materials and skilled
labour."
(Source: Vol. 2 Heritage program & conservation
policy. By Gary Vines Melbourne's Living Museum
of the West. 1999)
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