Pre-fab concrete house,
Duncans Road,
Werribee South.
Item
Dublin Core
Type
Title
Pre-fab concrete house,
Duncans Road,
Werribee South.
Duncans Road,
Werribee South.
Description
Near Whites Road, this home on Duncans Road was built by Tom Fowler who pioneered pre-fab concrete construction which was later used by Housing Commission to construct two storey homes at Port Melbourne. His house was built of concrete slabs in 1930.
Tom was an engineer who migrated to Australia in the early 1920s and operated a dairy farm at the above location. He also began the Working Men's College in Werribee; it was not successful.
Tom was an engineer who migrated to Australia in the early 1920s and operated a dairy farm at the above location. He also began the Working Men's College in Werribee; it was not successful.
Date
c1930
Publisher
Wyndham City Libraries
Source
Werribee and District Historical Society
Rights
Not for Loan.
Publication quality prints can be purchased from the Werribee and District Historical Society.
Not to be reproduced without permission from the Werribee and District Historical Society.
Format
image
Language
eng
Identifier
9728 - Picture Victoria
12
12
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photographic print : original photograph not mounted.
b&w
Physical Dimensions
12.5x9cm.
Citation
“Pre-fab concrete house,
Duncans Road,
Werribee South.,” Wyndham History, accessed March 31, 2023, http://www.wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/1343.
Duncans Road,
Werribee South.,” Wyndham History, accessed March 31, 2023, http://www.wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/1343.
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