| House | $1,577,200  |
| Unit | $813,600  |
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| Brunswick East | $1,291,700  |
| Carlton North | $1,592,300 |
| Collingwood | $1,134,500 |
| Fitzroy | $1,649,100 |
| Northcote | $1,625,000 |
| House | $865 |
| Unit | $570 |
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| 被市政府指定為 Victorian heritage |
| Last updated on - January 1, 2014 K.G. Luke Pty Ltd. electro plate manufacturers factory, former (part), 28-58 Queens Parade, Fitzroy North This site is subject to a Statement of Significance for the building, as well as a Statement of Significance for the Precinct in which it is located. Please find below the Statement for the building, followed by the Statement for the Precinct. Statement of Significance for the building What is significant? The former K.G. Luke Pty Ltd. electro plate manufacturers factory (part) at 28- 58 Queens Parade, Fitzroy North was created in 1937 for Kenneth G. Luke and has historical associations with the firm K.G. Luke Pty Ltd. (see also 26 Queens Pde) The place has a fair integrity to its creation date. In 1921 Kenneth Luke became a partner in a small metal-spinning and silverware business at Carlton. By 1925 he was its proprietor and an employer of seven. These employees were still with him thirty years later, with 650 others, making an ever-increasing range of products: silverware, stainless steel surgical equipment, plated goods and glass-washing machines. In 1929 he bought a larger factory in Queen's Parade, Fitzroy (since redeveloped), doubled his staff and introduced new lines. At the outbreak of World War 2 production was again stepped up and Luke became an honorary adviser to the Department of Supply and Shipping. Luke went on to achieve many major public roles. In 1938-55 he was president of the Carlton Football Club. A delegate (from 1935) to the Victorian Football League, he was its vice president (1946-55) and president (1956-71). With post-war growth generating record crowds, he consolidated central administration and professionalised the game for players. Fabric from the creation date at the K.G. Luke Pty Ltd. electro plate manufacturers factory, former (part) is locally significant within the City of Yarra, compared to other similar places from a similar era. How is it significant? The K.G. Luke Pty Ltd. electro plate manufacturers factory (part) at 28-58 Queens Parade, Fitzroy North, is historically and architecturally significant to the locality of Fitzroy North and the City of Yarra. Why is it significant? The K.G. Luke Pty Ltd. electro plate manufacturers factory (part) is significant as: `An unusual large `Art Deco' (or Moderne style) factory/warehouse that has a very intact facade of architectural merit especially in its parapet profile' (part 26-58, bricks painted). This (factory) was co-located on the spur railway line through the Edinburgh Gardens and the Queens Pde `Fitzroy' rail station which was a lucrative goods railway line from 1891 to 1980, serving this and other interwar industr |
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