c1930 Pre-fab concrete house.

ID: 9728
Copyright: This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced for other purposes without the prior permission of the Werribee and District Historical Society.
Local ID: 12

Description: Location: Duncans Road, near Whites Road, Werribee South. Home built by Tom Fowles who pioneered pre-fab concrete construction 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 1920`s and operated a dairy farm at the above location. He also began the Working Man`s College here; it was not successful. Original photograph not mounted, size 12.5 x 9cm.. Original held by Historical Society. Historic buildings and sites - Werribee - Victoria; fowles, tom working men's college

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