Tocumwal houses refers to a type of house in

Canberra Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...

, the capital city of Australia. The houses, originally sited in the southern

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town of

Tocumwal Tocumwal ( ) is a town in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Berrigan Shire local government area, near the Victorian border. The town is situated on the banks of the Murray River, north of the city of Melbourne ...

were relocated to Canberra in the 1940s to address a housing shortage. The vast majority of the approximately 200 houses were relocated to a small precinct of the Canberra suburb of O'Connor. This area—covering 8 small

cul-de-sac A dead end, also known as a cul-de-sac (, from French for 'bag-bottom'), no through road or no exit road, is a street with only one inlet or outlet. The term "dead end" is understood in all varieties of English, but the official terminology ...

s,—is known as the Tocumwal Heritage Precinct. The precinct was added to the

Australian Capital Territory Heritage Register The Australian Capital Territory Heritage Register, also known as the Heritage Register ACT was established by the ''Heritage Act 2004'' (Heritage Act) to empower the ACT Heritage Council to record and preserve places and objects within the Austra ...

in 1998 and the ACT Heritage Register under the Heritage Act of 2004.

References

External links

The Tocumwal Archive
- Stories and photographs of Tocumwal houses Houses in Canberra Australian Capital Territory Heritage Register Relocated buildings and structures in Australia {{AustralianCapitalTerritory-stub