Name/TitleHoratios House
About this objectA video on the subject of Horatio's house located in the Dandenong Ranges.
Horatio Jones house is a house in Tecoma, Victoria built in or around 1920-1926 by Australian inventor, engineer and recluse Horatio Thomas Jones. The two-storied house is constructed of flattened four-gallon kerosene tins using hand-made tools.
Jones was briefly engaged to Caroline Hearst, but was invalided in the Battle of Gallipoli and broke off his engagement upon returning home. In 1920 he purchased land in the Dandenong ranges and built the home for himself and his two sisters Christina and Annie. He never married.
The home is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and is described as a "substantially intact and rare example of shanty construction of the early twentieth century."
Retain, rare.
Measurements8 minutes 30 seconds
Date Made2000
PublisherFriends of Horatio group.
Subject and Association KeywordsJones, Horatio
Subject and Association KeywordsHoratios house
Subject and Association KeywordsHoratio's home
Subject and Association KeywordsFriends of Horatio group
Named CollectionLibrary - Audiovisual
Object TypeVideotape
Object numberAV 032158
Spine LabelVID 051
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved