WINDEN HUT RUINS - MAIDENTOWN
MAIDENTOWN TRACK MAIDEN TOWN, BAW BAW SHIRE
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WINDEN HUT RUINS - MAIDENTOWN - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
Charles Refardt's name is shown on the 1899 survey plan of Maidentownship. He is listed as a shareholder in the 101 Victorian Directory. It is likely that he lived in this cottage.Heritage Inventory Description
WINDEN HUT RUINS - MAIDENTOWN - Heritage Inventory Description
/nThe Winden Hut ruins consists of two separate stone buildings, stone-lined garden beds, and a dam. Winden Hut comprises a rubble stone chimney, brick and rubble stone sections of wall, plus a rubble stone room attached to the west side of the main room. There appears to be an oven built onto the west side of the chimney. The second stone chimney on site is gradually deteriorating with stones being displaced. The more substantial hut remains, garden beds and introduced trees provide a very interesting site with some archaeological potential.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional Cultural significance. This site has: Historical signficance: The significance of Walhalla lies with its outstanding representation of, and historical role in, an important period in the State's history. The collection of house sites demonstrates the extent of the township of Walhalla and documents the story of the development and decline of the Walhalla Goldfield. Scientific significance: Archaeologically important for its potential to yield artefacts which will be able to provide signficant information about the cultural history of gold mining and the gold miners themselves. Archaeological potential: The range of historical features, in combination with an extensive photographic record and physical attributes of the Stringers Creek Valley produce one of the State's most evocative and unique cultural landscapes.
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FORMER WALHALLA POST OFFICE AND RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H0583
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WINDSOR HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H0326
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WALHALLA BANDSTANDVictorian Heritage Register H1315
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