UPPER ROYSTON VALLEY LOGGING SITES
ROYSTON ROAD RUBICON, MURRINDINDI SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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UPPER ROYSTON VALLEY LOGGING SITES - History
These sites were established as the tramway was extended south of Clark & Pearces' 'New' No.4 and No.5 Mills after the 1939 fires. The first site was a winch setting. The second was a Forest Commission salvage logging camp established in late 1940, which was occupied until work was completed by late 1942. Further up the valley was a single-roomed faller's hut, now collapsed. Although much of the tramway formation has been converted into Royston River Road, short sections with bridge remnants remain undisturbed near the winch site and on the west bank of the Royston River.UPPER ROYSTON VALLEY LOGGING SITES - Interpretation of Site
These sites were used in salvaging timber destroyed by the 1939 bushfires. They help demonstrate the transitional period when steam winches were being phased out and replaced with crawler tractors in supplying logs to sawmills.
Heritage Inventory Description
UPPER ROYSTON VALLEY LOGGING SITES - Heritage Inventory Description
A linear group of logging features associated with the Clark & Pearce 'New' No.4 and No.5 sawmills in the Rubicon Forest.
Winch site; Forests Commission salvage logging camp; tramway elements; loggers' hut.
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CLARKE & PEARCE NO.4 & 5 MILLSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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UPPER ROYSTON VALLEY LOGGING SITESVictorian Heritage Inventory
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