HENDERSON STREET BOTLE DUMP (AMALFI COVE ESTATE)
47 HENDERSON ROAD INDENTED HEAD, GREATER GEELONG CITY
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Statement of Significance
A mixed deposit with a range of material (in terms of fabrics etc) and dates. Probably used over a long period of time as a dumping ground.
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HENDERSON STREET BOTLE DUMP (AMALFI COVE ESTATE) - History
CARAVAN PARK EXISTED ON THE SITE FROM THE 1960S(?) UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2003. THE WESTERN AREA OF THE BLOCK HOWEVER WAS NOT USED FOR ONSITE VANS WHICH FILLED THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. ORIGINAL BLOCK APPEARS ON A PARISH COUNTY PLAN OF PAYWIT AND SUB-DIVIDED BY 1859 (GEELONG HERITAGE CENTRE, PLAN B115).HENDERSON STREET BOTLE DUMP (AMALFI COVE ESTATE) - Interpretation of Site
Bottle dump that may relate to former caravan park to the east or more significantly to the general development of the Indented Head township. The latter would explain the wide range of material types and ages.
Heritage Inventory Description
HENDERSON STREET BOTLE DUMP (AMALFI COVE ESTATE) - Heritage Inventory Description
A dump of historic material (bottles, bones, ceramic, metal) exposed in the south-western corner of a block of land, being re-developed as Amalfi Cove Estate while digging sewer trenches along the property boundary. The exposed dumping area measures 7 metres long by approx 4 metres wide and begins approx 20cm below the surface (grass) and the deposit is approx 50cm thick in a trench 1.5 metres deep.
Layer (some in situ deposit) of bottles, ceramics, bone, metal, some building materials, cutlery etc dating from approx 19th-c (mid to late?) through to 1950s-60s.
Physical Conditions:
Good (some intact deposit and some artefacts are whole) remainder of site has been destroyed.
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