FORMER PETTAVEL RAILWAY STATION
PETTAVEL ROAD MOUNT MORIAC, SURF COAST SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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FORMER PETTAVEL RAILWAY STATION - History
Pettavel Road railway station was opened in 1883. It was named after David Louis Pettavel, a Swiss winemaker who established the Neuchâtel Vineyard on the Barwon River with Frederick Brequet in 1842. He then established the 585-acre Albert and Victoria Vineyard at Barrabool Hills in 1848. By the 1860s, his vineyard was better known 'Pettavel', and described as having some of the finest scenery in the Western District. The station was located on Pettavel Road, Mount Moriac, downline of the current Waurn Ponds station (Dunstan 2011; Mount Duneed History Group 2016; 2018; Stone and Stanin 2017; Wong 2018a; 2018b, p. 12; 2018d). Pettavel Road railway station was renamed Pettavel station in 1904, and comprised a platform on the north side of the railway line with a shelter, opposite a loop siding and a goods platform to the south (Mount Duneed History Group 2016; Wong 2018c). Pettavel station closed in 22 August 1952 (Wong 2018c).FORMER PETTAVEL RAILWAY STATION - Historical Significance
The railway station was an important part of the history of the Warrnambool railway line and its association with the expansion of the railway network in Victoria. The station is of historical significance as this site relates to the history of the Warrnambool railway line (South West line) and its association with the expansion of the railway network in Victoria.
FORMER PETTAVEL RAILWAY STATION - Archaeological Significance
The railway station opened in 1883, to the west of the Pettavel Road railway crossing. The site had a passenger platform on to north of the railway track, with a shelter, and a loop siding and goods platform to the south. The railway station was closed on 22 August 1952. The site is currently used for services and utilities, and vehicle access tracks are located along both sides of the railway track, and a grove of trees is presently growing across the south of the site. Features comprise the artefact scatters located to the north of the railway line, and the untouched portion of the mound in the vicinity of the former passenger platform within the former station complex. Pettavel railway station was established in 1883, as part of the Geelong to Colac section of the Geelong-Warrnambool railway line. Initially a crossing station, it was downgraded to a station with nobody in charge in 1939. It was subsequently closed in 1952. The former Pettavel railway station site is of archaeological significance as the potential remains at this site could provide information on the nature of, and activities that took place, at the railway station complex. This site has the potential to contain historical archaeological features, deposits and artefacts
Heritage Inventory Description
FORMER PETTAVEL RAILWAY STATION - Heritage Inventory Description
The area surveyed comprised part of the location of the former Pettavelrailway station, which was situated to the west of Pettavel Road. Itoriginally had a platform with a shelter on the north side of therailway line, with a loop siding and goods platform to the south side.The site has an area covered in loose gravel and some ballast, withgrass and trees covering the majority of the allotment in the south, andwhat may be the remains of a grass-covered platform mound in the north.Culverts and utilities are located on both sides of the railway trackadjacent to the Pettavel Road level crossing. The ground has beenlandscaped to accommodate steel level crossing fencing around the boomgates. A concrete post to the north of the railway track notes that asteel water main is extant approximately 1.07 m below ground, evidenceof ground disturbing works that have taken place near Pettavel Road.Drainage lines are also present, due to the culverts running underneaththe railway line. The ground surface visibility was low across most ofthe area, although there was some ground surface visibility along thedrainage lines. No historical features were observed in this area ofheavy ground disturbance.
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FORMER PETTAVEL RAILWAY STATIONVictorian Heritage Inventory
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