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FORMER KARDELLA RAILWAY STATION AND SETTLEMENT
KARDELLA ROAD, KARDELLA VIC 3951
FORMER KARDELLA RAILWAY STATION AND SETTLEMENT
KARDELLA ROAD, KARDELLA VIC 3951
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Statement of Significance
This site is associated with the Great Southern Railway which linked Melbourne in the west with Port Albert in the east. Kardella station was constructed as part of the section of railway between Whitelaw’s Track (Korumburra) and Toora which was opened on 17 June 1891.
The former Kardella railway station site has archaeological potential which could provide further information relating to Linking Victorians by Rail (Historical Theme 3.3).
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FORMER KARDELLA RAILWAY STATION AND SETTLEMENT - History
One of the largest railway construction camps was on the banks of Coalition Creek, at an area known as the Brickyard area, near Kardella (Healy 1988 :99). It would have been occupied between 1888 and 1891 (Healy 1988). The works camp near Kardella is described as: being between the creek and the railway line near the present town of Kardella and over 200 navvies lived in tent and bark and slab huts. There were also two boarding houses, one of which was a bark hut . Mrs. Elizabeth Donnelly (also known as Frost) ran one of these boarding houses, Scott’s Store was managed by Mr. John Wheelman and a butcher prospered for the time of the contract. A herbalist ran a store too, and he guaranteed a refund if no cure was effected. (Healy 1988 :99). Kardella railway station was constructed in 1891 as part of the Great Southern Railway. The station complex included a building, platform, sidings and goods storage shed. The station operated until 1976 (Wikipedia accessed 3/9/2020). There were brick-yards in the vicinity which gave their names to an area that included a section of railway line near Kardella (Bowden 1970: 37). There were several sawmills operational in the district logging blue gum that utilized the railway. station when it was first built, however, the sawmills closed by 1900 and as a result the station business declined (victoriaplaces.com.au accessed 15/9/2020). An 1895 map of Kardella Village Settlement (Figure 1) shows approximately 30 houses, workshops etc. Hand-written annotation on the margin states “Mr (illegible) informed that Minister decided not to have allotments subdivided. Mr Reed 20/3/96.”FORMER KARDELLA RAILWAY STATION AND SETTLEMENT - Interpretation of Site
1888-1891: Work camp near Kardella during 1891: Railway and station completed 1976: station went out of operation Function: Transport of passengers and goods. Goods likely to have included timber and bricks. Not currently used or occupied.
Heritage Inventory Description
FORMER KARDELLA RAILWAY STATION AND SETTLEMENT - Heritage Inventory Description
Kardella Station and Settlement is located at the Kardella-Fairbanks Road crossing of rail alignment. This site is made up of three main elements: Station The station would have been located immediately to the east of the intersection. At the time of survey, land to the north of the tracks at this location was completely level and showed evidence of recent disturbance associated with removal of the sleepers and rails (Photo 1). Land to the south of the tracks appears relatively undisturbed. High vegetation overed the ground surface and no above-ground features were visible. The remains of an overgrown garden were visible close to the intersection (Photo 2) surrounded by uneven ground and bounded by a dam and drainage line to the east, suggesting that it is the site of a former residence or other structure. Village The village site lies outside the study area and was not physically inspected during the current survey. Information about the village is confined to a detailed plan of 1895 (Figure 1), the outer boundary of which correlate with current cadastral boundaries. Extraction Area The Extraction Area is located to the east of the village site, within rail reserve between the village and the rail tracks. The ground surface is characterised by uneven mounds and depressions (Photo 3) consistent with manual extraction leading to a dam, benched area and steep face in the south (Photo 4). A cut drain (Photo 5)_runs along the eastern boundary preventing water from spilling over the top of the cutting onto the tracks and directing water to a low point and culvert under the tracks in the north.
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