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Hume and Hovell Cairn
Station Road, DEER PARK VIC 3023 - Property No 10

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1981 - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study 1998
1981 - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study 1998
1981 - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study 1998
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Statement of Significance

Statement of Significance

Of State significance as a memorial to the first overland crossing of European settlers from the settled area of New South Wales to the Port Phillip District, and therefore demonstrating the first steps in the process of discovery and surveying of Victoria. It is one of a number of stone cairns and monuments erected in 1924 as part of the centenary of the explorations of Hume and Hovell. This example reflects the vernacular construction of the district in roughly shaped bluestone, as well as the predominant local stone.
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    • Physical Description 1

      Hume and Hovell Cairn - Physical Description 1

      Description

      Rubble stone cairn formed with a wide square base standing about 1.5 metres high with tapering sides and uncoursed rubble quarried bluestone blocks. A long block of roughly-cut bluestone about 1.5 metres long is erected on the base, set in concrete which also forms the sloping top to the base. This brings the total height of the monument to about 3 metres. A bronze plaque is set in the large block engraved with the legend: 'Hume and Hovell passed this spot about December 19th 1824. Erected by the Ratepayers of the Shire of Braybrook 1924'. The monument is located on the north west corner of Station Road and Ballarat Road intersection, and has been moved twice to allow for road widening. It is now on the Deer Park State school land, although not enclosed by their fence, and skewed to 45 degrees across the corner.

      Physical Conditions

      Hume and Hovell Cairn - Physical Conditions

      Condition/integrity

      In good condition, although the moves have caused some disruption to the original form, for example, the rather heavy mortar courses in the stone work.

      Historical Australian Themes

      Hume and Hovell Cairn - Historical Australian Themes

      3 Developing local, regional and national economies
      3.3 Surveying the continent

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Brimbank - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study

      Author: G. Vines
      Year: 2000
      Grading: State

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    Cairn moved and remodelled

    • 14/04/20

    This cairn was moved from its original location about 30 metres south west from its current location when Ballarat road was being widened in the 1960s. The original didn't have the pyramid shaped concrete 'collar' and the base wasn't quite so square in shape.

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Notes See all notes

Cairn moved and remodelled

• 14/04/20

This cairn was moved from its original location about 30 metres south west from its current location when Ballarat road was being widened in the 1960s. The original didn't have the pyramid shaped concrete 'collar' and the base wasn't quite so square in shape.

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