BROGAN'S HUT AND PADDOCK
MUD BRICK TRACK AMHERST, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
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BROGAN'S HUT AND PADDOCK - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
Mud brick wall with two-roomed mud brick house, last occupied by Mr C. Toll of Talbot in the early 1940s. Prior to that Mr Jim Brogan and his wife Harriet raised their family there.
References:Newspaper cutting book, Talbot Historical MuseumHeritage Inventory Description
BROGAN'S HUT AND PADDOCK - Heritage Inventory Description
/nResidence - Remains of an adobe-walled 120ft square paddock and small hut - the walls of paddock are 1ft thick and still stand to a height of 3ft, and the hut measures 18ft x 10ft. There is a clump of almond trees growing in the south-east corner of the paddock. Dam - The northern wall of the paddock forms part of a small dry dam. Mud brick hut and associated paddock (According to the locals this was a mine manager's residence, the hut was roofed with galvanised iron, and the paddock once contained fruit trees. The house was lived in by Jim and Harriet Brogan, and also Mr. C Toll.)
Heritage Ivnentory Significance: Regional. Site to be protected (Adobe hut and garden paddock) The site has: Scientific significance: well preserved remains of a miner's hut and associated garden paddock Social value: local tourist destination. Archaeological potential: The site has the potential to yield artefacts and evidence which will be able to provide significant information about the inhabitants. Network values: Brogan's hut and paddock and Kangaroo Gully puddler
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KANGAROO PUDDLING MACHINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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BROGAN'S HUT AND PADDOCKVictorian Heritage Inventory
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