GAZETTE WOOLSHED ROAD STONE STRUCTURES
GAZETTE LANE GAZETTE, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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GAZETTE WOOLSHED ROAD STONE STRUCTURES - History
Land selected by Archibald Baxter from the 1860s. Acquired by James Malcolm McIntyre in 1892 and held until 1921 when his son Norman McIntyre acquired the lot but was subsequently purchased by his brother James in 1931 and held until his death in 1954 when it was bought by Gerhard Burger and retained up to the date of the assessment.
Three stone wall structures (S1-S3) were recorded. Structure S1 was likely stockyards however only the basal course survives. The basal course comprises basalt boulders two wide. Structure S2 comprises small square stone wall compartments / rooms and a large curvilinear wall in very poor condition. Structure S3 was possibly a small stone hut of one or two rooms and is in very poor condition. Blake (2010: 8, 2011: Section 2.2) shows that this lot was selected by Archibald Baxter and occupied the land from the late 1860s for grazing and the cultivation of wheat and oats. Baxter is in the rate book for the Shire of Minhamite for 1874 but not 1885. In 1880, when Baxter applied for a lease on an adjoining allotment he noted stone walling and a dwelling on a nearby allotment and has lived on that land for the previous 12 years. This may refer to structure S3 above. If so, this structure may date to approximately 1868.
Additional details of the place history is found in Blake (2011)
GAZETTE WOOLSHED ROAD STONE STRUCTURES - Interpretation of Site
There is no evidence to suggest more than a single phase of occupation. The place was most likely occupied from the 1870s onward; however, the date of the abandonment of the structures is not known but was likely abandoned at least from the 1950s when the land was purchased by the current owner. Function of the site includes a holding of stock and possible working quarters. Activities represented stock holding & pastoral work.
GAZETTE WOOLSHED ROAD STONE STRUCTURES - Archaeological Significance
The place has been assessed having low scientific (archaeological) significance because the place is a common example of a stone structural remains in Western Victoria complex, is in poor condition, and has low potential to contribute additional information. There is low potential for additional evidence of structures or portable artefacts within and surrounding the structures as they likely relate primarily to the holding of stock.
Heritage Inventory Description
GAZETTE WOOLSHED ROAD STONE STRUCTURES - Heritage Inventory Description
The topography is charctersied by stony rises on the volcanic plain; the place is located on a stony rise above surrounding swales. Standing structures include stone walls and fences are in various stages of collapse with no complete standing structures remaining. Three different structures have been recorded (S1, S2 & S3). The place extent is defined as the boundary of recorded visible structures with a 10m buffer (S1=130m x 50m; S2=80m x 50m & S3=20m x 20m).
Visible surface features and / or artefacts: the foundation courses or parts of stone walls associated with three structures (S1-S3). No portable artefacts were found. The condition of all structures are very poor and in various stage of near complete or complete collapse. Only the basal course of S1 remains, while only parts of the walls of remaining structures were visible.
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GAZETTE WOOLSHED ROAD STONE STRUCTURESVictorian Heritage Inventory
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