JARMAN STREET ARTEFACT SCATTER
JARMAN STREET ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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JARMAN STREET ARTEFACT SCATTER - History
No specific history of site. The environs of the Murray River and, on the west side of Echuca, specifically the area between Warren Street and the Murray River, were commonly used for dumping rubbish in the nineteenth century. Warren Street was the original road access from the west into Echuca and connected with Hopwood's Punt, and was much traversed in the early years of Echuca's history. Connections with town Transport and the outlying location of this area made it a natural dumping ground for the inhabitants of Echuca. There is a much larger and more recent twentieth century dump to the north of the Echuca cemetery on Warren Street, for example. These small dump sites are relatively common and are found scattered across the Murray River floodplain, but particularly in and near road reserves where access was probably easier and dumping on Crown land (whether legal or otherwise) more attractive.
JARMAN STREET ARTEFACT SCATTER - Interpretation of Site
Small rubbish dump
JARMAN STREET ARTEFACT SCATTER - Archaeological Significance
Low. Low density artefact scatter with limited range of cultural materials. No sub-surface components.
JARMAN STREET ARTEFACT SCATTER - Historical Significance
Site is of local historical significance due to ass'ociations with nineteenth century settlement and land use in Echuca
Heritage Inventory Description
JARMAN STREET ARTEFACT SCATTER - Heritage Inventory Description
Surface scatter of dark olive bottle glass and ceramics 18.4m N-S x 22.9mE-W. Artefact density is less than 11m2. Site is located entirely within an unused road reserve west of Echuca cemetery. Two bottle bases produced on Ricketts 3 piece moulds. Ceramics are non-descript white bodied stoneware. Site interpreted as the remains of a small nineteenth century dump; the area along the Murray River was commonly used for dumping rubbish in the nineteenth century and such sites are relatively common.
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