COBBLED ROADWAY, GREIGS RD
MESKOS ROAD ROCKBANK, MELTON CITY
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Statement of Significance
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COBBLED ROADWAY, GREIGS RD - History
Prior to the 1850s inland travel was generally along cart tracks but, following the gold rushes, the road to Mount Macedon and Ballarat was a busy thoroughfare of diggers passing on their way to the goldfields and was one of Victoria's most important inland roads. Swamp land around Rockbank made the route along Greigs Road the most practical early route to the Ballarat and later Blackwood (Ballan) diggings.
The route followed the Greigs Road alignment (at that time known as Exford Road) and across Strathtulloh property to Toolern Creek, then south to the Werribee River crossing at Exford. From here it went along Exford Road to rejoin the main road at Ballan.
This section of road was once part of the Greigs Road alignment but, following realignment of Greigs Road, is now part of the Meskos Road reserve.
COBBLED ROADWAY, GREIGS RD - Archaeological Significance
The site is of archaeological significance because it forms one of the few remaining cobbled roads in the Shire of Melton and has the potential to provide information about the road construction techniques of mid-19th century rural Victoria. It contrasts with the adjacent delisted section of road, which appears to have been coated with bitumen.
Heritage Inventory Description
COBBLED ROADWAY, GREIGS RD - Heritage Inventory Description
The site consists of a representative sample of the most intact section of a former alignment of Greigs Road. This section of road is 120m long and 4m wide, although the cartilage of the listing is 20.5m wide to match the width of the delisted section. The track includes a slightly raised embankment, approximately 0.2m above the surrounding floodplain, cobbled road surface and road edging.
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Dry Stone Wall G84 - Mt Atkinson Road BoundaryMelton City
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Greigs Road Dry Stone Wall PrecinctMelton City
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