FORMER CAMPERDOWN RAILWAY STATION
LONGMORE STREET CAMPERDOWN, CORANGAMITE SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
Camperdown railway station is of archaeological significance as the potential remains at this site could provide information about the layout of the station complex, and the purpose of the former buildings of unknown function. Archaeological features and deposits have the potential to provide information about how the former buildings and structures were associated with both each other and the extant features, and their importance within the railway station complex.
The Camperdown railway station site is assessed as having archaeological value in a local context under the 'linking Victorians by rail' and 'building Victoria's industries and workforce' framework in Victoria's Framework of Historical Themes (Heritage Council of Victoria 2010). As such, the Camperdown railway station site meets the Threshold B (place history).
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FORMER CAMPERDOWN RAILWAY STATION - History
Camperdown railway station, which opened on 2 July 1883, was also once the junction for the Timboon line, which reached the present-day township of Timboon, located approximately 50 km to the south of the original village of Timboon near Camperdown. The railway station building was built in late Victorian Italianate style. Refreshment rooms (with a 13 m long counter and a separate dining room), a purveyor's residence, ladies waiting room, and toilets in 1911. By 1926, a siding was added to the downside end of the Camperdown railway station yard for the Vacuum Oil Company (later known as Mobil), but their tanks were located outside the railway reserve on private land. Camperdown station once contained a turntable (or turning circle), which was removed in 1969. By 1979, Sleigh also had an oil siding at Camperdown. Both oil sidings were removed in 1988, along with a number of loco roads and works sidings. By the 1980s, the original toilets had been demolished. The building that contained the refreshment room, residence, and ladies waiting room was demolished in 1982. As of 2009, Camperdown was the only remaining crossing loop between Marshall and Warrnambool (Ward and Donnelly 1982b, pp. 108-111; Wong 2018).
FORMER CAMPERDOWN RAILWAY STATION - Archaeological Significance
The railway station opened on 2 July 1883, north of the intersection of Jones, Pike and Station Longmore Streets. The site comprises an operational passenger platform and railway station building to the south of the railway track, while the former goods area retains two tracks to the north of the mainline track. Some of the original structures, including a train turntable, have been dismantled from 1969. The refreshment room complex adjacent to the passenger platform was demolished in 1982. The railway station and passenger platform are still in use today. The key areas of archaeological potential identified include the lamp room, building, purveyor's residence and refreshment rooms, toilets, goods shed and goods platform. Camperdown railway station is of archaeological significance as the potential remains at this site could provide information about the layout of the station complex, and the purpose of the former buildings. As such, this site demonstrates potential for historical archaeological features, deposits or artefacts.
FORMER CAMPERDOWN RAILWAY STATION - Historical Significance
This site is likely to contribute to a further understanding beyond that documented in the Victorian railway stations architectural survey by Ward and Donnelly (1982a). The Camperdown railway station site is assessed as having archaeological value in a local context under the 'linking Victorians by rail' and 'building Victoria's industries and workforce' framework in Victoria's Framework of Historical Themes. As such, the Camperdown railway station site meets the Threshold B.
Heritage Inventory Description
FORMER CAMPERDOWN RAILWAY STATION - Heritage Inventory Description
Within the heritage boundary, the site comprises the Camperdown railway station building, which is a typical example of Victorian Railways architecture in the 1880s, and is of heritage significance. The proposed Heritage Inventory listing is related to archaeological evidence related to the HO listed Camperdown railway station, which is located within the current HO heritage boundary. Camperdown Railway Station (Corangamite HO108) is located within the railway reserve at the northern end of Pike Street, between Jones and Longmore Streets, Camperdown. The heritage boundary of the railway station covers approximately 5.2 hectares of land within the station grounds. It encompasses the railway station building, the passenger platform, the former goods platform, and former sidings. The railway station building and passenger platform are presently in use, and are both in good condition. They are located south of the east-west-aligned railway tracks through Camperdown.
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COURT HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H1385
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AJ THOMAS MOTOR GARAGEVictorian Heritage Register H1383
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THEATRE ROYAL AND MECHANICS INSTITUTEVictorian Heritage Register H1415
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