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HERMON'S MILLS AND TRAMWAY
BETWEEN IRRUKA ROAD AND BURNS ROAD WARBURTON, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
HERMON'S MILLS AND TRAMWAY
BETWEEN IRRUKA ROAD AND BURNS ROAD WARBURTON, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The site is of historical and archaeological significance as rare evidence of the logging and saw milling activity in the Yarra Ranges in the early twentieth century. The site demonstrates the characteristic form of tramways, mills and sawdust heaps.
The site is of archaeological significance for its potential to reveal more detailed evidence of structures such as the tramway formation, mill site and associated structures. There is also potential for occupational deposits from the workers who would have once been employed at the mill site.
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HERMON'S MILLS AND TRAMWAY - History
Henry Hermon established a number of mills in the Warburton area, progressively moving his operations further towards the east as the forests were cut out. Hermon erected two or three separate mills on Four Mile Creek near La La Falls and near the summit of Mount Bride and R. Platt and Co had a mill on Mount Bride Road (Padula B. , 2018). In 1901 he erected a sawmill at the headwaters of Four Mill Creek near Mt Bride, which was connected by a tramway and in 1909 he built another small mill near the La La Falls known as the “No 6 Mill”. The No 6 mill closed down in 1916 and the Mt Bride mill closed in 1910. A log tramway alongside the Four Mile Creek carried timber to the La La sidings on the Warburton railwayHERMON'S MILLS AND TRAMWAY - Interpretation of Site
The site was first utilised in 1901 when Hermon established a small sawmill at the headwaters of Four Mill Creek. The site was connected by a tramway and by 1909 another small mill was constructed near La La Falls . Both mills were closed by 1916 and the tramway abandoned at this time. The tramway ran alongside four mile creek, with the old tramway route becoming a walking track for the majority of the formation.
Heritage Inventory Description
HERMON'S MILLS AND TRAMWAY - Heritage Inventory Description
The present La La Falls walking track commences at the site of Hermons No 6 mill and follows the former timber tramway alignment along the west side of Four Mile Creek to just short of La La Falls, where there are the remains of a log landing and possible hut site. Historical sources refer to the tramway taking timber from Mt Bride, so it is likely there was formerly a tramway or incline, or possibly snig track extending further up Four Mile Creek. Hermon’s Mt Bride mill site is marked by a large sawdust heap, and evidence of the Mt Bride Tramway. Heavy undergrowth makes it difficult to make out the mill platform and trenches, but there are some indications. A tramway to the south extended to the La La sidings on the Warburton railway. The route of this is now in private property and was not examined.
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