FORMER RAYWOOD RAILWAY STATION
3-7 INGLEWOOD ROAD RAYWOOD, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
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Statement of Significance
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FORMER RAYWOOD RAILWAY STATION - History
Raywood was founded as a small gold field in the 1860s. The railway line from Bendigo to Piangil was constructed in 1882 with a station, goods shed and departmental residence erected at Raywood (Figure 11). A concrete silo was built at the railway siding in 1941. New station buildings were erected in 1915. A second Departmental residence and timber goods shed (Figure 13), were erected by about 1915. The timber station building was demolished in 1987.The station once had several sidings, stock yards and small structures, with a complex network of paths and drains (Figure 10). Access from the town was via a diagonal street past the recreation ground, still marked by a line of peppercorn trees (Figure 12). Raywood was a watering station for locomotives with a 20,000-gallon tank, pipe track, engine house, boiler and pumping engine. The Departmental Residence at 9 Inglewood Street is included in the Heritage Overlay (HO640) as Former railway gatekeeper’s house”. The heritage study citation also refers to it as: “Former railway gatekeeper’s house (Departmental Residence no. 927) and water supply ruins” built c1882. The station buildings were demolished by 1987.
Within the Raywood station ground the remaining late nineteenth century departmental residence remains with a Heritage Overlay in place,FORMER RAYWOOD RAILWAY STATION - Interpretation of Site
Raywood station was established in 1882 as part of the boom period expansion of the Victorian railway network. The station served a small community, but encouraged expansion of the population and commerce. As a result a permanent stationmaster was stationed at the departmental residence and a goods shed constructed. Watering facilities for steam locomotives were also provided, with evidence surviving in the earth tank, water tower and various channels and pipes. Demolition of the station buildings in the 1980s has left behind the prominent platform mound, although lacking the kerb and paving, as well as footings and buried remains of other buildings. An extensive area of demolition rubble and other material is located between the departmental residence and platform, a drain along the eastern edge appears to also have been a rubbish dump where there is extensive surface exposure of late nineteenth and early twentieth century ceramics, glass and metal objects.
Heritage Inventory Description
FORMER RAYWOOD RAILWAY STATION - Heritage Inventory Description
Raywood station comprises the original extent of the station yard east of the railway line, including the platform mound and footings of the former station buildings, the earth dam, channels, pipes, drains and footings of the water tower from the railway water supply system, the former departmental residence and remnants for the former landscaping including sugar gums. A timber Departmental residence survives intact, along with peppercorn and sugar gum trees and the station and goods shed platform mounds (Figure 1). Remnants of the water supply are evident in the square earth tank to the north, the concrete and cast iron footings of the original water tower, and various drains and pipelines (Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5). Scatters of building material ceramic and glass refuse suggest a secondary deposit of demolition material from the station building and probably rubbish dump from the residence (Figure 6) are located between the residence and platform mound. Brick and terracotta pipes are evident on the platform mound indicating the footings of the former buildings such as the station chimneys and toilet block are still in situ (Figure 6 Figure 7). A drainage feature is located along the eastern boundary, diverting surface water to the water reservoir to the north. However there is no indication that this is a natural waterway, or that there had previously been a natural swamp or waterway in this area.
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SEASONING WORKS SITE AND TERRACOTTA LUMBERWALLVictorian Heritage Inventory
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