FORMER GOORNONG RAILWAY STATION
37 RAILWAY PLACE GOORNONG, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
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Statement of Significance
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FORMER GOORNONG RAILWAY STATION - History
The first European settlement at Goornong comprised workers constructing the Bendigo-Echuca railway line in the period 1859-64 (Turner, 2014). The station opened with the railway line on 19th September 1864. Although it is unclear if the building shown in early photographs dates from this period (Figure 8). The station ground included at least one departmental residence (Figure 7) with outbuildings, a cool store built in 1889 (removed in 1904), and stock yards erected in 1899 (Turner, 2014). A good shed and wheat store were located on the north side of the line served by a loop siding. A second departmental residence appears to have been on the site as well (Figure 12).
The Grain Elevators Board erected a concrete wheat silo in 1942; followed by two further silos in 1953 and 1966 respectively, an oat shed in 1965, and a barley shed (Arnold, 2008). The silos were part of the shift during World War Two to bulk handling of grain.FORMER GOORNONG RAILWAY STATION - Interpretation of Site
Goornong station was established when the Bendigo – Echuca section of the Melbourne and Murray River Railway was completed in 1864. Hand made bricks uncovered during Geotech testing are most likely to be from this original station building. Other scattered nineteenth and twentieth century building materials and other artefacts relate to the use of the site over then next 100 years. It is likely that footings from the departmental residences, as well as buried scattered archaeological deposits and possible toilet pit contents also survive. Modern clearance to form parkland has altered the ground surface.
Heritage Inventory Description
FORMER GOORNONG RAILWAY STATION - Heritage Inventory Description
At Goornong, evidence of the former station is visible in the form of the platform mound, peppercorn and other trees planted within the station yard, the concrete silos opposite and surface features indicating footings, hardstand, drainage and scattered ceramic and glass fragments (Figure 1 Figure 3). Geotechnical test pits were excavated at Goornong where there appeared to be a brick structure at the base of one pit (TP6) (Figure 2 and Figure 1). The station platform has had its timber kerbing and pavement removed, but patches of concrete, drainage pits and other brickwork are visible on the surface, indicating the presence of other buried features. The location of the former departmental residences are evident from remnant planted trees and surface artefacts north of the present toilet block (Figure 4). There are a few pieces of ceramic and glass in this area, but the site appears to have been elevated and re-soiled along with construction of a path, nearby public amenities and underground services.
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