BEVERIDGE BLUESTONE FEATURE
STEWART STREET BEVERIDGE - PROPERTY NUMBER 75, WHITTLESEA CITY
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Statement of Significance
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BEVERIDGE BLUESTONE FEATURE - History
No historic documents specifically relating to the site’s date of construction, period of use and historical function/s were identified as part of this assessment. A summary of background research relevant to the identified site is provided below: • The identified site is located within the boundaries of an original Crown Section (CS 15; present- day 75 Stewart Street), which was first purchased in 1840. • CA 15 was occupied under lease conditions during the remainder of the nineteenth century by several individuals, all of whom occupied the land for farming purposes. In 1900, the property was purchased by James Stewart. Members of the Stewart family owned/occupied the land until 1973. • A house is evidenced within the property (CA 15; 75 Stewart Street, Beveridge) during the period 1881-1906; and by 1906 – during the ownership of the Stewart family – a timber house, stable, dairy, milking sheds and additional outbuildings are recorded within the property’s boundary. - The precise location of these buildings has not been established; however, the identified bluestone feature likely dates from the nineteenth to early-twentieth century, and it is possible that it is associated with (i.e., may be in the vicinity of) and is likely contemporary with the nineteenth-century buildings described above. • No historic maps or images showing the location of a structure at the location of the bluestone feature during the nineteenth or twentieth century have been identified. - A 1913 (DLS, 1913) map depicts land encompassing the site as vacant farmland, and no standing structures are evident at the site in an aerial image dating to 1946 (RASC, 1946). Additional details – including details pertaining to the land use history for the broader Beveridge township, and primary and secondary source materials and references relevant to the identified site as outlined above – are provided in the attached Supporting Docmentation (Crotty and Dolling, 2022a).BEVERIDGE BLUESTONE FEATURE - Interpretation of Site
No historic documents specifically relating to the site’s date of construction, period of use and historical function/s were identified as part of this assessment. However, the occupation history of land encompassing the site, the preliminary identification of the feature as a ‘horse-works’, and the known history of agricultural machinery in rural Victoria, all suggest a nineteenth to early-twentieth century construction and occupation period for the identified site. Additional details are provided in the attached Supporting Docmentation (Crotty and Dolling, 2022a; see also Crotty and Dolling, 2022b).
Heritage Inventory Description
BEVERIDGE BLUESTONE FEATURE - Heritage Inventory Description
The site was evident during the field survey as: • A circular arrangement of bluestones – including edging and paving – around a central un-paved depression (possible horse works). - The stone circle encompasses an area measuring ~10m in diameter. - This feature and the immediate surrounding area of land has been assessed as having ‘high’ archaeological potential. • Possible landscape modification/s: - The level appearance of land in the vicinity of the stone circle – particularly to the east – may be indicative of historic landscape modifications (e.g., land clearance or levelling) in association with the stone circle, and/or may mark the original location of additional structures/features contemporary with the bluestone feature. - This area of land has been assessed as having ‘moderate’ archaeological potential. Dense ground cover (grass) within in the vicinity of the bluestone feature limited the degree to which the ground surface could be effectively visualised. As a result, it is possible that additional remnant historic structures, landscape modifications and/or archaeological deposits are preserved in the vicinity of the identified bluestone feature. Additional details, including a map, site plan and photographs are provided in the attached Supporting Docmentation (Crotty and Dolling, 2022a).
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