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BRIM SPRINGS
BRIM SPRING PICNIC AREA, ROSEBROOK-GLENISLA RD ZUMSTEINS, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
BRIM SPRINGS
BRIM SPRING PICNIC AREA, ROSEBROOK-GLENISLA RD ZUMSTEINS, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
Historical artefacts were discovered during CHMP testing. Artefacts included saddlery artefacts, a musket ball, nineteenth-century glass and ceramic and an R. Parker Ironmonger token. The area first recorded European occupation was in 1856, the Carters established Brim Springs (also known as Geranium Spring) in the area. There are not many historical references available online for the area, but the site is marked by interpretive signage.
How is it significant?
The site is of regional historical and archaeological significance.
Why is it significant?
Brim Springs is historically significant for its connection to the early phase of European occupation within the Grampians region. It has the potential to provide archaeological features, deposits and artefacts relating to domestic and pastoral occupation of this region and contain information about the lives of people in this area in the nineteenth century.
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BRIM SPRINGS - History
It would appear that the site relates to the settlement of the Brim Springs squatters station by the Carters. The carters settled the area in 1845. At the location (Geranium Spring) the Carters built a log cabin. Brim Springs station, comprised 35,000 acres and it was carried on under the name of Carter and Sons.BRIM SPRINGS - Interpretation of Site
The place is currently utilised as a picnic area within the Grampians National Park. From limited excavation and analysis, it appears that the site is a blacksmithing or stable site. The ironmongering token places a minimum age on the site of c.1857. The site has potential to contain further archaeological deposits that would inform early European activities within the Grampians National Park
Heritage Inventory Description
BRIM SPRINGS - Heritage Inventory Description
Subsurface deposit of historical materials comprising saddlery items, a musket ball, glass, an R. Parker Ironmonger token (c.1857), porcelain and cattle bone. Excavated within a 1x1m test pit during Cultural Heritage Management place complex assessment.
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