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PICNIC POINT JETTY DEPOSIT AND ENVIRONS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
36 JETTY ROAD HAMPTON, BAYSIDE CITY
PICNIC POINT JETTY DEPOSIT AND ENVIRONS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
36 JETTY ROAD HAMPTON, BAYSIDE CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The site has the potential to reveal information regarding the original construction of the pier and repairs due to storm damage in the 1890s and 1930s and contain archaeological deposits, artefacts and features relating to its recreational and commercial use and the use of the site as a naval parading and military training area.
How is it significant?
The site is of local historical and archaeological significance.
Why is it significant?
The Hampton pier has the potential to provide information about the original nineteenth-century pier construction and forms. The pier has potential to yield artefacts associated with its recreational and commercial use, and may contain artefacts, deposits and features associated with the pier use as a naval parade area and military training area in the late nineteenth century.
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PICNIC POINT JETTY DEPOSIT AND ENVIRONS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE - History
Since its construction in 1882, Hampton Pier has been used for commercial and recreational fishing, for mooring of yachts and other recreational water craft, as well as for general recreational use and pedestrian promenading. In 1886 it was used for military training exercises. Hampton Pier has been variously repaired following storm damage, and extended in 1933. The pier featured in the Sandringham Regatta established in 1903. Government records and newspaper articles indicate storm damage and repairs to the original pier in 1898 and 1934 with an 'L' extension added in 1945. For further information related to the history of the pier refer to attached background history report prepared by GML Heritage (January 2022). The sea bed surrounding the pier has been subject to significant disturbance. In September 2019 extensive dredging was undertaken around the pier omitting only the far northwest extension area of the pier (see attached Hampton Pier pre and post dredge hydrographic surveys).PICNIC POINT JETTY DEPOSIT AND ENVIRONS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE - Interpretation of Site
Phases of development, site functions and activities are presented in the attached background history report. Until its recent closure due to public safety concerns Hampton Pier was used predominantly for mooring, promenading and recreational fishing.
Heritage Inventory Description
PICNIC POINT JETTY DEPOSIT AND ENVIRONS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE - Heritage Inventory Description
The site previously contained a discontinued pier in Brighton prior to the pier's demolition between November 2023 and February 2024. The pier was originally constructed in 1882 with multiple phases of additions, alterations and major maintenance. There is archaeological potential for remnant original pier deposits and artefacts associated with damage and repair to the pier. 20+ remnant piles have been identified in the seabed following recent demolition. There is potential for any artefacts associated with the commercial, recreational or military use of the pier. Four additional piles have been found in buried in the beach that appear to be sawn-off piles from an earlier unidentified structure.
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FINCHAM AND HOBDAY PIPE ORGANVictorian Heritage Register H2450
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STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, GEELONGVictorian Heritage Register H2451
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NORTH MELBOURNE POTTERYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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