CONSIDINES ROAD ARTEFACT SCATTER SITE
20 CONSIDINES ROAD BUCKLEY, SURF COAST SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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CONSIDINES ROAD ARTEFACT SCATTER SITE - History
A search of 19th century Prish Plans and local histories (ie Wynd 1992:94) suggests that the scatter marks the western most extent of the former Laketown (now Buckley), a small community that in the 1860s included a state school, hotel and post office. The scatter is not associated with any former buildings.
CONSIDINES ROAD ARTEFACT SCATTER SITE - Interpretation of Site
The scatter is composed of 19th centry glass and ceramics is likely to represent domestic rubbish depostied during the 1850s to 1870s. During this period, the town of Buckley was booming and the Princes Highway between Geelon and Winchelsea was being finalised. This, and other rubbish, may also have been added to in the course of the construction of the adjacent irrigation channel at around the same time. The scatter, along with the irrigation channel, represent some of the earliest remains of agricultural activities within the Surf Coast Shire.
CONSIDINES ROAD ARTEFACT SCATTER SITE - Archaeological Significance
Rubbish dumps, that are representative of the pastoralist era within the Surf Coast Shire west of Winchelsea and specifically the 19th century settlement of Laketown, are moderately rare. An archaeological assessment of the scatter (through excavation) and analysis of some of the extant buildings in the town, such as the school and hotel remainse, can provide a more complete understanding of domestic and pastoral life within Buckley during the 19th century.
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CONSIDINES ROAD ARTEFACT SCATTER SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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