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Mt. Derrimut dry stone walls
475 Mt Derrimut Road; Middle Road, DERRIMUT VIC 3030 - Property No 30

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1987 - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study 1996
1987 - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study 1996
1987 - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study 1996
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Statement of Significance

The Mt. Derrimut stone wall is of regional significance as the most substantial dry stone farm wall either in the metropolitan area, or on the Keilor-Melton basalt plains. Although repaired in part, it is an original link with the first phase of settlement of the basalt plains reflecting both the nature of the terrain encountered by the pastoralist s who had to clear the fields of rock, and the ways they dealt with the shortage of timber. The walls also reflect the (probably) Irish skilled labourers who built them in the middle of the last century.
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    • Physical Description 1

      Mt. Derrimut dry stone walls - Physical Description 1

      Substantial dry stone wall averaging 1.5 metre high with a more than 2 metre high section flanking the main entrance. This has been reconstructed several times and is only partly of skilled construction. The walls taper gradually from the driveway, and also curve inwards by about 90 degrees towards the driveway. The face of the wall has achieved a quite regular surface considering the very irregular form of the individual boulders. The wall is therefore also uncoursed, and features a mix of roughly round weathered fields stone (indicating the rock collected from the surface of the ground) and some larger angular blocks, probably dug from the ground in areas which were cultivated. The coping stones are only slightly larger than the average of those used in the wall.

      Condition

      Good.

      Physical Conditions

      Mt. Derrimut dry stone walls - Physical Conditions

      Good

      Historical Australian Themes

      Mt. Derrimut dry stone walls - Historical Australian Themes

      3 Developing local, regional and national economies
      3.4 Exploiting natural resources

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Brimbank - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study

      Author: G. Vines
      Year: 2000
      Grading: Local

      Brimbank - Melbourne Western Region Industrial Heritage Study

      Author: G. Vines & A. Ward
      Year: 1989
      Grading:

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