GLENDART TOWNSHIP

GLENDART TRACK DARTMOUTH, TOWONG SHIRE

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    GLENDART TOWNSHIP - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    Glendart township developed from two earlier mining settlements - Canvas Town and Williamstown (originally called Dark River) - which were on the route to the Gibbo River rushes of the 1850s and 60s. Canvas Town lay 1½ miles upstream from Williamstown.
    When Glendart grew up in response to the development of the Dart River reefs in the early 1880s, its two parts were still apparent. The main activity was at the Canvas Town end, near the Dark River Co.'s mine and battery. An earlier hotel (Meurant's) was re-built, and there was a post office, store, bakery and butcher's shop. At the Williamstown end of Glendart, the old Dark River store was joined by two more stores, as well as two hotels, a bakery, two butchers' shops, and a police station.
    By 1884, Glendart was already well on the wane - only one store, Meurant's hotel, and a few other buildings remained.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    GLENDART TOWNSHIP - Heritage Inventory Description

    Site comprises numerous hut platforms, some with stone or brick fire places. LCC study (see report 392 for details) also recorded rubble relating to a bakery and a powder magazine, as well as a cemetery 2km east of township.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: National Estate

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