GOODWOOD SAWMILL & TRAMWAY

MULLUNGDUNG STATE FOREST AND SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY DARRIMAN AND MULLUNGDUNG STATE FOREST DARRIMAN, WELLINGTON SHIRE

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    GOODWOOD SAWMILL & TRAMWAY - History

    THE MILL WAS ESTABLISHED WITH CAPITAL FROM THE KALGOORLIE & BOULDER FIREWOOD COMPANY OF WEST AUSTRALIA IN JULY 1910.  IN 1912 THE GOODWOOD TIMBER & TRAMWAY COMPANY WAS FORMED TO MANAGE THE MILL AND ITS TRAMWAY SYSTEMS.  THE COMPANY EMPLOYED 145 MEN BY THIS STAGE WHO FORMED A SUBSTANTIAL COMMUNITY OF WORKERS AND FAMILIES.  THE MILL WAS CLOSED IN MARCH 1920.

    Interpretation of Site

    GOODWOOD SAWMILL & TRAMWAY - Interpretation of Site

    THE OUTLET TRAMLINE LINKED THE GOODWOOD MILL TO THE RAIL TERMINUS AND HARBOUR AT PORT ALBERT, 32KM TO SOUTH-WEST.  THE MILL REMAINS DEMONSTRATE WELL THE SEQUENCE OF OPERATIONS FROM LOG YARD TO SAW BENCHES AND THEN STACKING YARDS.  A PIT AND FIREBARS MARK THE LOCATION OS A LOCOMOTIVE WORKSHOP.  NUMEROUS CHIMNEY MOUNDS AND SCATTERED DOMESTIC DEBRIS MARK THE MILL SETTLEMENT.  TWO LOG TRAMWAYS EXTEND NORTH AND EAST FROM THE MILL, REPRESENTED BY EMBANKMENTS, SIDE CUTTINGS, CULVERTS, SLEEPERS AND TRESTLE BRIDGE AND AT LEAST ONE FOREST CAMP.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    GOODWOOD SAWMILL & TRAMWAY - Heritage Inventory Description

    OUTLET TRAMWAY FORMATIONS, EMBANKMENTS AND CUTTINGS; EXTENSIVE REMNANTS OF MILL TIMBERS AND EARTH FORMATIONS; SETTLEMENT DEBRIS.

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