SEALERS COVE SAW MILL

WILSONS PROMONTORY, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

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    SEALERS COVE SAW MILL - History

    Timber splitting commenced at Sealers Cove in 1849.  When the timber was removed in January 1850, further supplies for the splitters were landed along with four bullocks to aid the efforts of the men working in the bush.  A sawpit complete with a 7 ft saw was added in August 1850, and the first sawn timber left the Cove in October.  In 1853, Turnbull, Buchanan and Company established a steam-powered sawmill at the site.  The mill was home to a population of more than sixty people, with timber shipped to Melbourne and Geelong.  The peak year of production at Sealers Cove was 1854, but thereafter other sawmills along the Gippsland coast offered increasing competition.  The mill and its tramway were dismantled in 1860 and the plant was moved across Corner Inlet to Agnes River.

    The timber resources of Sealers Cove lay untouched from 1860 to 1903, when John King of Metung and Robert McCulloch of Lakes Entrance built a new sawmill at the site.  A jetty was built extending 800 ft out into the cove.  The mill was fitted with a vertical breaking-down saw and a rip bench with a manual roller system.  Despite the effort involved in erecting the mill, logging tramways, mill settlement and long pier, the venture was to be short-lived.  A fire in 1906 destroyed everything except the community hall, after which the machinery was removed and the mill site was abandoned.
    

    Permit Exemptions

    SEALERS COVE SAW MILL - Permit Exemptions

    General Exemptions:

    General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.

    Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.

    Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.

    Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions.

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    Specific Exemptions:

    General Conditions: 1. All exempted alterations are to be planned and carried out in a manner which prevents damage to the fabric of the registered place or object. General Conditions: 2. Should it become apparent during further inspection or the carrying out of alterations that original or previously hidden or inaccessible details of the place or object are revealed which relate to the significance of the place or object, then the exemption covering such alteration shall cease and the Executive Director shall be notified as soon as possible. General Conditions: 3. If there is a conservation policy and plan approved by the Executive Director, all works shall be in accordance with it. General Conditions: 4. Nothing in this declaration prevents the Executive Director from amending or rescinding all or any of the permit exemptions. General Conditions: 5. Nothing in this declaration exempts owners or their agents from the responsibility to seek relevant planning or building permits from the responsible authority where applicable.

    EXEMPTIONS:
    * Preliminary Mineral Exploration work
    * Fire suppression duties
    * Weed and vermin control
    * Public safety
    * Rehabilitation, protective and stabilisation works
    * Information signage - for interpretation and prevention of public risk

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