28-32 WELLINGTON STREET, PORT ALBERT

28-32 WELLINGTON STREET PORT ALBERT, WELLINGTON SHIRE

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28-32 Wellington Street, Port Albert Artefact Catalogue

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  • History

    28-32 WELLINGTON STREET, PORT ALBERT - History

    The earliest cottage on the property has been built by 1848. A second cottage was built between 1848 and 1854. Both cottages were standing in the 1880s, but the earlier cottage had been demolished by 1940. The second, later cottage was bulldozed between 1989-91. The cottages appear to have been the residences of harbour department employees. The earliest known resident of the 1840 cottage was John Thomas (in cottage by 1866, left 1900), while the second, later coattge was probably first lived in by Edward Luttrell (in by 1854, left 1863), then by William Brown (1863 to 1886).

    Interpretation of Site

    28-32 WELLINGTON STREET, PORT ALBERT - Interpretation of Site

    The area of anomalies behind the known location of the 1840s cottage is most probably associated with that cottage and thus forms the core of the site's current archaeological significance. Most of the other anomalies appear to be associated with the concrete septic tank system, although the anomalies just north of the bulldoze scrape could be associated with the cottage.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    28-32 WELLINGTON STREET, PORT ALBERT - Heritage Inventory Description

    Grass-covered undeveloped town plot roughly 50mx55m. Dense shrubbery along wouth-east edge of properrty line covers ruins of a 20th-century shed. The concrete remains of at least one spetic tank system are also visible on thesurface.

    Geophysical survey has identified the presence of sub-surface features most probably associated with an 1840s cottage. Anomalies possibly associated with another 19th-century cottage (probably built between 1848 and 1854) were also identified.

    Physical Conditions: Poor

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