YACKANDANDAH CORDIAL FACTORY SITE

25-27 WINDHAM STREET YACKANDANDAH, INDIGO SHIRE

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Victorian Heritage Inventory

Statement of Significance

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  • History

    YACKANDANDAH CORDIAL FACTORY SITE - History

    A search of the Parish and geological plans did not reveal further information about the layout, location and history of the site. No buildings are shown within the allotment on the 1856 survey of the Yackandadah Township, which is consistent with the cordial factory being opened in 1857.

    Set up by John Hattersley (brief description in Heritage Study YAKT087 Freeman 2002:44) as cordial and soda water factory in 27 Windham Street. Evidence survives for the cordial factory at a Yackandandah private residence, including odd bottles. It operated until at least 1930.

    John Hattersley was listed as a ginger beer manufacturer in Woolshed in the Ovens Directory from 1857 onwards.

    Interpretation of Site

    YACKANDANDAH CORDIAL FACTORY SITE - Interpretation of Site

    The site was only inspected from the road, but this was sufficient to determine that there was some integrity to its residential section and the adjoining sheds, and therefore some potential for sub-surface archaeological structures and/or material culture associated with the 19^t century cordial works. The plan of the site is not readily apparent and the site may also incorporate a range of later features. The land to the south, however, has been levelled and shaped to accommodate a new building and this would have impacted on any heritage material, if present.

    Archaeological Significance

    YACKANDANDAH CORDIAL FACTORY SITE - Archaeological Significance

    Parts of the location of 27 Windham Street, Yackandandah, and the land behind this property extending to Yackandandah Creek, are intact, and have an archaeological potential. Because similar evidence for commercial structures (cordial works) is not common in the region, further archaeological assessment is likely to provide a range of comparative data regarding the layout, chronology and other features of the site development.

    Historical Significance

    YACKANDANDAH CORDIAL FACTORY SITE - Historical Significance

    Site is significant as an industry established subsequently to the gold rush of the north region of Victoria.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    YACKANDANDAH CORDIAL FACTORY SITE - Heritage Inventory Description

    Probable location for Hattersley's cordial factory. Private residence; the original allotment has been subdivided. The front section (facing Windham Street) houses the building identified as the former Hattersley residence, and a range of sheds that may have been utilised as part of the cordial works he owned and managed. A new residence has been built to the south.
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