GREEN CREEK ROAD SAWMILL
Green Creek Rd and Glenelg River Rd MIRRANATWA, Southern Grampians Shire
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Statement of Significance
The Green Creek Sawmill existed from about 1900 for several decades and represents the second, industrialised phase of the now passed lifestyle. It is not known which of the several local milling families operated it but it may have been the Fitzpatrick family who relocated to the outskirts of Dunkeld in 1942. It was one of several in the upper Victoria Valley, the closest being about 2.2kms to the north-east and McIntyre's, later Strahan's, 13.5kms to the south-west. Little survives of these ephemeral sites, with only pits, trenches and a clearing for a yard at the Green Creek site. It retains a high degree of archaeological potential.
How is it significant?
The Green Creek Road Sawmill site is of historical and archaeological significance to the district of Victoria Valley and to the Southern Grampians Shire as a Heritage Inventory site.
Why is it significant?
The Green Creek Road Sawmill site is of historical significance as a representative example of the now passed saw millers' way of life. It is of archaeological significance for the evidence it may yield about that lifestyle.
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GREEN CREEK ROAD SAWMILL - Physical Conditions
The archaeological potential of the site is high.
GREEN CREEK ROAD SAWMILL - Physical Description 1
The site of the sawmill is located approximately 50 metres west of the intersection of Green Creek and Glenelg River Roads, in the Grampians National Park. A series of well-defined trenches and pits marks the location of the sawmill operations. About 10 metres west of the edge of Glenelg River Road the remains of a post and rail fence can be seen. A loading ramp constructed from an enormous tree trunk, plus dirt and field stone is located on the north side of the clearly defined access track. A dam has been constructed at a later date on the north west side of the site.
GREEN CREEK ROAD SAWMILL - Historical Australian Themes
Theme 3: Developing local, regional and national economies
Theme 5: Working
5.2.1 Timber getting (sawmills, tramway camps etc)GREEN CREEK ROAD SAWMILL - Usage/Former Usage
Abandoned sawmill
GREEN CREEK ROAD SAWMILL - Integrity
low integrity for above ground relics.
GREEN CREEK ROAD SAWMILL - Physical Description 2
operators not known but possibly the Fitzpatrick family.
GREEN CREEK ROAD SAWMILL - Physical Description 3
Located in a state forest reserve.
Heritage Study and Grading
Southern Grampians - Southern Grampians Shire Heritage Study
Author: Timothy Hubbard P/L, Annabel Neylon
Year: 2002
Grading:
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