LAKE BOORT DAM

3597 BOORT-PYRAMID ROAD BOORT, LODDON SHIRE

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LAKE BOORT DAM

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    LAKE BOORT DAM - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: Probably predates construction of Lake Boort (1850) in a former swamp basin. Stevens (1969, 22-23) describes the lack of flow in the Kinypanial Creek, the cutting of a channel connecting the Loddon River with Lake Boort and the operation of the washpen.
    

    Interpretation of Site

    LAKE BOORT DAM - Interpretation of Site

    Heritage Inventory Interpretation: Dam for artificial pool (wash pen) associated with sheep washing. Potentially dating to 1840s/1850s. Lake Boort was created in 1850 after channel was cut linking the Loddon with Kinypanial Creek at serpentine. Possibly built using Aboriginal labour. The creek mouth was documented post-contact camping place associated with Boort forestation(?) in the period 1838-1870s as attested by numerous scarred trees in the vicinity and historical accounts.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    LAKE BOORT DAM - Heritage Inventory Description

    A clay embankment interlaced with a wicker framework that dams pool on the Kinypanial Creek at the inlet to Lake Boort. The embankment comprises a NW-SE bank parallel to inlet channel, a clay a wicker dam (possibly constructed from Murray Pine) at right angles blocking the creek and a subsidiary alignment forming a N-S wing in the NW corner.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: state (or higher). Represents the unique preservation of a structural feature relating to the early pastoral period. Site contains waterlogged timber and potential archaeological deposits. Possibly associated with post contact Aboriginal activities of very high historical & scientific importance. Very rare.

    Heritage Inventory Site Features: 1. NW-SE embankment, possibly containing timber framework. 2. NE-SW embankment containing timber framework. 3. Parallel statelines. 4. Occ. surface historical artefacts (including early bottle glass) distributed across area. 5. Inlet channel has substantially silted up since creation of Lake Boort. Possibility of archaeological deposit preservation.

    Archeological Potential: Potential (area),Remnant Structure

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