RAVENSWOOD RESERVE

OFF CALDER HIGHWAY RAVENSWOOD, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

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Victorian Heritage Inventory

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    RAVENSWOOD RESERVE - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: This site has been a popular picnic spot for train travellers since the opening of the line in 1862. Special picnic trains ran to Ravenswood on holidays such as Melbourne Cup Day.
    

    Interpretation of Site

    RAVENSWOOD RESERVE - Interpretation of Site

    Heritage Inventory Interpretation: The artefact scatter has probably resulted from the use of the reserve as a picnic spot by rail travellers over many years in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    RAVENSWOOD RESERVE - Heritage Inventory Description

    Scatter of historical artefacts in the public reserve on the west side of the Ravenswood railway siding. Most artefacts are around several large granite boulders, near a shallow creek.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Low archaeological significance. High regional significance because of its place in the early history of Ravenswood.

    Recorded by: Vincent Clark. Date Recorded: September 1998 Heritage Inventory Site Features: Artefact scatter.

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