(LANGI KAL KAL SURVEY) POTTERY DUMP

60 FOX HOLLOW DRIVE SUNBURY, HUME CITY

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  • History

    (LANGI KAL KAL SURVEY) POTTERY DUMP - History

    Following the implementation of the Neglected and Criminal Children's Act of 1864, a 1,000 acre site was put aside on Jackson's Hill in Sunbury on which was developed the Sunbury Industrial School. This institution was designed to provide destitute or orphaned children with the skills necessary to care for themselves in adulthood.

    Provisions for the children were inadequate and illness was rife. It was estimated that around 10 percent of children died within the first year of operation, and this led to the school gaining the nickname of the Sunbury Slaughterhouse. After public outcry, and after numerous Royal Commissions into the Industrial School System the Sunbury Industrial School was closed.

    The site was redeveloped in 1879 as an asylum for the mentally ill and, having been substantially enlarged in the period 1891 - 1914, it reached 1000 patients at its peak. The 1920s the Health Reformation Act improved conditions and the site was maintained in use as a psychiatric hospital before becoming the Caloola Training Centre for the Intellectually Disabled between 1968 and 1992. It is now occupied by a number of organisations including Sunbury and Macedon Ranged Specialist School and Victoria University, although the latter is due to be replaced at the site by the Hume Anglican Grammar School in 2010.

    Interpretation of Site

    (LANGI KAL KAL SURVEY) POTTERY DUMP - Interpretation of Site

    The previous site card (1992) records the remains of a late 19th - early 20th century outbuilding associated with the Caloola Training Centre, citing concrete foundations of 20m by 10m in size. The survey did not locate any such foundation, but a dump of construction material which may reflect the clearance of this feature was observed.

    Further to the east, covering the slope down to the southern bank of the stream, a large domestic waste dump site was observed, including bricks, bed steads and a large volume of ceramics of probable early to mid 20th century date. This is probably related to the Caloola Training Centre or its earlier incarnation.

    Archaeological Significance

    (LANGI KAL KAL SURVEY) POTTERY DUMP - Archaeological Significance

    The site has low archaeological significance in that it may preserve deposits, probably in the form of artefactual evidence, relating to the Caloola Training Centre.

    Historical Significance

    (LANGI KAL KAL SURVEY) POTTERY DUMP - Historical Significance

    The site is of low historical significance for its relation to the former Caloola Training Cetre which is represented by substantial physical evidence on Jackson's Hill.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    (LANGI KAL KAL SURVEY) POTTERY DUMP - Heritage Inventory Description

    A large artefact scatter of ceramics and bricks on the southern bank of a stream.

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