PALMERS ROAD BLUESTONE FOUNDATIONS

280 PALMERS ROAD TRUGANINA, WYNDHAM CITY

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Victorian Heritage Inventory

Statement of Significance

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  • History

    PALMERS ROAD BLUESTONE FOUNDATIONS - History

    The land is currently the site of the Port Phillip Prison. The history of the ruins is unknown and further desktop research is required to understand this site.

    Historical Significance

    PALMERS ROAD BLUESTONE FOUNDATIONS - Historical Significance

    The historical significance is assessed as medium.

    Interpretation of Site

    PALMERS ROAD BLUESTONE FOUNDATIONS - Interpretation of Site

    The oldest site foundations are the dressed bluestone slab of the cobbled driveway. Each concrete slab floor appears to be yonger then the next, giving a progression of structures from the bluestone slab (possible 1840s) through to the most recent concrete slab (probably 1950s). The site most probably represents a series of domestic living arrangements and associated infrastructure.

    Archaeological Significance

    PALMERS ROAD BLUESTONE FOUNDATIONS - Archaeological Significance

    The archaeological sifnificance of this site is medium for its potential to show material evidence from a continuous occupation of the site. This information could only come from archaeological excavation and analysis of the recovered material remains.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    PALMERS ROAD BLUESTONE FOUNDATIONS - Heritage Inventory Description

    Updated description: Foundations of bluestone and concrete slab dwelling, some apple trees and a row of cypress pines. A basalt cobbled driveway leads to the foundation complex. One bluestone slab floor is represented, along with three more recent concrete slab floors. A concrete well is present along with several rubble piles of brick and bluestone.

    [Reassessed for the Outer Western Metro Site Reassessment Project - Melton & Wyndham, March 2010]

    Previous description: Foundations of a bluestone house, with concrete and bricks marked "Northcote", covered in boxthorns. Below ground well. Basalt cobbled entrance track from Palmer's Rd. Cypress wind breaks- remnants of - to the north of site. Numerous foundations - hard to tell how many due to boxthorn and weed cover. Immeditely to the west of the main foundations are several timber and corrugated iron outbuildings.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Possibly medium local significance.

    Archeological Potential: Remnant Structure

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