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ROCKBANK TIMBER BRIDGE AND COBBLE STONE ROAD
BEATTYS ROAD AINTREE AND BEATTYS ROAD BONNIE BROOK, MELTON CITY

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    • History

      ROCKBANK TIMBER BRIDGE AND COBBLE STONE ROAD - History

      Bridge dates to 1860s.

      Interpretation of Site

      ROCKBANK TIMBER BRIDGE AND COBBLE STONE ROAD - Interpretation of Site

      Timber road bridge dating to the 1860s and section of early cobbled road leading to the Rockbank Inn site located to the south of the bridge ruin on the west side of the creek.

      Archaeological Significance

      ROCKBANK TIMBER BRIDGE AND COBBLE STONE ROAD - Archaeological Significance

      The bridge ruin is of medium archaeological significance maintaining a high level of integrity and medium level of intactness. The site has not been disturbed but is subject to further deterioration. It has the potential to provide further information about early transport routes relating to the goldfields and the development of road infrastructure in the region.

      Historical Significance

      ROCKBANK TIMBER BRIDGE AND COBBLE STONE ROAD - Historical Significance

      The site is of local historical significance for its relationship with early transport routes and goldfields traffic from the mid 1800s. The site is one of two ruinous bridges, the other being the Toolern Creek timber bridge ruin, in the Shire of Melton on the VHI. Another bridge ruin and road cutting forms part of the Eynesbury VHR listing H0362.

      Heritage Inventory Description

      ROCKBANK TIMBER BRIDGE AND COBBLE STONE ROAD - Heritage Inventory Description

      Updated description: Site comprises timber road bridge ruin and former road cutting and cobbled section of Beattys Road at west side of ruin, which leads to and is associated with the Rockbank Inn.

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

      Previous description: Site comprises the wooden remains of bridge across Kororiot Creek that dates to 1860s. There are no other bridges recorded within Melton Shire.

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