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GRAVES AND FRASERS MILL
Other NameGraves and Frasers Mill LocationWOMBAT STATE FOREST, OFF PINCHGUT ROAD ROCKLYN, HEPBURN SHIRE
File NumberHER/2002/000226LevelRegistered |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? How is it significant? Why is it significant?
Graves and Fraser's Mill is a well preserved
example of a nineteenth-century forest sawmill. It was established by
George Graves and Thomas Frazer in the western (Bullarook) end of the
Wombat Forest near Barkstead, and operated between 1864 and 1881. The
site features the remains of a concrete floor and a concrete
foundation for a horizontal steam engine, along with another large
concrete foundation adjacent. The remains of a stone boiler setting
include a set of cast iron fire-doors. Earthworks at the mill include
a flat for the log yard, a pit for a vertical breaking-down saw and a
cistern for boiler water.
Graves and Fraser's Mill is archaeological
significance to the State of Victoria.
Graves and Fraser's Mill is
archaeologically important as a rare surviving example of a sawmill in
the Bullarook Forest, an area heavily exploited during the early years
of the Gold Rush in Victoria. The site has the potential to provide
significant information about the technological history of sawmilling
and the cultural history of mill settlements.
Group
Forestry and Timber Industry
Category
Sawmill