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TELEGRAPH (GRAVES') SAWMILL
LocationCREAVES MILL TRACK LEONARDS HILL, HEPBURN SHIRE
File NumberHER/2002/000227LevelRegistered |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? How is it significant? Why is it significant?
The Telegraph (Graves?) Sawmill represents
one of the best preserved nineteenth-century mill sites known in
Victoria. Erected south of Daylesford by the Telegraph Sawmill Company
in 1872, the mill was managed by George Graves from 1879 until its
closure in 1893. The mill features the remains of a deep square pit
for the vertical breaking-down saw, a stone boiler setting, a well to
supply water, timber impressions for a large log deck and earthworks
for the log tramway cutting behind the mill. Evidence for the mill
settlement survives in the form of several brick and stone fireplace
foundations located on a low mound north of the mill.
The Telegraph (Graves?) Sawmill is of
archaeological significance to the State of Victoria.
The Telegraph (Graves?) Sawmill is
archaeologically important as a comparatively intact example of a
nineteenth-century mill. The remains demonstrate well the layout of
the mill and the type of machinery employed. Sawmilling in the Wombat
Forest during this period provided timber products which were crucial
to the success of the gold mining industry in Victoria. The site has
the potential to provide physical evidence relating to the
technological history of the timber industry and the cultural history
of sawmilling settlements.
Group
Forestry and Timber Industry
Category
Sawmill