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Newport Lakes and Trees (Former Newport Quarry)
LocationMargaret Street and Graham Street and Perry Street and Bruce Street NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay City LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is Significant?
The site of the Newport Quarry, now Newport Lakes Park, comprising the land generally bounded by Margaret, Graham, Perry and Bruce Streets in Newport. The site of the Newport Quarry is of local historic and social significance to the City of Hobsons Bay. Historically, it was significant as the source for much of the bluestone construction in the district in the nineteenth and twentieth century and is now significant as perhaps the only remaining visible example of a large basalt quarry in an area once known across the State for its bluestone supply. It has strong associations with many of the district's contractors who leased parts of its grounds. (AHC criteria A4, B2 and D2) Socially, it is significant as an important community resource as a major public recreation area for the municipality. (AHC criterion H1)
Group
Mining and Mineral Processing
Category
Quarry