Diesel Engine - Asparagus Farm now 13th Beach Golf Club (5mtrs around machine)

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The Alexander Shanks & Son diesel engine and pump house at "Tomara", 1732-1770 Barwon Heads Road, is a historically significant at a REGIONAL level. It is associated with the asparagus farm operated by George and Walter Foster for the Australian Jam Company from the early 1920s. The pump house at "Tomara", 1732-1770 Barwon Heads Road, is socially significant at a REGIONAL level. It represents part of the operations of the former asparagus farm no longer in use, yet still recognised by the community for these associations. The Alexander Shanks & Son diesel engine at "Tomara", 1732-1770 Barwon Heads Road, is scientifically significant at a STATE level. The engine is a legacy of the technological process developed for reticulating water throughout a network of underground concrete pipes, as part of the asparagus farming operations. Overall, the pump house at Tomara, 1732-1770 Barwon Heads Road, is of REGIONAL significance.

References

1. Parish Plan of Connewarre, 1903, Geelong Historical Records Centre. 2. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 189899, 18991900, 190001, 190404, 190910, 191011, 191112, 191415, 191516, 191617, 191920, 192122, 192223, 192324, 192425, 192526, 192627, 193031, 193637, 194344. 3. Interview by Cheryl Timbury with Cobden Martin, former employee of the AJC asparagus farm between 193842, on 5 July, 1999. 4. Oral information from Doug Hocking, current owner, 1998. References

Group

Farming and Grazing

Category

Farm