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AMPHITHEATRE STATION GROUND

Other Name

AMPHITHEATRE STATION GROUND

Location

SCHOOL STREET, AMPHITHEATRE VIC 3468

Level

Heritage Inventory Site

Statement of Significance

Gold was discovered in the area in 1853, and a settlement was established at Amphitheatre as a result. It was originally located further south of its current location, in the natural amphitheatre after which it is named. A Post Office opened on 22 June 1859. The Avoca-Ararat railway, which opened in 1890, included a station at Amphitheatre. The station was closed, along with the line, in 1959. Saw mills were located near the station which cut wood taken from the surrounding ranges. Wool was transported to Geelong from a wool store, also near the station. A small shelter shed at the station was constructed, but removed in the 1890s to be replaced by more substantial building which survived up to the 1950s.

 
Amphitheatre Station ground is of archaeological significance for the potential to reveal information on the structure of small railway stations and patterns of land use and consumption in the period between the 1890s and 1950s. historical significance as evidence of a former gold mining and farming community which underwent dramatic change in the mid-20th century.
 
Rare fragment of former settlement and focus of the community still recognised by local people and rail enthusiasts.

Group

Transport - Rail

Category

Railway Platform/ Station