FLINDER'S STREET THOROUGHFARE (AT BATMANS HILL)

27-31 SPENCER STREET, DOCKLANDS VIC 3008

Heritage Inventory Site

The bluestone carriageway and underlying deposits are of significance.

The site is historically and archaeologically significant to the City of Melbourne.

The site is of historical significance as it represents a commercial carriageway between the former Spencer Street

railway goods sheds and Melbourne's CBD and is a tangible link to late 19th century commercial rail activity in city.

The site has potential to contain archaeological deposits relating to its commercial and industrial use during the

19th century are of archaeological significance. In particular, the bluestone cobbles are of significance as they are

tangible remains of the carriageway which connected the railway to the city. The site also has potential to yield

archaeological remains associated with the railway signal houses which may have been present on the site in the

1890s.

Additionally, at depth, the site has potential to contain deposits associated with the early development of

Melbourne. In particular, these deposits may yield information unavailable from other sources pertaining to the

levelling of batman’s hill which was removed in the mid 19th century for the construction of Spencer Street

Station.

Any archaeological evidence that may be obtained from the site would have some potential to add to the overall

understanding and insight into the commercial development of Melbourne City from post-European contact

onwards.

Urban Area