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NAR NAR GOON STATION PRECINCT

Location

CARNEY STREET NAR NAR GOON, CARDINIA SHIRE

Level

Heritage Inventory Site

Statement of Significance

Archaeological features associated with early European settlement and infrastructural development within the Cardinia Shire region are significant for their association with the wider trend of expansion by European populations within parts of Victoria outside of Melbourne in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The site played a the key role in the operation of Nar Nar Goon Station, and represents part of a larger expansion of European populations east into regional Victoria in the mid-20th century, with the construction of the Gippsland rail line a key factor in enabling the rapid expansion of European populations into this area.

 
The site addresses the following categories in Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes:
 
• Theme 2: Peopling Victoria’s places and landscapes
 
o Sub-theme 2.7 Promoting settlement
 
• Theme 3: Connecting Victorians by transport and communications
 
o Sub-theme 3.3 Linking Victorians by rail - Associated Objects
 
• Theme 6: Building towns, cities and the garden state
 
o Sub-theme 6.5 Living in country towns

Group

Transport - Rail

Category

Rail Transport Precinct