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FORMER FRASER STREET SHOPS
Location20 FRASER STREET CLUNES, HEPBURN SHIRE LevelHeritage Inventory Site |
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The 20 Fraser Street site is considered to have the potential to contain archaeological desposits associated with early commercial activity in Clunes. The area surrounding and including 20 Fraser Street formed the first commercial centre in Clunes in the early decades of post-contact settlement during the Victorian goldrush.
While there has been late nineteenth century construction on the property, it appears to have been relatively low impact in that the structures do not cover the entire property and do not have basements. Most of the land remains as an open grassed yard.
Documentary evidence indicates that 20 Fraser Street has the potential to contain archaeological remains (in the form pf underground deposits) in a condition that may allow information to be obtained that will contribute to an understanding of the site’s history. The history of the site is considered to be of local significance under Victoria’s framework of historical themes for its associations with:
Documentary evidence indicates that 20 Fraser Street has the potential to contain archaeological remains (in the form pf underground deposits) in a condition that may allow information to be obtained that will contribute to an understanding of the site’s history. The history of the site is considered to be of local significance under Victoria’s framework of historical themes for its associations with:
- ‘Building Victoria’s industries and workforce' (5.3 – marketing and retailing) – this site formed part of the early commercial centre of Clunes which sprang up during the early years of the Victorian gold rush. It has the potential to contain the remains of early retail premises and associated artefacts, and
- ‘Building town, cities and the garden state’ (6.6 – marking significant phases in development of Victoria’s settlements, towns and cities) – the potential remains at 20 Fraser Street would be associated with the growth of Clunes that resulted from the discovery of gold there in the early 1850s. These discoveries sparked the Victorian gold rush that resulted in rapid population growth in Melbourne and the creation of new settlements across the Victorian goldfields along with the growth of supporting retail and commercial industries in these new settlements.
How is it significant?
Why is it significant?
Group
Commercial
Category
Commercial Precinct