FORMER OUYEN LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT

The location of the Former Ouyen Locomotive Depot

The site is significant in a local context under the ‘linking Victorians by rail’ (Theme 3.3) in Victoria’s Framework of Historical Themes(Heritage Council of Victoria 2010). As such, the Former Ouyen Locomotive Depot site meets Threshold B (place history). 

There is high potential for archaeological features to be present within the Ouyen Locomotive Depot, particularly where buildings and structures have been removed, such as the turntable, roundhouse and coal stage. Evidence of the presence of these former structures is apparent and further evidence is likely to be extant in a subsurface context. While archaeological remains are not part of the local significance of the HO-listed Ouyen Railway Precinct, there may be archaeological sites which meet the thresholds for protection under the Heritage Act 2017.