CHURCH ROAD FARM COMPLEX

The Church Road Farm Complex comprises the remains of a former livestock farm which existed at the site between the 1870s and 1944. The site comprises the locations of six late 19th to early 20th century farm structures as well as two circular cisterns, one of which survives intact to the present day.

The Church Road Farm Complex is of local historical and archaeological significance.

The Church Road Farm Complex is of historical significance due to its association with one of the earliest farming estates in Hazelwood North, having been established in the immediate wake of the selection of the Traralgon West pastoral run. 

The site is of archaeological significance due to the high likelihood of archaeological deposits remaining at the site. Archaeological deposits are likely to remain at the site in varying contexts, including as former subfloor deposits associated with the homestead and other farm buildings, within destruction contexts associated with the 1944 Yallourn bushfire, as well as at the bases of the two cisterns. No substantial development has been undertaken within the site extent since its abandonment in 1944, leading to a high potential for undisturbed deposits to remain onsite. Any archaeological deposits or features are anticipated to shed light on farming activities undertaken by the Gooding and Jones families in the late 19th to early 20th century, as well as assist in more conclusively determining the age of the residence and farm buildings. Additionally, archaeological deposits associated with the residence are likely to shed light on everyday farming life in late 19th to early 20th century Hazelwood North.