FORMER JACKSON FARRIER AND IRONMONGER SITE

The area was first mapped as allotments 4 and 5 in 1857 after the discovery of gold in Ballarat. The site was occupied by a farrier and ironmonger from 1857-1865 and the other premises was used as a commercial front, both with corresponding residences and cesspits. The site was continually used throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth century as it was within Ballarat’s commercial heart. The site now contains 1960s single-story structures, indicating a high archaeological potential.  

The site is of historical and archaeological significance.  

The site is of historical significance as the location of an early residence and commercial precinct during the years of the Victorian gold rush – one of the most significant rushes in world history. The site is of archaeological significance due to its potential to contain artefacts, deposits and features that relate to the establishment of commercial operations in the gold rush, and other later 19th-century activities.