FORMER DWELLING AT 13 ORIENT GROVE

The site at 13 Orient Grove has the potential to contain archaeological remains related to the early 20th century dwelling.

The Orient Grove Dwelling site is of archaeological significance and of local significance to the Brunswick community.

Brunswick was established in the 19th century and has experienced several population booms that are mirrored across Victoria related to the gold rush, industrialisation, and immigration post WW1 and WW2. The 13 Orient Grove building is of historical significance for its association with Brunswick’s early 20th century domestic occupation and development. The site has the potential to reveal new information about the residents of Brunswick who most likely were part of a lower socioeconomic class. The people who lived at 13 Orient Grove may have been a group of workers, employed at one of quarries or brick works in Brunswick or even a family. People from working class backgrounds or lower socioeconomic demographics are often excluded from the dominate historical narrative. Insight into the lives of the residents of the former dwelling has the potential to broaden our understanding of how these people navigated within or even outside their socioeconomic demographic in early 20th century Brunswick. 

The site has historical significance in relation to the Victorian thematic framework: 02 Peopling Victoria’s places and landscapes, 06 Building towns, cities and the garden state, and 08 Building community life. The site also has scientific significance in relation to the site’s archaeological potential.