Former Junction/Keens Hotel ruins

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The ruins of the Junction Hotel (outbuildings and hotel footings) are scientifically significant at a Local level for their potential to yield evidence of the lifestyle at one of the earliest hotels established at Fyansford during the gold rush period.

It is historically significant at a Local level for its association with many early Fyansford farming families. and the evolution of developments in the broader community. It is also historically significant as a now rare surviving example of aspects of Fyansford's heritage.

Overall, the Junction Hotel ruins at 5-55 Fyansford-Gheringhap Road are of Local Significance.

REFERENCE

1. Shire of Bannockburn Rate Books.

2. Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria.

3. John McNeill, A Journey to Destiny 1890 - 1990, Australian Cement Limited, 1990, p18

4. Derek Beaurepaire, The Stepping Stone, p33

Group

Commercial

Category

Hotel