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Bunyip Railway Cutting Embankment, Gravel Pits and Overpass, Bunyip Crossing to south of Thelmadale Road, DEEP LEAD

Location

Bunyip Crossing to south of Thelmadale Road DEEP LEAD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The Bunyip Railway Cutting Embankment, Gravel Pits and Overpass, Deep Lead, have significance as a railway engineering feat undertaken to provide employment during the Great Depression.

The Bunyip Railway Cutting Embankment, Gravel Pits and Overpass are historically significant at a LOCAL level. They are associated with railway engineering works undertaken to provide employment during the Great Depression.

The Bunyip Railway Cutting Embankment, Gravel Pits and Overpass are aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. They demonstrates important visual qualities. These qualities include the very high Bunyip bank.

Overall, Bunyip Railway Cutting Embankment, Gravel Pits and Overpass are of LOCAL significance.

Group

Transport - Rail

Category

Railway embankment/cutting