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Blacksmith's Shop & Residence

Location Cnr Haley Street & Main Road,, STRATHBOGIE VIC 3666 - Property No B5684 File Number B5684 Level State

[1/1] B5684 Blacksmith's Shop

Statement of Significance

The Strathbogie Blacksmith's Shop was built c.1892 by the blacksmith John Metzke. It is of local stringybark timber, with uprights of split logs and hand-cut pailings slipped down horizontally into grooves of the upright supports. The roof is of galvanized iron.
A large and almost complete set of blacksmith's tools including tongs, hammers, moulds and woodworking tools (many handmade) associate with the building: so too the bellows and forge, which are operational and have an elaborate cooling system made of copper. These are all included.
Classified: 26/05/1986
Revised: 03/08/1998