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Stony Creek School Site

Extension Of Nuggetty Gully Track, Formerly Kangaroo Gully. State Forest (Talbot Block), Parish Of Lillicur

Nuggetty Gully Track, TALBOT VIC 3371 - Property No G13036

Stony Creek school site, commenced in 1865, landscaped c.1905-12 and abandoned in 1916, is of significance: - as a vital reminder of the nature of rural education in a transient goldfields and timber-getting setting. - for its retention of a rockwork garden bed in the shape of a map of Australia; an unusual reminder of the nationalistic pride displayed at the turn of the century coinciding with the federation of six colonies to form the Commonwealth of Australia; - ... more

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