Society training farm Farm’ were ‘Boys of the early history of Victoria, this site is converted to eucalypt plantations to protect where early Aboriginal/European water quality. There are opportunities to interaction occurred (DCE 1990). interpret prior land use and settlement, and All Aboriginal material and sites are other cultural values. protected under the Archaeological and Aboriginal Relics Preservation Act 1972 Aim (Vic.) and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Protect significant archaeological Islanders Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cwlth). and historic sites. The Lysterfield area was settled in the early Management strategies 1850s and much of the land was cleared for farming (Coulson 1958). There are remains Identify, protect, manage and interpret of an early settler’s homestead (Dargon) and Aboriginal sites and places in the Parks in orchard near Monbulk Creek. accordance with Parks Victoria guidelines and in consultation with the local Churchill National Park was used for Aboriginal community and Aboriginal quarrying and firewood cutting in the 1920s Affairs Victoria. and 1930s, and there is evidence of a rock crushing plant near Stonemasons Track (DCE Investigate, in co-operation with relevant 1990). experts, the significance of the Dargon A major water storage (Lysterfield Lake) homestead site, Church of England Boys and associated aqueducts across the planning Society training farm, other home and area were constructed during the 1930s. garden sites, aqueducts and former Dairy farms and a Church of England Boys quarries. Protect and interpret sites as appropriate.
of the early history of Victoria, this site is where early Aboriginal/European interaction occurred (DCE 1990). All Aboriginal material and sites are protected under the Archaeological and Aboriginal Relics Preservation Act 1972 (Vic.) and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cwlth). The Lysterfield area was settled in the early 1850s and much of the land was cleared for farming (Coulson 1958). There are remains of an early settler’s homestead (Dargon) and orchard near Monbulk Creek. Churchill National Park was used for quarrying and firewood cutting in the 1920s and 1930s, and there is evidence of a rock crushing plant near Stonemasons Track (DCE 1990). A major water storage (Lysterfield Lake) and associated aqueducts across the planning area were constructed during the 1930s. Dairy farms and a Church of England Boys Society training farm ‘Boys Farm’ were converted to eucalypt plantations to protect water quality. There are opportunities to interpret prior land use and settlement, and other cultural values. Aim Protect significant archaeological and historic sites. Management strategies Identify, protect, manage and interpret Aboriginal sites and places in the Parks in accordance with Parks Victoria guidelines and in consultation with the local Aboriginal community and Aboriginal Affairs Victoria. Investigate, in co-operation with relevant experts, the significance of the Dargon homestead site, Church of England Boys Society training farm, other home and garden sites, aqueducts and former quarries. Protect and interpret sites as appropriate.
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