| LOCATION |
| Map |
Show Map
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| Address |
Jervois Road WOODS POINT |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Murray Bridge Council |
| Polygon Type |
B - Building footprint |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Silage Silo |
| Registered Name |
Mill - Silo |
| Significance |
At the same time as large-scale dry lands irrigation was started along the Upper Murray in the 1880s and 1890s, landholders on the Lower Murray began the private reclamation of swamps for growing fodder and vegetables with flood irrigation. The pioneering permanent swamp reclamation was done by H W Morphett and Co. on Woods Point Estate around 1900. (The results encouraged the Government's later reclamation projects, which have transformed the Lower Murray.)
At the Woods Point Estate, a series of ensilage silos were built between about 1905 and the 1920s. Each structure still dominates the landscape at Woods Point, having played a significant role in its development. This is the first one built. |
| Subject Index |
Farming and grazing - Silo |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
29-JUN-1989 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Murray Bridge |
| State Heritage ID |
13818 |
| Heritage Number |
14304 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 6265/684 D46226 A33,CT 6265/685 D75290 A50 |