The Big Culvert
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The Big Culvert is a substantial bluestone arch culvert on the historic Yarra Track
near Cambarville, Victoria
, Australia
. It was built in the 1870s as part of the improvements to the road from Melbourne to the Woods Point and Jordan
Goldfields. It was probably designed by Clement Wilks
was also been responsible for the design of the Wilks Creek Bridge
near Marysville
also on the "Yarra Track". (Listed on the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Register: B5804 and on the Register of the National Estate: Place 5720).
Yarra Track
The Yarra Track is the former name of the gold fields road from Healesville to the Woods Point and Jordan Goldfields, in Victoria, Australia. A direct route via the Yarra River and the Great Divide, was discovered by Reick in September 1862. This became known as the `Yarra Track’. Early in 1863,...
near Cambarville, Victoria
Cambarville, Victoria
Cambarville is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia. Much of its area is part of the Yarra Ranges National Park. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It was built in the 1870s as part of the improvements to the road from Melbourne to the Woods Point and Jordan
Jordan River (Victoria)
The Jordan River is a small river in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It is a tributary of the Thomson River. It rises on the southern slopes of the Great Dividing Range south of Woods Point and flows into northern end of the Thomson Reservoir....
Goldfields. It was probably designed by Clement Wilks
Clement Wilks
Clement Wilks was a notable Civil Engineer and Architect in colonial Victoria, Australia.-Early days:Clement Wilks was born at Peckham Rye, Surrey, 15 February 1819, the youngest son of the Rev. Mark Wilks, of Paris...
was also been responsible for the design of the Wilks Creek Bridge
Wilks Creek Bridge
Wilks Creek Bridge is a former timber and bluestone road bridge on the Yarra Track just off the picturesque Black Spur route, between Narbethong and Marysville, Victoria. It was built in 1870 to the design of colonial Public Works Department engineer Clement Wilks as part of the construction of a...
near Marysville
Marysville, Victoria
Marysville is a small town, 34 kilometres north-east of Healesville, in the Shire of Murrindindi in Victoria, Australia. The town, which previously had a population of around 500 people, was devastated by the Murrindindi Mill bushfire on 7 February 2009. On 19 February 2009 the official death toll...
also on the "Yarra Track". (Listed on the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Register: B5804 and on the Register of the National Estate: Place 5720).