OBJECT TITLE / NAME

James Robertson's Septaria Cement Works Co. near Fossill Beach Mornington

DATE1969

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1006

HISTORY

On 11 April 1862 of ‘The Argus’, the Patent Septaria Cement Company invited three separate tenders
1) machinery: an engine from ten-twelve horsepower for cash, and two pairs of edge stones and gear complete for cash, also tenders for erecting the same
2) Patent Septaria Cement Works (labour only) for the erection of kiln and tanks etc.
3) Patent Septaria Cement Works: erection (labour only) of a jetty, sheds and other works

The new industry was welcomed by the local residents

On the back of the photo is handwritten: “At the site of “James Robertson’s Septaria Cement Works Co. W. D. Corkill Sec. of Local Historical Society examining one of the early made bricks & a constructed tunnel recently unearthed. Origins of the entry place had been lost but efforts 107 years later by M. H. Society and the Victorian Archaeological Society have revealed many facts of the 399/33”

DESCRIPTION

The image is of Mr Don Corkhill, Secretary of M.H.S. 1969, examining one of the early made bricks and a constructed tunnel which had been unearthed, with him in the image are two boys

SUBJECTS

Bricks, Brickworks, Organisations, Secretaries, Tunnels

KEYWORDS

Bricks, Brickworks, Cement Works, Fossill Beach, James Robertson, Organisations, Secretaries, Tunnels