Casselden Place Archaeological Excavations
Summary
The Casselden Place Archaeological Excavations (50 Lonsdale Street) were conduced in two stages in May-July and November-December 2002 by Godden Mackay Logan, Austral Archaeology and the Archaeology Program at La Trobe University. The site is located in the eastern end of Melbourne CBD in the infamous 'Little Lon' precinct—an area that acquired a reputation in the 19th and early-20th centuries for squalor and vice. The site revealed evidence of Melbourne's earliest phases of settlement and later, dense domestic occupation by a mix of tenants from Irish, Jewish, Chinese and Syrian backgrounds. A detailed Research Archive Report (RAR) was completed in 2004.
Cite this Record
Casselden Place Archaeological Excavations. ( tDAR id: 407136) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8QN68WP
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Keywords
Culture
Historical Archaeology (incl. Industrial Archaeology) (FOR 210108)
Material
Building Materials
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Ceramic
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Glass
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Metal
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miscellaneous
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Organic
Site Name
Casselden Place (Melbourne)
Site Type
Domestic
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House
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Terrace
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Urban
General
Slum
Geographic Keywords
Australia (Continent)
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Little Lon Precinct
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Melbourne
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Victoria (State / Territory)
Spatial Coverage
min long: 144.949; min lat: -37.822 ; max long: 144.991; max lat: -37.798 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contributor(s): Godden Mackay Logan; Austral Archaeology; La Trobe University
Landowner(s): Industry Superannuation Property Trust
Permitting Agency(s): Heritage Victoria
Repository(s): Museum Victoria
Record Identifiers
TDAR ID(s): 6883
FAIMS ID(s): repo.fedarch.org/project/6883
Victorian Heritage Inventory(s): H7822-1209
Source Collections
Commonwealth Block accession