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Blacksmith`s Memorial (Brandt`s Plough) Print Page 
Location
Address: | Western Highway & Paxton Street, Memorial Park , Great Western, 3377 |
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State: | VIC |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.15306 Long: 142.855923 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Monument |
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Monument Theme: | Technology |
Sub-Theme: | Agriculture |
Dedication
(plaque 1)
DEDICATED TO
OUR BLACKSMITHS
(plaque 2)
JOHN R. CORNFORTH
CHARLES A. BRANDT
JAMES K. STEWART
G.W.P.A. Great Western Progress Association
Northern Grampians Shire Council
Stawell Historical Society
Blacksmith`s Memorial
(photo)
Charles A. Brandt, a Dutch emigrant, established a blacksmith`s shop on this site in the 1880s. A clever man he developed a stump jump plough before the idea was patented by others. Upon his retirement his son Albert carried on the business before selling it to a Mr. J.K. Stewart.
Great Western Heritage Trail