Historical information

Accompanied by article by Kevin Patterson (Nillumbik Historical Society) which explains the use of these blocks as a road surface in the City of Melbourne from the 1880s. The final wood blocks were dismantled in the 1950s and blocks sent to suburban wood yards to be sold as fuel for open fires and combustion heaters.

Significance

As most of these blocks were sold for fuel, it is unusual to find one surviving.

Physical description

Block of timber cut to size and dipped in tar for use a a road block.