CROOKED RIVER ALLUVIAL WORKINGS: STONEWALL

BREWERY CREEK ROAD WONGUNGARRA, WELLINGTON SHIRE

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    CROOKED RIVER ALLUVIAL WORKINGS: STONEWALL - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: In 1906-7, the Crooked River Dredging Co. erected a barge-mounted dredge (ex-Omeo) to work a lease near the junction of Good Hope and Jungle creeks. The plant dredged an extent of three miles, from Winchester to Good Hope Creek. The last ground worked was in the neighbourhood of Talbotville in 1912, after which the dredge was removed to Tongio West.

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    CROOKED RIVER ALLUVIAL WORKINGS: STONEWALL - Heritage Inventory Description

    Stonewall? On the northern side of Crooked River is a large (100-200 m) dredge-hole with stone-retained pebble dumps and tail race. Water for sluicing was supplied by water races which run above the workings. A well-preserved baker's oven is located approximately 20 metres upstream from the sluice-hole.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: National EstateScientific significanceùThe three localities give a clear illustration of past alluvial mining (dredging) activity, which took place at Crooked River from 1861.Network valuesùThe dredged workings form part of the site network comprising the Grant Historic Reserve, which also includes mining settlements, cemeteries, quartz mines and alluvial mining landscapes, all overgrown, but linked by a navigable network of carting tracks.

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