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Barkly Reef Mines
CA 47 Aldridges Road, NEILBOROUGH VIC 3570 - Property No 201146

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Barkly Reef Mines

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

The site is representative of shallow-level low-production reef mining (criterion D) which was originally very rich and helped sustain settlement in the area in the 1860s (criterion A).

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- Physical Description 1
  
  Barkly Reef Mines - Physical Description 1
  
  Near a remnant of a mullock heap there is an open three-compartment shaft over which there had been a wooden poppet-head. Also nearby is a small concrete engine foundation, a derelict tractor and other pieces of machinery.
  
  Physical Description 2
  
  Barkly Reef Mines - Physical Description 2
  
  The Elysian Flat Mining Heritage Area is bounded on the south-west by Weaver Road, on the south-east by Aldridge Road, on the north-west by Rayners Road, on the north-east by Rayners Road and its extension along property boundaries for a distance of about 400 metres, then west and finally south to Elysian Flat Creek, south along the Creek to Rayners Road and then east to its junction with Weaver Road.
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Greater Bendigo - Marong Heritage Study 1999
  
  Author: Andrew Ward and Associates
  Year: 1999
  Grading: Local
- Barkly Reef Mines
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- ELYSIAN LEAD
  
  Victorian Heritage Inventory
- SIR HENRY BARKLY MINE
  
  Victorian Heritage Inventory
- FORMER SHAMROCK HOTEL AND STORE
  
  Greater Bendigo City