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YACKANDANDAH CREEK GOLD HYDRAULIC SLUICING WORKS
YACKANDANDAH TRACK AND COHNS TRACK STANLEY, INDIGO SHIRE
YACKANDANDAH CREEK GOLD HYDRAULIC SLUICING WORKS
YACKANDANDAH TRACK AND COHNS TRACK STANLEY, INDIGO SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Yackandandah Creek Gold Hydraulic Sluicing Works is the most intact site of its type in Victoria. The substantial remains, including water race, delivery pipelines, jet elevator, sluice box and mine workings would belong to gold mining operations undertaken during the 1940s.
How is it significant?
The Yackandandah Creek Gold Hydraulic Sluicing Works is of historical, archaeological and scientific significance to the State of Victoria.
Why is it significant?
The Yackandandah Creek Gold Hydraulic Sluicing Works is historically and scientifically as a characteristic example of an important form of gold mining. Gold mining sites are of crucial importance for the pivotal role they have played since 1851 in the development of Victoria. Mining of high terrace alluvial deposits was a major contributor to the continuation of gold mining after the great Victorian rushes of the 1850s. The technological requirements hydraulic sluicing from the 1860s onwards played an important role in the development of Victorian manufacturing industry. The Yackandandah Creek Gold Hydraulic Sluicing Works is an important manifestation of these facets of gold mining and is the most intact example of a gravity sluice mine in the State.
The Yackandandah Creek Gold Hydraulic Sluicing Works is archaeologically important for its potential to yield artefacts and evidence which will be able to provide significant information about the technological history of gold mining.
The Yackandandah Creek Gold Hydraulic Sluicing Works is the most intact site of its type in Victoria. The substantial remains, including water race, delivery pipelines, jet elevator, sluice box and mine workings would belong to gold mining operations undertaken during the 1940s.
How is it significant?
The Yackandandah Creek Gold Hydraulic Sluicing Works is of historical, archaeological and scientific significance to the State of Victoria.
Why is it significant?
The Yackandandah Creek Gold Hydraulic Sluicing Works is historically and scientifically as a characteristic example of an important form of gold mining. Gold mining sites are of crucial importance for the pivotal role they have played since 1851 in the development of Victoria. Mining of high terrace alluvial deposits was a major contributor to the continuation of gold mining after the great Victorian rushes of the 1850s. The technological requirements hydraulic sluicing from the 1860s onwards played an important role in the development of Victorian manufacturing industry. The Yackandandah Creek Gold Hydraulic Sluicing Works is an important manifestation of these facets of gold mining and is the most intact example of a gravity sluice mine in the State.
The Yackandandah Creek Gold Hydraulic Sluicing Works is archaeologically important for its potential to yield artefacts and evidence which will be able to provide significant information about the technological history of gold mining.
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YACKANDANDAH CREEK GOLD HYDRAULIC SLUICING WORKS - Permit Exemptions
General Exemptions:General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions. Find out more about heritage permit exemptions here.Specific Exemptions:General Conditions:
1. All exempted alterations are to be planned and carried out in a manner which prevents damage to the fabric of the registered place or object.
2. Should it become apparent during further inspection or the carrying out of alterations that original or previously hidden or inaccessible details of the place or object are revealed which relate to the significance of the place or object, then the exemption covering such alteration shall cease and the Executive Director shall be notified as soon as possible.
3. If there is a conservation policy and plan approved by the Executive Director, all works shall be in accordance with it.
4. Nothing in this declaration prevents the Executive Director from amending or rescinding all or any of the permit exemptions.
5. Nothing in this declaration exempts owners or their agents from the responsibility to seek relevant planning or building permits from the responsible authority where applicable.
No permits are required for the following classes of works provided they are carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Conservation Plan For Historic Mining Sites prepared by David Bannear in 1996.
* Mineral Exploration
* Fire suppression duties
* Timber production
* Weed and vermin control
* Public safety
* Rehabilitation
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KIRBY FLAT GOLD MINING DIVERSION SLUICEVictorian Heritage Register H1256
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KIRBY FLAT SLUICEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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YACKANDANDAH CREEK JET ELEVATOR SLUICING WORKSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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1 Lightfoot StreetYarra City
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1 Longfield StreetYarra City
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