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DEADMANS GULLY BURIAL GROUND
CAMPBELLS CREEK-IRISHTOWN ROAD IRISHTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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Statement of Significance

Primary historical records on Burying Flat Cemetery are scant. The cemetery's origins are undoubtedly linked to the great Mount Alexander alluvial goldrush of 1852-54. Like the other small cemeteries linked to this rush, the Burying Flat Cemetery would have closed c1857. The cemetery on elevated ground above the junction of Nuggetty and Fryers Creeks. The gold seekers in the frenzy for gold choosing a convenient patch of ground where gold was unlikely to be found but one which was totally unsuitable for their own hygiene.

The Burying Flat Cemetery is of historical, archaeological and scientific importance to the State of Victoria.

The Burying Flat Cemetery is historically important due to its association with a key event in Victoria's history and a defining moment in the development of Australia's character and culture. The cemetery is associated with the first significant rush to the district.

The Burying Flat Cemetery is historically and scientifically important as a very rare artefact of Victoria's greatest gold rush. A comprehensive archaeological survey of the Castlemaine district undertaken in 1989 concluded that ' because of the ephemeral nature of structures and technology (predominantly, timber and human sweat) employed in the early gold-rush days there is little physical evidence of the intensity of activity and cathartic social experience sustained by the study area during the rush years. The significance of this site is also derived from its setting: in an area of the goldfield which was renowned for robberies and murders.

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      DEADMANS GULLY BURIAL GROUND - 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.

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      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.

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      EXEMPTIONS FROM PERMITS:
      (Classes of works or activities which may be undertaken without a permit under
      Part 4 of the Heritage Act 1995)

      * Permit conditions will be reviewed on the completion of a Conservation Plan
      acceptable to the Executive Director.

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