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ALLUVIAL GOLD MINING REMAINS, END BLUE HOUSE ROAD
125 BLUE HOUSE ROAD PANTON HILL, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

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Alluvial Gold Mining Remains end Blue House Rd Colour 1 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

Alluvial Gold Mining Remains end Blue House Rd Colour 2 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

26 - Alluvial Gold Mining Remains end Blue House Rd - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2009

What is significant?
All gold mining remains (mullock heaps, shaft remains, evidence of excavations and eroded gullies) and the surrounding site to a radius of 20 metres from the outer edge of those remains.

How is it significant?
The remains are historically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

Why is it significant?
The site is historically significant because it contains the best alluvial gold mining remains in the Shire of Nillumbik and because these remains serve as a reminder of the impact of gold mining on the settlement of St Andrews (Queenstown) during the second half of the 19th century (Criteria A, B & D).

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- Historical Australian Themes
  
  ALLUVIAL GOLD MINING REMAINS, END BLUE HOUSE ROAD - Historical Australian Themes
  
  GOLD MINING
  
  3.3.3 Prospecting for precious metals
  
  3.4 Utilising natural resources
  3.4.3 Mining
  
  Physical Description 1
  
  ALLUVIAL GOLD MINING REMAINS, END BLUE HOUSE ROAD - Physical Description 1
  
  The Blue House Road goldmining remains are situated on the southern bank of the watercourse which runs into the Long Gully Creek. The remains comprise mullock heaps, evidence of excavations and now eroded gullies.
  
  Usage/Former Usage
  
  ALLUVIAL GOLD MINING REMAINS, END BLUE HOUSE ROAD - Usage/Former Usage
  
  Original Use: Alluvial Goldmining along the banks of the watercourse
  
  Present Use: Disused
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study
  
  Author: David Bick
  Year: 1992
  Grading:
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- LONG GULLY SETTLEMENT AND MINING RUINS
  
  Victorian Heritage Inventory
- YANGGAI GOLD MINING AREA
  
  Victorian Heritage Inventory
- BULWIDJ GOLD MINE SHAFT
  
  Victorian Heritage Inventory
- 1) TIMBER SLAB OUTBUILDING "WILLOWMIST", 2) MATURE RADIATA PINE TREES, 2315 HEIDELBERG-KINGLAKE RD
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- 1) WEATHERBOARD FARM HOUSE AND 2) THE OUTBUILDINGS
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- APTED WEATHERBOARD HOUSE AND ADJACENT FORGE, 2) 1920s/1930s HOUSE AND 3) MATURE EXOTIC PLANTING
  
  Nillumbik Shire