POWDER MAGAZINE

SKIDMORE ROAD BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE

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The Powder Magazine at Beechworth, including the stone magazine built in 1859 and the surrounding walls built in 1860. History Summary The Powder Magazine at Beechworth was constructed in…

RUINS OF DUKE OF CORNWALL MINE

2 VAUGHAN-CHEWTON ROAD FRYERSTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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Built in 1865 the only alteration in the appearance of the structure has been through weathering and the lack of maintenance over a long period of time. It is considered that local mudstone,…

FORMER BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES

27 VIEW STREET BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

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The View Street premises of the bank of New South Wales were erected in 1866-67. The building was designed by Leonard Terry, and the builders were Langridge and Whitney. Leonard Terry, one of…

RESIDENCE

37, 39A AND 45 FARNSWORTH STREET AND 3 BROWN STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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A single-storey picturesque Elizabethan revival style house built in two stages between 1866 and 1869 by William Downe, architect and Castlemaine town Surveyor till 1872 on land he acquired…

HARD HILL MINING SITE

GARDEN GULLY ROAD AND HARD HILL ROAD ARMSTRONG AND GARDEN GULLY ROAD GREAT WESTERN, ARARAT RURAL CITY, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

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The first gold was found at Hard Hill in January 1856 and it continued to be the site of alluvial mining until the 1870s. The area includes an almost intact example of an earthen water race…

GLENFINE HOMESTEAD PRECINCT

150 GLENFINE ROAD WERNETH, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

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Glenfine homestead is a substantial, Gothically styled two-storey rendered bluestone residence. Glenfine was designed in 1872 by the architect HR Caselli for pastoralist, William Thomas…

BUCKLAND RIVER HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING PADDOCK

OFF BUCKLAND ROAD BUCKLAND, ALPINE SHIRE

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The Buckland River Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Paddock consists of an area about 100 metres by 50 metres containing a small sluiced open cut, pebble dumps and a tail race. Water for sluicing…

ORIENTAL CLAIMS HYDRAULIC SLUICING SITE

GREAT ALPINE ROAD OMEO, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE

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The Oriental Claims Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Site consists of a vast network of sluicing faces, pebble dumps, tail races and water races. Water for sluicing would have been delivered to the…

SURFACE HILL HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING PIT

SURFACE HILL ROAD SMYTHESDALE, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

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The Surface Hill Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Pit consists of a large excavation containing a network of pebble dumps, tail races and drainage adits. Water for sluicing would have been delivered…

YACKANDANDAH CREEK HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING PIT

NUMBER ONE LINK ROAD STANLEY, INDIGO SHIRE

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The Yackandandah Creek Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Pit consists of an excavation about 200 metres by 100 metres containing a network of pebble dumps, tail races and drainage adits. Water for…

HUMBUG HILL HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING SITE

LINCOLN GULLY ROAD CRESWICK AND CABBAGE TREE, HEPBURN SHIRE

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The Humbug Hill Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Site consists of a large sluicing pit containing a network of pebble dumps and tail races. The slope below the pit has been extensively ground sluiced…

PIONEER AND UNION HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING SITE

OMEO HIGHWAY MITTA MITTA, TOWONG SHIRE

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The Pioneer and Union Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Site consists of a vast network of sluicing faces, pebble dumps, tail races and water races. Water for sluicing was brought to the site by a…

RED HILL HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING SITE

BREAKNECK HILL TRACK IRISHTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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The Red Hill Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Site consists of a large sluicing pit containing a network of pebble dumps and tail races. The slopes of the hill below the pit have been extensively…

CATHERINE REEF UNITED COMPANY GOLD MINE

LODDON VALLEY HIGHWAY EAGLEHAWK, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

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The Catherine Reef United Company Gold Mine remains consist of sets of engine and battery foundations. These are remnants of quartz mining carried on at the site between 1861 and 1913. In its…

EUREKA REEF GOLD MINING PRECINCT

CASTLEMAINE HISTORIC RESERVE CHEWTON AND CAMPBELLS CREEK, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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The Eureka Reef Gold Mines consists of a range of mining sites documenting quartz and alluvial gold mining operations carried on from the mid 1850s to 1950s. The focal point of the precinct…

SPRING GULLY QUARTZ GOLD MINES

VAUGHAN-CHEWTON ROAD FRYERSTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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The Spring Gully Quartz Gold Mines consists of six main quartz mines. All the mines have undisturbed mullock heaps, and four have mining machinery foundations. The main mine (the parent…

SPECIMEN GULLY QUARTZ MINING ASSOCIATION GOLD MINE

SPECIMEN GULLY ROAD BARKERS CREEK, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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The Specimen Gully Quartz Mining Association Gold Mine consists of stone foundations of a chimney stack and flue, and an engine house. Other surviving mine works include a haulage adit, open…

NORTH BRITISH GOLD MINE

SOUTH PARKINS REEF ROAD MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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The North British Gold Mine has the most comprehensive range of quartz mining foundations in the State. The stone, brick and concrete foundations cover pumping, winding and crushing…

NINE MILE COMPANY GOLD MINE

NINE MILE MINE ROAD NINE MILE, LODDON SHIRE

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The Nine Mile Company Gold Mine consists of sets of engine and battery foundations, a small powder magazine, water dam and a tailings heap. These are remnants of quartz mining carried on at…

NUMBER ONE LEAD GOLD MINING PRECINCT

LEVERS LANE PERCYDALE, PYRENEES SHIRE

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The Number One Lead Gold Mining Precinct is an excellent and unusual example of shallow sinkings for alluvial gold. The site consists of the relics of mines in open country fronting Number…

SAILORS GULLY GOLD MINING PRECINCT

PORCUPINE RIDGE ROAD VAUGHAN AND GLENLUCE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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The Sailors Gully Gold Mining Precinct is a good characteristic example of shallow sinkings for alluvial and quartz gold. The site consists of the relics of mines and campsites including the…

RAGGEDY LEAD GOLD MINING PRECINCT

FARNSWORTH TRACK WARRENMANG, PYRENEES SHIRE

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The Raggedy Lead Gold Mining Precinct is an excellent and unusual example of shallow sinkings for alluvial gold. The site consists of the relics of mines and campsites including the remnants…

WELCOME STRANGER GOLD MINING PRECINCT

246 MONUMENT ROAD MOLIAGUL, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE

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The Welcome Stranger Gold Mining Precinct is good characteristic example of surface mining for alluvial gold. The site consists of the sites of puddling machines, houses and campsites at the…

PHILLIPS GULLY GOLD MINING PRECINCT

HARTLANDS ROAD HUNTLY NORTH, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

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The Phillips Gully Gold Mining Precinct is a good characteristic example of shallow sinkings for alluvial gold. The site consists of the relics of mines and campsites including the remnants…

WHROO GOLD PUDDLING MACHINE

RUSHWORTH-NAGAMBIE ROAD WHROO, CAMPASPE SHIRE

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The Whroo Gold Puddling Machine is a reconstruction of an original machine that had been in operation on the site during the 1950s. The machine's owner was William Puckey and the…