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HEATHERLIE (MT DIFFICULT) QUARRY
GRAMPIANS NATIONAL PARK, GRAMPIANS ROAD, BELLFIELD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
VHR H1556In 1861 or 1862, Francis Walkins, stonemason of Stawell discovered an outcrop of freestone in the Mount Difficult range while on a shooting trip and realised that the stone was extremely…
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150 GLENFINE ROAD WERNETH, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
VHR H1206Glenfine 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…
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FRYERS ROAD CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1879Wattle Gully Mine holds a pivotal position in the history of the State's quartz mining industry. The rich strike at Wattle Gully mine in 1937 helped revive the State's gold mining industry…
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WALLABY MINE GOLD BATTERY SITE
WALLABY MINE TRACK STANLEY, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H1272The Wallaby Mine Gold Battery Site consists of the remains of a 12-head stamping battery, horizontal steam engine, stone boiler setting, and various buried and partly buried piece of…
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ADAIR STREET EAST MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1264The Maldon State Battery consists of the remains of the former State Battery including buildings and machinery, the Alliance shaft and associated mining machinery foundations, several large…
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GOOD HOPE QUARTZ GOLD MINING PRECINCT
GRANT HISTORIC AREA, GOOD HOPE SPUR TRACK WONGUNGARRA, WELLINGTON SHIRE
VHR H1268The Good Hope Quartz Gold Mining Precinct consists of the remains of two crushing batteries: the Good Hope battery (remains of three 4-head stamp batteries, horizontal engine, and a Cornish…
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ODELLS GULLY GOLD BATTERY SITE
ODELLS TRACK SWIFTS CREEK, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H1275The Odells Gully Gold Battery Site consists of portable steam engine and a five head timber framed stamping battery in a rugged and remote bush setting. The battery and engine are remnants of…
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COBBLERS GULLY QUARTZ ROASTING SITE
CASTLEMAINE HISTORIC RESERVE AND OLD COACH ROAD CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1277The Cobblers Gully Quartz Roasting Site consists of the remains of small quartz roasting kiln. Below the kiln are some largely buried foundations, including a circular feature which may be…
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SIPTHORPE TRACK NARIEL VALLEY AND DARTMOUTH, TOWONG SHIRE
VHR H1267The Dart River Gold Battery Site consists of a multi-tubular steam boiler, horizontal engine and a collapsed five head timber framed stamping battery in a rugged and remote bush setting. The…
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RED HILL HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING SITE
BREAKNECK HILL TRACK IRISHTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1230The 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…
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CATHERINE REEF UNITED COMPANY GOLD MINE
LODDON VALLEY HIGHWAY EAGLEHAWK, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H1232The 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…
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EUREKA REEF GOLD MINING PRECINCT
CASTLEMAINE HISTORIC RESERVE CHEWTON AND CAMPBELLS CREEK, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1233The 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…
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SPRING GULLY QUARTZ GOLD MINES
VAUGHAN-CHEWTON ROAD FRYERSTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1234The 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…
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SPECIMEN GULLY QUARTZ MINING ASSOCIATION GOLD MINE
SPECIMEN GULLY ROAD BARKERS CREEK, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1235The 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…
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SOUTH PARKINS REEF ROAD MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1236The 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…
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DUKE AND TIMOR DEEP LEAD GOLD MINE
GRAND DUKE HISTORIC RESERVE, TIMOR-DUNOLLY ROAD TIMOR, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
VHR H1764One of the State's richest deep alluvial gold leads was discovered running through Timor. Mining on this lead was dominated by the Duke and Timor Gold Mining Company (later known as Duchess…
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MAIN STREET MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1361The Maldon quartz reefing field, although relatively small compared to others in the State, was extraordinarily rich in gold. The hardness and heavy mineralisation of the rock containing the…
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NEW MOON QUARTZ GOLD MINE SITES
BEELZEBUB GULLY ROAD SAILORS GULLY, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H1366The New Moon Quartz Gold Mining Sites consists of two large mines - South New Moon and New Moon - both containing an array of mining machinery foundations. The mines, after very indifferent…
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SOUTH GERMAN ROAD MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1357The Maldon Quartz Reefing Field, although relatively small compared to others in the State, was extraordinary rich in gold. The hardness and heavy mineralisation of the rock containing the…
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SPARROWHAWK ROAD AND DERWENT GULLY ROAD AND ARRO AVENUE MAIDEN GULLY, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H1360Spargos Pyrites Gold Works contains of the remnants of six circular brick bases, several concrete floors, a culvert and a small mound of calcined sand. The treatment of auriferous pyritic…
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GOLCONDA - GLASGOW REEF GOLD MINES
133 MACDOUGALL ROAD GOLDEN GULLY, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H1359Bendigo was Victoria's premier quartz reefing field and, during the late nineteenth century, was a world leader. The Golconda-Glasgow Reef Gold Mines contains a range of mining foundations…
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ROSE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK QUARRY GOLD MINING PRECINCT
CEMETERY LANE HARRIETVILLE, ALPINE SHIRE
VHR H1758The Rose Thistle & Shamrock mine was the largest recorded gold-producer and had the deepest workings in the Upper Ovens gold field. The mine was worked almost constantly from 1860 until…
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LAL LAL IRON MINE AND SMELTING WORKS
IRON MINE ROAD LAL LAL, MOORABOOL SHIRE
VHR H1759Victoria's only attempt at mining and smelting iron ore took place at Lal Lal in the latter stages of the nineteenth century. In the mid 1870s, the Lal Lal Iron Company installed mining…
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BAXTER LEAD ALLUVIAL GOLD MINING PRECINCT
BAXTER TRACK WATERLOO, PYRENEES SHIRE
VHR H1763The Baxter Lead Alluvial Gold Mining precinct contains the remnants of five small-scale deep lead mines. Working at the head or commencement of Baxter Gully, the deep lead miners were working…
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RED ROBIN GOLD MINE AND BATTERY
WEST KIEWA LOGGING TRACK AND MACHINERY SPUR TRACK HOTHAM HEIGHTS, ALPINE SHIRE
VHR H1881Throughout the 1930s, in the most elevated part of the Australian Alps the country lying between Mt Hotham and Mt Feathertop known as the Kiewa fall a lone miner named William Spargo…
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