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GARDEN GULLY ROAD AND HARD HILL ROAD ARMSTRONG AND GARDEN GULLY ROAD GREAT WESTERN, ARARAT RURAL CITY, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
VHR H1044The 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…
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BLACKBURN TRACK MAIN LEAD, PYRENEES SHIRE
VHR H1250The Tipperary Gully Gold Puddling Site consists of the remnants of six puddling machines complete with dumps of washed pebbles, the associated water race and a patch of shallow sinkings.…
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OLD TOM REEF GOLD PUDDLING SITE
WHIPSTICK PARK, OLD TOM ROAD WHIPSTICK, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H1251The Old Tom Reef Gold Puddling Site consists of the remnants of one puddling machine complete with water race. The puddling machine site, which was operated in the 1930s, is very rare in that…
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STOCKYARD CREEK GOLD MINING DIVERSION SLUICE
HOWQUA TRACK HOWQUA HILLS, MANSFIELD SHIRE
VHR H1255The Stockyard Creek Gold Mining Diversion Sluice consists of a 250 metre long stone embankment with three separate diversions. Associated with the diversions are pebble dumps and extensive…
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JIM CROW CREEK GOLD MINING DIVERSION SLUICE
CHARLIES ROAD ELEVATED PLAINS AND SHEPHERDS FLAT, HEPBURN SHIRE
VHR H1257The Jim Crow Creek Gold Mining Diversion Sluice consists of a 400 metre long stone embankment which was probably built in the early 1860s when Jim Crow Creek was being extensively worked by…
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JUNGLE CREEK GOLD MINING DIVERSION SLUICE
HIBERNIA ROAD COWA, WELLINGTON SHIRE
VHR H1258The Jungle Creek Gold Mining Diversion Sluice consists of a 35 metre long stone embankment which was probably built in the mid 1870s when the creek was extensively reworked by alluvial miners…
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MAGPIE CREEK GOLD MINING DIVERSION SLUICE
KIBELL LANE WOORAGEE, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H1253The Magpie Creek Gold Mining Diversion Sluice consists of a 200 metre long stone embankment which was probably built in the mid 1860s when the site was extensively reworked by Chinese…
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KIRBY FLAT GOLD MINING DIVERSION SLUICE
BELLS FLAT ROAD YACKANDANDAH, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H1256The Kirby Flat Gold Mining Diversion Sluice consists of a 30 metre long stone embankment, pebble dumps and quarried bank. The sluice was probably built in the mid to late nineteenth century…
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ORIENTAL CLAIMS HYDRAULIC SLUICING SITE
GREAT ALPINE ROAD OMEO, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H1225The 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…
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PIONEER AND UNION HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING SITE
OMEO HIGHWAY MITTA MITTA, TOWONG SHIRE
VHR H1229The 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…
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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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NEW NUGGETTY GULLY ALLUVIAL GOLD WORKINGS
WERONA-YANDOIT ROAD FRANKLINFORD, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1306The New Nuggetty Gully Alluvial Gold Workings is an excellent characteristic example of shallow mining for alluvial gold. The site has remnants of three different forms of mining - shaft…
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PINK CLIFFS HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING SITE
PINK CLIFFS ROAD HEATHCOTE, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H1352Hydraulic sluicing operations on the site were carried out under the direction of James Hedley from the late 1870s through the 1880s. Hedley's gold mining operations were finally banned…
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