ITALIAN GULLY MINES
SKYLINE ROAD DEVILS RIVER, MURRINDINDI SHIRE
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ITALIAN GULLY MINES - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: The Italian Gully mines are said to have been extensively worked by small parties of miners in the early 1870s, although no reference to the gully at that date has been traced by this project. It is likely, in fact, that the mines in Italian Gully post-date the discovery of the Solferino Reef 'at the head of the Italian and Mountaineer Creek' in 1880. Many of the mines were re-worked by Bob Briers from the 1930s. Briers was a hermit-like figure who lived at Italian Gully until his death in 1953. According to local information, Briers had a number of huts in the area, which were burnt after his death.
References:
Maud, p. 3Mining Surveyors' Reports (Alexandra subdivision), June 1880
Supple et al, citing information from CFL Alexandra, 1989Heritage Inventory Description
ITALIAN GULLY MINES - Heritage Inventory Description
Features of the Italian Gully workings include mine shafts, open cutting, water race, alluvial workings, and the site of Bob Brier's house and garden.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional./nThe site has scientific significance because of its intactness and rarity.
Informant/s: CFL, Fraser National Park/nRecorded by: R Supple et al; D. Bannear Date Recorded: 1989
Heritage Inventory Key Components: /nShafts - a well-defined band of shallow sinkings running along the south side of Italian Gully. The shafts are mainly rectangular and many have subsided (or are open) to a depth of 10 m. Some of the shafts have drains running around them, and many retain portions of their mullock paddocks and also quartz dumps./nOpen cutting - there is at least one patch of shallow open cutting, accompanied by a fairly large mullock heap.Water race - water race runs from the head of a side gully and becomes lost in the workings./nAlluvial workings - according to Supple et al, the area also shows signs of extensive alluvial mining./nBob Brier's camp and garden - on the south bank of Italian Gully are a five stone fireplaces and a scatter of domestic rubbish. Around the camp site, and through the surrounding bush, are small stacks of timber. The garden is represented by a small raised platform, garlic plants, and evidence of a collapsed wooden fence. Brier also had garden beds on the south terrace of Italian Gully.
Archeological Potential: Domestic artefacts associated with Bob Brier's hut, including kerosine, bully beef and powdered milk tins.
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ITALIAN GULLY MINESVictorian Heritage Inventory
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Eucalyptus polyanthemosNational Trust
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Eucalyptus macrorhynchaNational Trust
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