UPPER DARGO DIVERSION SLUICE
DARGO RIVER HOTHAM HEIGHTS, ALPINE SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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UPPER DARGO DIVERSION SLUICE - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: The Upper Dargo River was worked by alluvial miners from as early as the 1850s right through to the turn of the century and beyond. For much of its mining history, the alluvial ground at the Upper Dargo was largely populated by Chinese diggers. No record was found concerning this diversion sluice or any undertaking of its kind.Heritage Inventory Description
UPPER DARGO DIVERSION SLUICE - Heritage Inventory Description
According to Rob Christie (local historian at Dargo), who has visited the site, the Upper Dargo diversion sluice comprises a 4 m-deep stone-retained channel running through a massive pebble dump. The pebble dump is some 20 m wide and has several dumping lines: Rob says it is still possible to trace wheelbarrow tracks. The miners appear to have moved the whole course of the river, so that it now runs through the diversion sluice and a waterfall has been created.
Heritage Inventory Significance: National Estate
Informant/s: Rob Christie (Dargo)/nRecorded by: David Bannear
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UPPER DARGO DIVERSION SLUICEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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