Browns Camp
Bear's Creek-Donovan's Creek, Upper Yarra Catchment VIC
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Statement of Significance
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Browns Camp - Physical Description 1
Brown's Camp was an early mining settlement which serviced the Bear's Creek-Donovan's Creek sluicing areas. Many of the tributaries of the Yarra River in the Upper Yarra catchment show evidence of sluicing.
This site was surveyed around 1980 by MMBW staff. Evidence remaining at this site included: 7 or 8 hut sites and several bottle dumps (raided by collectors). A water race used for sluicing leads from the Camp to Bear's Creek. A track can be followed from the Camp past the Jumbo Wolfram mine, several old camp sites and other sites containing machinery and old trolley tracks associated with the mine. The Wolfram mine closed after the 1939 fires and now has its entrance blocked by floodwater. There is also evidence of timber procurement in vicinity of mine. (Supple 1991)Browns Camp - Physical Conditions
Not revisited
Browns Camp - Integrity
Intact
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra Ranges - Shire of Yarra Ranges Heritage Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2000
Grading: Local
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BROWN'S CAMPVictorian Heritage Inventory
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Browns CampYarra Ranges Shire
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