POSSUM GULLY MINING PRECINCT
MOORES FLAT ROAD BUNG BONG, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
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POSSUM GULLY MINING PRECINCT - History
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POSSUM GULLY MINING PRECINCT - Heritage Inventory Description
Local opinion on the site ranges differs on the site. Some say it is a cemetery, others that the stone outlines are garden beds. There is no dispute about the association with alluvial mining relics. Stone outlines-Possible cemetery or garden beds. Nine adult-sized and one child-size outline with lumps of quartz. The child-size and six of the adult-sized outlines adjoin one another. The outlines each have a lump of local rock as head stones. There are other small headstones near the outlines. The locals have cleared the wattle regrowth and planted several fruit trees near the outlines./nPuddler - Immediately north of the stone outlines is the start of a large breached embankment. On the other side of the gully, north end of the embankment, is a well defined 20ft diameter puddler and a massive unquarried bank of wash. No pivot post or slabbing survives but the puddler has a well defined outlet. /nPuddlers: 7623-4-1: 359.901 - On the opposite side of the gully to the cemetery, and upstream, is a very 22ft weathered puddler. No pivot post or slabbing survives and no trace of any wash. There is another puddler (similar condition and size) located 50 metres to the north. This puddler is connected to a small dry dam. Like its neighbour, this puddler has no real trace of wash./nPossible grave: 7623-4-1: 361.905 - At the junction of the track leading to the puddlers and Wattle Track is a single grave marked by an elongated oval (8ft x 4ft) filled with lumps a of ironstone and quartz. Locals have erected a white post to mark (protect) the grave site./nSurfacing - The gully has been extensively surfaced.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional Sites to be protected [Cemetery, puddlers and alluvial workings] The precinct has: Historical significance: Puddling machine technology is particularly important in the history of Victorian gold mining as the only technology developed entirely on Victorian goldfields. The site has a well preserved puddling machine site. Scientific significance ?Site contains a range of well preserved gold mining relics documenting the operation of a puddling machine Archaeological potential: possible cemetery site of an unknown age. Has high potential to yield artefacts which could help date and interpret the site.
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POSSUM GULLY CEMENT WORKINGSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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POSSUM GULLY MINING PRECINCTVictorian Heritage Inventory
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