GREAT WESTERN LEAD
WATTLE GULLY ROAD GREAT WESTERN, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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GREAT WESTERN LEAD - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: At the beginning of 1862 there was a large rush to Great Western. The ground rushed - now known as Great Western Lead - was located a half mile from the Stawell Road. The gold was obtained from Tertiary or high level gravels and proved to be very rich. A great portion of miners attending this rush (known as the Great Western Township Rush) were Chinese. Sinkings on the new field was from 30 to 40 feet. The lead received considerable attention for several years and then, like many other alluvial workings in Victoria which proved unsuitable for sluicing, became the realm of lonely fossickers or hatters. These miners tended to be old men, and mainly Chinese.Heritage Inventory Description
GREAT WESTERN LEAD - Heritage Inventory Description
Sinkings - Narrow band of intensive sinkings (shafts and small mounds) along an old cement lead. Very scrubby but workings are undisturbed and do provide an appreciation of the nature of this type of gold mining. Good integrity in the condition of the features. Diggings appear to be predominantly undisturbed.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional
Recorded by: David Bannear Date Recorded: July 1994
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House, 123 Main Street, GREAT WESTERNNorthern Grampians Shire
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House, 125 Main Street, GREAT WESTERNNorthern Grampians Shire
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Great Western Memorial ObeliskVic. War Heritage Inventory
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