Child' Grave, Ironbark State Forest, DEEP LEAD
Ironbark State Forest DEEP LEAD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
This lone grave in the forest is reputedly that of a child who died while travelling with family from Adelaide to the goldfields. the grave is marked by a small carved stone, dated 1854. The hand carving reads :
W.O.
Died
1854
A
The stone was cemented into rocks for some permanence by the Stawell Field Naturalists in the 1950s.
RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: Memorial List
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Heritage Study and Grading
Northern Grampians - Shire of Northern Grampians - Stage 2 Heritage Study
Author: Wendy Jacobs, Vicki Johnson, David Rowe, Phil Taylor
Year: 2004
Grading:
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DEEP LEAD HISTORIC RESERVEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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DEEP LEAD BALLAST LINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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Welshmans Crushing Works & Dam, Oxford Street, DEEP LEADNorthern Grampians Shire
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