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THOWGLA CREEK ALLUVIAL WORKINGS
WALKERS ROAD BIGGARA, TOWONG SHIRE
THOWGLA CREEK ALLUVIAL WORKINGS
WALKERS ROAD BIGGARA, TOWONG SHIRE
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THOWGLA CREEK ALLUVIAL WORKINGS - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
Gold was got at Thowgla and Bullocky creeks, south of Corryong, by prospectors in 1861, but no rush ensued until 1880, when discoveries at Zulu Creek renewed interest in the area. A population of over 200 miners worked the creek in the summer of 1880-81. Small numbers of alluvial miners were still at Thowgla Creek in the mid- to late 1880s, sluicing with pumps and wheels fed by water races. Working along the creek continued into the twentieth century, with more diggers setting up shop during the 1890s depression and parties of hydraulic sluicers still at work on Thowgla and Bullocky creeks in 1907.Heritage Inventory Description
THOWGLA CREEK ALLUVIAL WORKINGS - Heritage Inventory Description
Site comprises pateches or terrace sluicing, with stacked pebble dumps and tail races, on both sides of the track that follows the creek. A substantial water race runs above the alluvial workings.
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