New Bendigo Diggings, Sunraysia Highway, ST ARNAUD
Sunraysia Highway ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
This New Bendigo Diggings are an are of 1850s shallow alluvial sinkings, which helped to establish St. Arnaud as a major goldfield.
The New Bendigo Diggings are historically and scientifically important at a LOCAL level as a substantially intact example of an important gold mining technique. Gold mining sites are of crucial importance for the pivotal role they have played since 1851 in the development of Victoria.
Overall the New Bendigo Diggings are of LOCAL significance.
RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: LOCAL-
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New Bendigo Diggings, Sunraysia Highway, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION & INTERPRETATION:
Site 74.0. New Bendigo Diggings (Opened in early 1855, these diggings established St. Arnaud as a major goldfield). Shallow alluvial sinkings. Most of the old diggings have been obliterated by St. Arnaud Reservoir. A small patch of sinkings survived south-east of the reservoir. They are poorly defined and form part of a picnic area.
INTEGRITY/CONDITION: Poor.
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE:
The site has:
Historical Significance, the New Bendigo alluvial diggings were responsible in establishing St. Arnaud as a major goldfield.
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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