Alluvial Diggings, Victoria Gully, STUART MILL
Victoria Gully STUART MILL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
Activity at this site dates from the 1860s and after, and remains include shallow surfacing and a narrow band of well defined sinkings. The features are in comparatively good condition and have integrity which, together with nearby sites demonstrates different types of shallow alluvial mining.
The Alluvial Diggings, Victoria Gully 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 Alluvial Diggings, Victoria Gully are of LOCAL significance.
RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: LOCAL
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Alluvial Diggings, Victoria Gully, STUART MILL - Physical Description 1
Victoria and associated gullies. There are patches and bands of shallow alluvial sinkings in most of the gullies that drain into the west side of Cherry Tree Creek. The following sites are only a sample of what exists in the area.
Site 59.3. Shallow alluvial workings (surfacing and sinkings). Probably dates to the mid to late nineteenth century. Shallow alluvial sinkings. Running west from the north end of Cherry Tree Track is a narrow band of well defined shallow sinkings. The band runs for some 250 metres before getting lost in a wide scrubby flat. The gully slope, on the north side, has been surfaced.
INTEGRITY/CONDITION: All the sites have good integrity.
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE:
Sites 59.0 to 59.3 have :
. Accumulative Scientific Significance-not only are the sites relatively undisturbed, but together they demonstrate different types of shallow alluvial mining. The significance of this group of alluvial sites is increased by the inclusion of the nearby cemented lead workings (Site 58.1) into the network.
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: Local
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