KANGAROO PUDDLING MACHINE
POSSUM GULLY ROAD AMHERST, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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KANGAROO PUDDLING MACHINE - History
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KANGAROO PUDDLING MACHINE - Heritage Inventory Description
/nLarge dam - The dam above the charcoal kilns has a well preserved stone by-pass on the southern end of its embankment. Water race - A water race runs from the southern end of the large dam to a smaller, silted dam. The small dam has an undisturbed, but fairly weathered 18ft diameter puddler on its embankment. No pivot post or trench slabbing survives. The puddler is ringed by a 20ft wide, relatively unquarried, bank of wash. The wash is approximately 4ft thick. The puddler is only 30 metres from Possum Gully Road.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional. Site to be protected (puddler and dam) The site has: Historical significance: Puddling machine technology is particularly important in the history of Victorian gold mining as the only technology developed entirely on Victorian goldfields. The site has a well preserved puddling machine site.. Scientific significance: a well preserved puddler associated with two dams. The significance of the puddler comes from its intactness, rarity, accessibility and ability to demonstrate puddling technology. Network values: Brogan's hut and paddock and Kangaroo Gully puddler
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KANGAROO PUDDLING MACHINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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BROGAN'S HUT AND PADDOCKVictorian Heritage Inventory
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