GARDEN BEDS
GLADSTONE STREET TALBOT, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
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GARDEN BEDS - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
1861: Tunnel driven ('so it is said') in 1861.
1917: One mile west of Talbot. Formerly worked for over half a mile in length in an open cut, a tunnel and shallow shafts (including Gordon's shaft), up to 85 feet deep. The reef is 45 feet thick when exposed in the tunnel, which is driven, so it is said, in 1861. General desire by Prospecting Association to re-work the reef.
1917: Victoria Gully - On east side of Tunnel Hill Reef, 1 mile west of Talbot. Formerly rich alluvial. The material in this gully is now being cyanided.Heritage Inventory Description
GARDEN BEDS - Heritage Inventory Description
An arrangement of mostly geometrical stone outlines - elongated (13ft long) diamond which has 6ft diameter circles top and bottom. The diamond is aligned roughly north-south. A few feet to the east of diamond is a large 'crown' shape, below which is a large triangle. The 'crown' is 8ft long and the triangle is 13ft. There are several conflicting local views on this site, namely a surveying symbol left by Major Mitchell; a Aboriginal stone arrangement; or a garden-bed arrangement. The most probable interpretation is a garden bed arrangement. This view is supported by an exhibit which is currently in the Castlemaine Art Gallery. This exhibit, dating to the late 1860s, is a model of an ideal home. The front garden of the ideal home contains a number of quartz-lined geometrical shapes similar those at Tunnel Hill.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional (to be protected) Historical significance: A historical display item in the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Museum, depicts a model for an ideal home, c.1860s.. The front garden of the ideal home contains a number of quartz-lined geometrical shapes similar those at Tunnel Hill. Archaeological potential: The site has the potential to yield artefacts and evidence which will be able to provide significant information about the inhabitants of the site
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TUNNEL HILL ADITVictorian Heritage Inventory
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GARDEN BEDSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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