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JACKASS GULLY MINING LANDSCAPE
JACKASS GULLY ROAD CRESWICK, BALLARAT CITY
JACKASS GULLY MINING LANDSCAPE
JACKASS GULLY ROAD CRESWICK, BALLARAT CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
Alluvial mining- The site is significant as one of the main shallow alluvial mining localities for the Creswick Goldfield. The gully was being worked in the 1850s. The last period of mining was in the 1930s when a claim was pegged for hydraulic sluicing. Jackass Gully is also significant for possibly containing a hut site where William Guthrie Spence lived as a small boy. W.G. Spence became an Australian trade union leader and politician, played a leading role in the formation of both Australia's largest union, the Australian Workers' Union, and the Australian Labor Party.
Quartz mining shafts - The quartz mining shafts and open cut, illustrate a form of mining which peripheral to alluvial mining - shaft sinking, sluicing and use of puddling machines. The site has no evidence of any mining machinery such as windlasses, whips, or whims.
Spence Hut - The fruit garden and hut site are seen as being historically significant for its association with William Guthrie Spence. Most likely he lived there with his family. He became an Australian trade union leader and politician, played a leading role in the formation of both Australia's largest union, the Australian Workers' Union, and the Australian Labor Party.
The site is historically depicted in a 1898/99 survey plan and can be seen today in the form of an extant clearing with fruit trees
The Shire of Creswick’s Heritage Study lists the site as being of local significance.
Quartz mining shafts - The quartz mining shafts and open cut, illustrate a form of mining which peripheral to alluvial mining - shaft sinking, sluicing and use of puddling machines. The site has no evidence of any mining machinery such as windlasses, whips, or whims.
Spence Hut - The fruit garden and hut site are seen as being historically significant for its association with William Guthrie Spence. Most likely he lived there with his family. He became an Australian trade union leader and politician, played a leading role in the formation of both Australia's largest union, the Australian Workers' Union, and the Australian Labor Party.
The site is historically depicted in a 1898/99 survey plan and can be seen today in the form of an extant clearing with fruit trees
The Shire of Creswick’s Heritage Study lists the site as being of local significance.
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