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BRIDAL HILL MINING LANDSCAPE
SOUTH OF MAIN DIVIDE ROAD AND WEST OF WESTERN HIGHWAY. TO THE NORTH OF MCDONALD PARK RECREATION AREA, ARARAT HILLS BLOCK, ARARAT REGIONAL PARK ARARAT, ARARAT RURAL CITY
BRIDAL HILL MINING LANDSCAPE
SOUTH OF MAIN DIVIDE ROAD AND WEST OF WESTERN HIGHWAY. TO THE NORTH OF MCDONALD PARK RECREATION AREA, ARARAT HILLS BLOCK, ARARAT REGIONAL PARK ARARAT, ARARAT RURAL CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The site is an alluvial mining landscape. Gold was first discovered in the Ararat Region in 1854, with the first workings consisting of alluvial gold sites. After the initial Ararat Rush, shallow alluvial mining in the area slowed and the majority of gold resources were coming from reworked gullies and creek beds by sluicing or puddling parties, or alternatively by shallow shafts.
The alluvial mining landscape of the site is multi-layered, with evidence of ground sluicing, possible quartz mining and deep alluvial shafts. The latter are associated with extracting gold from cement beds. Some of the shafts have been filled, while others remain open. The ground sluicing was done with water supplied by the Snake Hill Track race that delivered water to a dam located on the south side of the road. Water from this race was also diverted to sluice parts of Alfred Gully. Based on this, the site has moderate archaeological potential to provide an understanding of the Ararat Goldfields during the Victorian Gold Rush era.
The site is historically significant as a shallow alluvial mining landscape in the Ararat goldfields, with the evidence of possible quarts mining making it unique to the Ararat region. Additionally, the site is significant for illustrating sluicing and shaft mining technology and techniques associated with different periods of alluvial gold mining.
The site is historically significant as a shallow alluvial mining landscape in the Ararat goldfields, with the evidence of possible quarts mining making it unique to the Ararat region. Additionally, the site is significant for illustrating sluicing and shaft mining technology and techniques associated with different periods of alluvial gold mining.
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