ROSE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK QUARRY GOLD MINING PRECINCT
CEMETERY LANE HARRIETVILLE, ALPINE SHIRE

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Statement of Significance
The Rose Thistle & Shamrock mine was the largest recorded gold-producer and had the deepest workings in the Upper Ovens gold field. The mine was worked almost constantly from 1860 until 1934. One of the mine's most productive periods was during the 1920s when 46,000 ounces of gold were obtained from 49,000 tons of quartz ore. The precinct contains a wealth of archaeological evidence of the evolution of quartz mining and mineral processing technologies
How is it significant?
The Rose Thistle & Shamrock Quartz Gold Mine Precinct is of historical, archaeological and scientific importance to the State of Victoria.
Why is it significant?
The Rose Thistle & Shamrock Quartz Gold Mine Precinct is historically and scientifically important as a characteristic example of an important form of gold mining. Gold mining sites are of crucial importance for the pivotal role they have played since 1851 in the development of Victoria. As well as being a significant producer of Victoria's nineteenth century wealth, quartz mining, with its intensive use of machinery, played an important role in the development of Victorian manufacturing industry. The Rose Thistle & Shamrock precinct is quite different from other Alpine mining sites in presenting an easily interpreted sequence with each mining period surviving as a virtual time-capsule with its own mine workings, machinery relics, and engineering works. The educational value of the precinct is enhanced by its proximity to a major highway, ease of access, and natural setting in the rugged foothills of the Australian Alps.
The Rose Thistle & Shamrock Quartz Gold Mine Precinct contains a wealth of archaeological evidence crucial to an understanding of the development of mining and ore treatment technologies between 1860 and 1934.
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ROSE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK QUARRY GOLD MINING PRECINCT - Assessment Against Criteria
Criterion A
Its importance in the course, or pattern, of Victoria's cultural historyCriterion B
Its possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Victoria's cultural historyCriterion C
Its potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria's cultural historyCriterion D
Its importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of Victoria's cultural placesCriterion E
Its importance in exhititing particular aesthetic characteristics valued by a community or cultural groupCriterion F
Its importance in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular periodCriterion G
Its strong or special associations with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasonsCriterion H
Its special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in Victoria's cultural historyROSE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK QUARRY GOLD MINING PRECINCT - Permit Exemptions
EXEMPTIONS FROM PERMITS:
(Classes of works or activities which may be undertaken without a permit under
Part 4 of the Heritage Act 1995)
No permits are required for the following classes of works provided they are
carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Conservation Plan For
Historic Mining Sites
* Mineral Exploration
* Fire suppression duties
* Timber production
* Weed and vermin control
* Public safety
* Rehabilitation
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ROSE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK QUARRY GOLD MINING PRECINCTVictorian Heritage Register H1758
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ROSE, THISTLE AND SHAMROCK BATTERYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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ROSE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK WORKINGS: BATTERY SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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'CARINYA' LADSONS STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0568
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