SANDY CREEK/COLIBAN RIVER GOLD WORKINGS
CALDER FREEWAY ELPHINSTONE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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SANDY CREEK/COLIBAN RIVER GOLD WORKINGS - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: There is no specific mention of this area of gold working to be found in the available sources. However, the Mining Surveyor's report of April 1860 reported that, "The Coliban River itself... From its junction with the Campaspe up to the town of Taradale has been searched nearly through the whole length of its channel for gold, and many a good yield has its pools afforded when emptied during the summer months. ... The small alluvial flats along the river's banks in many places have been wrought out and yielded well, yet no breadth of country on either side has been worked. Many Chinese and also Europeans are still busily employed in these flats." While not specifically of this site, the description is an appropriate one. The river flats along the Coliban were mostly worked during the early days of gold exploration at Taradale and this site is probably to be dated to the late 1850s or early 1860s.
SANDY CREEK/COLIBAN RIVER GOLD WORKINGS - Interpretation of Site
Heritage Inventory Interpretation: Standard gold working region.
Heritage Inventory Description
SANDY CREEK/COLIBAN RIVER GOLD WORKINGS - Heritage Inventory Description
Old gold working area on the west bank of the Coliban River, north of the Geddes' property. There is a range of extensive, shallow pits and mounds located on the flood plain and on the lower slopes of the granite hills.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Low archaeological significance and low regional historical significance.
Recorded by: Andrea Murphy, Jeremy Smith.
Heritage Inventory Site Features: Numerous small pits and mounds on the river terrace.
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