GERMAN REEF/SMITHS GULLY
WERONA ROAD SHEPHERDS FLAT, HEPBURN SHIRE
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GERMAN REEF/SMITHS GULLY - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: German Reef experienced considerable activity during the early 1860s and appears to have been treated as two distinct reefs, namely "Old German" and "New German". Stamping machinery appears to have been installed on both reefs.1860 Old German Reef, site for machinery dam and tramway has been granted. 1861 New German Reef purchasers have brought. New German Reef, Cuthbert and Co., are busy erecting their battery near the Yandoit Creek ... tramway of upwards of 1,000ft.Heritage Inventory Description
GERMAN REEF/SMITHS GULLY - Heritage Inventory Description
Mining village - Remains of five stone fireplaces and hut outlines. The fireplaces are in alignment (side by side) and four are still standing and the other one has collapsed. The stone fireplaces are approximately 6ft x 3ft and hut outlines 16ft x 13ft.Hotel site - on opposite side of the gully to the hut sites is a large stone fireplace. Growing near the fireplace are some aloe cactus (characteristic plant associated with nineteenth century Victorian goldfield hotels).Alluvial workings - There is a well preserved band of shallow sinkings (shaft depressions and small mounds) in the gully near the hut sitesShaft - On the spur above the hotel site is a quartz mine. The shaft main shaft has collapsed and is a danger to public safety. There has been some recent bulldozing in the vicinity of the shaft. Machinery site - Near the shaft is a benched platform that has some decaying bedlogs and protruding iron bolts.Mullock heap - Intact heap with five main dumping lines. The longest dumping line would be 50 metres.Water dam - Below the mullock heap is a breached dam which has a stone-lined inner face and stone by-pass.
Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has:Scientific significance - range of features, including domestic, alluvial and quartz mining. Archaeological potentialNetwork values - Part of Yandoit Track network of sites - Scorpion Gully to Criterion Reef.SIGNIFICANCE RANKING: National Estate
Informant/s: The local miner, Rod Kirby, who showed me the site, refers to the mine as the Yellow Glen./nRecorded by: David Bannear
Heritage Inventory Site Features: Mining village siteHotel siteAlluvial workingsShaftMachinery siteMullock heapWater dam
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SCORPION GULLYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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GERMAN REEF/SMITHS GULLYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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