'CHINESE' GARDENS
OFF TWENTIETH STREET HEPBURN SPRINGS, HEPBURN SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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'CHINESE' GARDENS - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: Alluvial mining along creek commenced in 1853 when rich and extensive alluvial deposits were discovered underlying the thick basaltic or volcanic lava deposit through which the creek had cut is course. The miners tunnelled under the basalt cap and obtained gold from ancient river gravels. These gravels had been deposited in the Tertiary period, up to forty million years ago. The auriferous wash retrieved was treated in puddlers or sluice boxes, and the tailings ( river pebbles) being deposited in heaps at the base of the escarpment. The water for treating the wash was conveyed by water races.Heritage Inventory Description
'CHINESE' GARDENS - Heritage Inventory Description
Garden terracing - Several levels of terracing, which are overgrown with blackberries.Sluiced workings - Overgrown pebble dumps and adits associated with working the ancient river gravels under the basalt cap.
Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has:Scientific significance - well preserved features associated with early alluvial mining Archaeological potential. Network values - Bryces Flat network: Bryces Flat mine, 'Chinese' gardens, Blowhole diversion cutting, Glaston mine. SIGNIFICANCE RANKING: Regional
Recorded by: David Bannear
Heritage Inventory Site Features: Garden terracing. Sluiced workings
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JIM CROW CREEK GOLD MINING DIVERSION SLUICEVictorian Heritage Register H1257
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BREAKNECK GORGE GOLD PUDDLING SITEVictorian Heritage Register H1305
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HEPBURN TERRACESVictorian Heritage Inventory
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