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NAPIER STREET AND CAMP STREET AVOCA, PYRENEES SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1548The Powder Magazine, Avoca, built in 1860, is part of a larger justice precinct designed by the Public Works Department and includes the court house (1859), police residence (1859) and…
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HEATHERLIE (MT DIFFICULT) QUARRY
GRAMPIANS NATIONAL PARK, GRAMPIANS ROAD, BELLFIELD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1556In 1861 or 1862, Francis Walkins, stonemason of Stawell discovered an outcrop of freestone in the Mount Difficult range while on a shooting trip and realised that the stone was extremely…
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OFF GREAT ALPINE ROAD HOTHAM HEIGHTS, MOUNT HOTHAM ALPINE RESORT
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1609Spargos Hut was built in 1928-29 as a base for summer gold prospecting activities by William (Bill) Spargo, head of the Country Roads Board road gangs in charge of the reconstruction of the…
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1 COLLES ROAD MOONLIGHT FLAT, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1675The Cemetery's origins are linked to the Mount Alexander alluvial gold rush of 1851-54. The first interment took place in 1852 and the cemetery was used until 1857. In the intervening years,…
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CENTRAL COOKMAN QUARTZ GOLD MINE
PARKINS REEF ROAD MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1690The Maldon Quartz Reefing Field, although relatively small compared to others in the State, was extraordinarily rich in gold. The hardness and heavy mineralisation of the rock mined put the…
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WILSONS PROMONTORY, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1729Refuge Cove, located on the eastern side of Wilsons Promontory, south of Sealers Cove, was discovered by Captain Thomas Wishart in 1837 and originally named Lady Bay. Bay whaling operated at…
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BERRY NO.1 DEEP LEAD GOLD MINE
1541 DAYLESFORD-CLUNES ROAD LAWRENCE, HEPBURN SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1740The State's richest deep alluvial gold lead system, known as the Berry Lead System, run north from Creswick, slightly to the west of Smeaton. Mining of lead system took place from early…
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BERRY CONSOLS EXTENDED DEEP LEAD GOLD MINE
865 CRESWICK-LAWRENCE ROAD LAWRENCE, HEPBURN SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1741The State's richest deep alluvial gold lead system, known as the Berry Lead System, runs north from Creswick, slightly to the west of Smeaton. Mining of the lead system took place from the…
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WALLACES LEAD GOLD PUDDLING PRECINCT
MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD CORNISHTOWN, INDIGO SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1746The Wallaces Lead Gold Puddling Precinct consists of the remnants of at least 12 puddling machines complete with dumps of washed gravels and small ponds. The precinct is a good…
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YACKANDANDAH CREEK GOLD HYDRAULIC SLUICING WORKS
YACKANDANDAH TRACK AND COHNS TRACK STANLEY, INDIGO SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1755The Yackandandah Creek Gold Hydraulic Sluicing Works is the most intact site of its type in Victoria. The substantial remains, including water race, delivery pipelines, jet elevator, sluice…
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DREDGE HOLE LANE AND FEATHERTOP TRACK HARRIETVILLE, ALPINE SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1756The Tronoh bucket dredge was the biggest in the southern hemisphere: it measured 167 metres long, weighed 4,813 tonnes, and could dredge to a depth of approximately 41 metres. The dredge was…
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BLIND CREEK OCHRE MINE & PROCESSING SITE
OFF KINGOWER-ARNOLD ROAD KINGOWER, LODDON SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1757The site has a number of features which, according to local information, belong to a turn-of-the-century commercial operation to mine and process ochre. No primary historical information has…
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ROSE THISTLE AND SHAMROCK QUARRY GOLD MINING PRECINCT
CEMETERY LANE HARRIETVILLE, ALPINE SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1758The 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…
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LAL LAL IRON MINE AND SMELTING WORKS
IRON MINE ROAD LAL LAL, MOORABOOL SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1759Victoria's only attempt at mining and smelting iron ore took place at Lal Lal in the latter stages of the nineteenth century. In the mid 1870s, the Lal Lal Iron Company installed mining…
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MAXWELL CONSOLIDATED QUARTZ GOLD MINE
DOCTORS GULLY ROAD HEPBURN SPRINGS, HEPBURN SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1760During the Depression of the early 1930s, the price of gold rose from £4 to £8 an ounce. The conditions of the times and the massive price rise caused a mining revival throughout…
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YOUNG AUSTRALIAN BATTERY AND GOLD CYANIDING WORKS
GLENDART TRACK DARTMOUTH, TOWONG SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1761The Young Australian mine was founded in 1883 and despite being heralded as a promising venture it only operated for a few years. The existing remains at the mine site - a crushing battery…
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JUBILEE COMPANY QUARTZ GOLD MINE
JUBILEE ROAD STAFFORDSHIRE REEF, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1762Jubilee Company Quartz Gold Mine has one of the most comprehensive range of quartz mining foundations in the State. The brick and concrete foundations cover pumping, winding and crushing…
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BAXTER LEAD ALLUVIAL GOLD MINING PRECINCT
BAXTER TRACK WATERLOO, PYRENEES SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1763The Baxter Lead Alluvial Gold Mining precinct contains the remnants of five small-scale deep lead mines. Working at the head or commencement of Baxter Gully, the deep lead miners were working…
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DUKE AND TIMOR DEEP LEAD GOLD MINE
GRAND DUKE HISTORIC RESERVE, TIMOR-DUNOLLY ROAD TIMOR, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1764One of the State's richest deep alluvial gold leads was discovered running through Timor. Mining on this lead was dominated by the Duke and Timor Gold Mining Company (later known as Duchess…
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WONTHAGGI STATE COAL MINE NORTHERN PRECINCT (19 & 20 SHAFTS)
BASS HIGHWAY DALYSTON, BASS COAST SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1777At the beginning of the twentieth century black coal powered the State's railway system. There was also an insatiable demand for black coal from Melbourne's engineering works, agricultural…
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WONTHAGGI STATE COAL MINE CENTRAL PRECINCT
GRAHAM STREET WONTHAGGI, BASS COAST SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1778At the beginning of the twentieth century black coal from New South Wales powered Victoria’s railway system, gasworks and manufacturing industries. In 1909 a prolonged strike on the New…
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BATTERY ROAD WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1811From the 1850s to the turn of the century a series of coastal defensive works were built in the Colony of Victoria in response to a perceived threat of attack from hostile warships. The…
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76 VIOLET STREET BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1841Bendigo is Victoria's premier quartz mining centre having produced over 22 million ounces of gold between 1851 and 1954. This gold was won through the exploits of over 5,500 gold…
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GABO ISLAND, UNINCORPORATED
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1843The original decision to construct a lighthouse on Gabo Island flowed from discussions between Governors Gipps of New South Wales and Franklin of Van Diemen's Land in 1841 concerning the…
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PALL MALL AND VIEW STREET AND GAOL ROAD AND PARK ROAD BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1866The area known as Rosalind Park (formerly Government Camp Precinct) was first mapped by Surveyor George Urquhart, and designated a Government Camp, in 1852 to serve the local goldfields. The…