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LISLES AND MANTONS GULLIES QUARTZ GOLD MINES
MOUNT TARRENGOWER ROAD MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1354The story of quartz mining in Lisles and Mantons gullies revolves around the working of three parallel reefs: Lisles, Mantons, and Braithwaites (or the Mount), all worked extensively by small…
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GARFIELD WATERWHEEL QUARTZ GOLD MINING SITE
NORTH STREET CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1356Quartz reefs near the site were being worked as early as 1856. During the mid-1880s the reefs were being mined by the Garfield Company. In 1887, the company relocated their 23-head quartz…
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DEBORAH COMPANY QUARTZ GOLD MINE
9-11 ABEL STREET GOLDEN SQUARE, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1365The Deborah Company Quartz Gold Mine consists of a steel poppet head, sets of concrete engine beds, concrete foundations of a workshop and a 20-head crushing battery. The Deborah Company's…
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GAY ROAD ERRINUNDRA, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1429The Pioneer Battery Site consists of the remains of one 5-head stamping battery, hut site, cyanide works and mine workings. The Pioneer lease on the Bonang River was noted as early as 1898…
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GREVILLE STREET VAUGHAN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1408Primary historical records on Vaughan Chinese Cemetery are scant. Its origins lie in the great Mount Alexander alluvial goldrush of 1852-54. The cemetery is situated on a small rocky hill…
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MOUNT TARRENGOWER LOOK-OUT TOWER
MOUNT TARRENGOWER ROAD MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1407In May 1923 a public meeting was convened by the Maldon Shire to investigate ways to develop the natural resources of the district in order to once more bring the town into prominence as an…
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MOUNT STREET CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1412Primary historical records on the cemetery in Cemetery Reef Gully are scant. Its origins lie with the great Mount Alexander alluvial goldrush of 1851-54. Like the other small cemeteries…
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SPECIMEN GULLY FLAGSTONE QUARRY
162 SPECIMEN GULLY ROAD BARKERS CREEK, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1411The quarrying of stone, gravel and sand for building and construction purposes was widely carried out on all Victorian goldfields. Some localities become notable for a particular material,…
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CHAPEL STREET GOLDEN POINT, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1410Primary historical records for Deadmans Gully Cemetery are scant. Its origins lie in the great Mount Alexander alluvial goldrush of 1851-54. Like other small cemeteries linked to this rush,…
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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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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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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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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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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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RED ROBIN GOLD MINE AND BATTERY
WEST KIEWA LOGGING TRACK AND MACHINERY SPUR TRACK HOTHAM HEIGHTS, ALPINE SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1881Throughout the 1930s, in the most elevated part of the Australian Alps the country lying between Mt Hotham and Mt Feathertop known as the Kiewa fall a lone miner named William Spargo…