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WONTHAGGI STATE COAL MINE (EASTERN PRECINCT)
STATE COAL MINE ACCESS ROAD WONTHAGGI, BASS COAST SHIRE
VHR H0198The Wonthaggi State Coal Mine Eastern Area operated from 1919 to 1947. The Historic Reserve site includes the underground mine areas of the original No.1 bench, with three tunnels and…
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WATER WHEEL AND MINE MACHINERY
WEONE MINE, WELLS BOUNDARY TRACK MURMUNGEE, WANGARATTA RURAL CITY
VHR H0356Situated in a low forested glade, this ramshackle collection of structures is probably unique in Victoria. Although erected in fairly recent times, it demonstrates superbly the small gold…
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SKIDMORE ROAD BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H0357The Powder Magazine at Beechworth, including the stone magazine built in 1859 and the surrounding walls built in 1860. History Summary The Powder Magazine at Beechworth was constructed in…
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RUINS OF DUKE OF CORNWALL MINE
2 VAUGHAN-CHEWTON ROAD FRYERSTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H0385Built in 1865 the only alteration in the appearance of the structure has been through weathering and the lack of maintenance over a long period of time. It is considered that local mudstone,…
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20 ELDORADO-BYAWATHA ROAD ELDORADO, WANGARATTA RURAL CITY
VHR H0386The dredge is situated south-west of the township of Eldorado, in theparish of Byawatha, 10 miles from Wangaratta in north-eastern Victoria.In mid 1935, the Thompson Engineering Company of…
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FORMER BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES
27 VIEW STREET BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H0403The View Street premises of the bank of New South Wales were erected in 1866-67. The building was designed by Leonard Terry, and the builders were Langridge and Whitney. Leonard Terry, one of…
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37, 39A AND 45 FARNSWORTH STREET AND 3 BROWN STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H0591A single-storey picturesque Elizabethan revival style house built in two stages between 1866 and 1869 by William Downe, architect and Castlemaine town Surveyor till 1872 on land he acquired…
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GARDEN GULLY ROAD AND HARD HILL ROAD ARMSTRONG AND GARDEN GULLY ROAD GREAT WESTERN, ARARAT RURAL CITY, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
VHR H1044The first gold was found at Hard Hill in January 1856 and it continued to be the site of alluvial mining until the 1870s. The area includes an almost intact example of an earthen water race…
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COAL PIT ROAD AND SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY HEDLEY, WELLINGTON SHIRE
VHR H1058The Gelliondale Brown Coal and Oil Co. commenced operations in 1930 and under the direction and ownership of James T Knox started manufacturing briquettes in 1934. The company ceased the…
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150 GLENFINE ROAD WERNETH, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
VHR H1206Glenfine homestead is a substantial, Gothically styled two-storey rendered bluestone residence. Glenfine was designed in 1872 by the architect HR Caselli for pastoralist, William Thomas…
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BUCKLAND RIVER HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING PADDOCK
OFF BUCKLAND ROAD BUCKLAND, ALPINE SHIRE
VHR H1224The Buckland River Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Paddock consists of an area about 100 metres by 50 metres containing a small sluiced open cut, pebble dumps and a tail race. Water for sluicing…
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ORIENTAL CLAIMS HYDRAULIC SLUICING SITE
GREAT ALPINE ROAD OMEO, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H1225The Oriental Claims Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Site consists of a vast network of sluicing faces, pebble dumps, tail races and water races. Water for sluicing would have been delivered to the…
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SURFACE HILL HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING PIT
SURFACE HILL ROAD SMYTHESDALE, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
VHR H1226The Surface Hill Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Pit consists of a large excavation containing a network of pebble dumps, tail races and drainage adits. Water for sluicing would have been delivered…
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YACKANDANDAH CREEK HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING PIT
NUMBER ONE LINK ROAD STANLEY, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H1227The Yackandandah Creek Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Pit consists of an excavation about 200 metres by 100 metres containing a network of pebble dumps, tail races and drainage adits. Water for…
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HUMBUG HILL HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING SITE
LINCOLN GULLY ROAD CRESWICK AND CABBAGE TREE, HEPBURN SHIRE
VHR H1228The Humbug Hill Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Site consists of a large sluicing pit containing a network of pebble dumps and tail races. The slope below the pit has been extensively ground sluiced…
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PIONEER AND UNION HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING SITE
OMEO HIGHWAY MITTA MITTA, TOWONG SHIRE
VHR H1229The Pioneer and Union Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Site consists of a vast network of sluicing faces, pebble dumps, tail races and water races. Water for sluicing was brought to the site by a…
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RED HILL HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING SITE
BREAKNECK HILL TRACK IRISHTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1230The Red Hill Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Site consists of a large sluicing pit containing a network of pebble dumps and tail races. The slopes of the hill below the pit have been extensively…
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THE CANYON HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING SITE
FRASERS LANE BRIGHT, ALPINE SHIRE
VHR H1231The Canyon Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Site consists of a large excavation containing a network of pebble dumps and tail races. The tail races have been cut through a ridge of Bedrock from the…
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CATHERINE REEF UNITED COMPANY GOLD MINE
LODDON VALLEY HIGHWAY EAGLEHAWK, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H1232The Catherine Reef United Company Gold Mine remains consist of sets of engine and battery foundations. These are remnants of quartz mining carried on at the site between 1861 and 1913. In its…
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EUREKA REEF GOLD MINING PRECINCT
CASTLEMAINE HISTORIC RESERVE CHEWTON AND CAMPBELLS CREEK, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1233The Eureka Reef Gold Mines consists of a range of mining sites documenting quartz and alluvial gold mining operations carried on from the mid 1850s to 1950s. The focal point of the precinct…
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SPRING GULLY QUARTZ GOLD MINES
VAUGHAN-CHEWTON ROAD FRYERSTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1234The Spring Gully Quartz Gold Mines consists of six main quartz mines. All the mines have undisturbed mullock heaps, and four have mining machinery foundations. The main mine (the parent…
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SPECIMEN GULLY QUARTZ MINING ASSOCIATION GOLD MINE
SPECIMEN GULLY ROAD BARKERS CREEK, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1235The Specimen Gully Quartz Mining Association Gold Mine consists of stone foundations of a chimney stack and flue, and an engine house. Other surviving mine works include a haulage adit, open…
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SOUTH PARKINS REEF ROAD MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1236The North British Gold Mine has the most comprehensive range of quartz mining foundations in the State. The stone, brick and concrete foundations cover pumping, winding and crushing…
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NINE MILE MINE ROAD NINE MILE, LODDON SHIRE
VHR H1237The Nine Mile Company Gold Mine consists of sets of engine and battery foundations, a small powder magazine, water dam and a tailings heap. These are remnants of quartz mining carried on at…
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NUMBER ONE LEAD GOLD MINING PRECINCT
LEVERS LANE PERCYDALE, PYRENEES SHIRE
VHR H1238The Number One Lead Gold Mining Precinct is an excellent and unusual example of shallow sinkings for alluvial gold. The site consists of the relics of mines in open country fronting Number…
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