GLENFINE HOMESTEAD PRECINCT

150 GLENFINE ROAD WERNETH, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

Glenfine 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…

RED HILL HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING SITE

BREAKNECK HILL TRACK IRISHTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The 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…

CATHERINE REEF UNITED COMPANY GOLD MINE

LODDON VALLEY HIGHWAY EAGLEHAWK, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

The 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…

EUREKA REEF GOLD MINING PRECINCT

CASTLEMAINE HISTORIC RESERVE CHEWTON AND CAMPBELLS CREEK, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The 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…

SPRING GULLY QUARTZ GOLD MINES

VAUGHAN-CHEWTON ROAD FRYERSTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The 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…

SPECIMEN GULLY QUARTZ MINING ASSOCIATION GOLD MINE

SPECIMEN GULLY ROAD BARKERS CREEK, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The 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…

NORTH BRITISH GOLD MINE

SOUTH PARKINS REEF ROAD MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The 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…

MALDON STATE BATTERY

ADAIR STREET EAST MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Maldon State Battery consists of the remains of the former State Battery including buildings and machinery, the Alliance shaft and associated mining machinery foundations, several large…

MORNING STAR GOLD BATTERY SITE

MORNING STAR CREEK YANGOURA, WELLINGTON SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Morning Star Gold Battery Site consists of a metal pitchback waterwheel. The waterwheel is a remnant of a ore a crushing battery which was installed during the period 1904-10 and was one…

GREENS CREEK BATTERY SITE

ALPINE NATIONAL PARK DARTMOUTH, TOWONG SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Greens Creek Gold Battery Site consists of the remains of a 10-head stamping battery, horizontal steam engine, two multi tubular boilers, and various buried and partly buried pieces of…

DART RIVER GOLD BATTERY SITE

SIPTHORPE TRACK NARIEL VALLEY AND DARTMOUTH, TOWONG SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Dart River Gold Battery Site consists of a multi-tubular steam boiler, horizontal engine and a collapsed five head timber framed stamping battery in a rugged and remote bush setting. The…

GOOD HOPE QUARTZ GOLD MINING PRECINCT

GRANT HISTORIC AREA, GOOD HOPE SPUR TRACK WONGUNGARRA, WELLINGTON SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Good Hope Quartz Gold Mining Precinct consists of the remains of two crushing batteries: the Good Hope battery (remains of three 4-head stamp batteries, horizontal engine, and a Cornish…

GAMBETTA REEF GOLD BATTERY SITE

DRY GULLY ROAD OMEO, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Gambetta Reef Gold Battery Site consists of the remains of one 5-head iron framed battery, portable steam engine, and various buried and partly buried piece of machinery. The site also…

WALLABY MINE GOLD BATTERY SITE

WALLABY MINE TRACK STANLEY, INDIGO SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Wallaby Mine Gold Battery Site consists of the remains of a 12-head stamping battery, horizontal steam engine, stone boiler setting, and various buried and partly buried piece of…

MONARCH GOLD BATTERY SITE

GREAT ALPINE ROAD HARRIETVILLE, ALPINE SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Monarch Gold Battery Site consists of the remains of one 5-head stamp battery (in a 10-head iron frame), portable steam engine, shaking table, various buried and partly buried piece of…

LLOYDS WHIP GOLD MINING SITE

SUNRAYSIA HIGHWAY STUART MILL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

Lloyds Whip Gold Mining Site consists of a timber tripod structure (known as a whip pole) a mine shaft and associated mullock dump. The structure dates from the 1930s and is typical of…

ODELLS GULLY GOLD BATTERY SITE

ODELLS TRACK SWIFTS CREEK, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Odells Gully Gold Battery Site consists of portable steam engine and a five head timber framed stamping battery in a rugged and remote bush setting. The battery and engine are remnants of…

LA MASCOTTE GOLD BATTERY SITE AND CHLORINATION WORKS

SIPTHORPES TRACK, LITTLE DART RIVER CORRYONG, TOWONG SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The La Mascotte Gold Battery and Chlorination Works has been well scavenged but still retains a 60ft long roasting furnace. The furnace is constructed of rivetted iron panels and its interior…

COBBLERS GULLY QUARTZ ROASTING SITE

CASTLEMAINE HISTORIC RESERVE AND OLD COACH ROAD CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Cobblers Gully Quartz Roasting Site consists of the remains of small quartz roasting kiln. Below the kiln are some largely buried foundations, including a circular feature which may be…

GLENGARRY GOLD BATTERY AND CHLORINATION WORKS

CORRYONG-BENAMBRA ROAD CORRYONG, TOWONG SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Glengarry Gold Battery and Chlorination Works consists of the remains of a 5-head timber framed battery and associated oil engine, wilfley table and water tank. Connected to the battery…

GUN REEF GOLD BATTERY SITES

UPPER WEST BRANCH OF OVENS RIVER SELWYN, ALPINE SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Gun Reef Gold Battery Sites contain the remnants from three mining operations: the Big Gun, Big Gun Extended and the Little Gun. The Big Gun battery is very intact and contains 5-head of…

NEW AUSTRALASIAN NO. 2 DEEP LEAD GOLD MINING SITE AND MEMORIAL

95 AUSTRALASIA DRIVE CRESWICK, HEPBURN SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The New Australasian No. 2 Deep Lead Gold Mine was the scene of the most tragic accident in the history of Victorian gold mining. At 4:45am, Tuesday 12 December 1882, 29 miners were trapped…

MOUNT MERRIMAC GOLD BATTERY SITE

LIGHTNING CREEK MITTA MITTA, TOWONG SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Mount Merrimac Gold Battery Site consists of the remains of a collapsed 10-head stamp battery, and buried and partly buried piece of machinery. The battery's power plant, a Pelton wheel…

FOREST CREEK TOURIST GOLD MINE

DUKE STREET CASTLEMAINE AND HITCHCOCK STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Forest Creek Tourist Gold Mine possesses a complete and functional hydraulic sluicing plant. The machinery, including a 200hp gas engine and gas-producing plant was installed in 1936. The…

HERONS REEF HISTORIC GOLD DIGGINGS

VAUGHAN-CHEWTON ROAD FRYERSTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The Herons Reef Historic Gold Diggings takes in a tangle of gullies at the head of Golden Gully and possesses a comprehensive range of gold mining relics, habitation sites and blacksmith…