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St. Arnaud Gold Mining Company Dam, Sebastopol Hill off Wycheproof Road, ST ARNAUD

Location

Sebastopol Hill off Wycheproof Road ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The St Arnaud Gold Mining Co.'s dam (completed by August 1860), has an embankment, which has been breached. It is 100 metres long, 10 metres wide and stands some 3 to 4 metres high. There is a well preserved stone and brick by-pass at the western end of the embankment.

The dam in Armenian Gully, constructed by the St Arnaud Gold Mining Co., has high integrity due to its age, size, intactness and well preserved by-pass. The St Arnaud Gold Mining Co.'s dam is historically and scientifically important at a LOCAL level as a substantially intact example of an important gold mining technique. Gold mining sites are of crucial importance for the pivotal role they have played since 1851 in the development of Victoria. Overall the St Arnaud Gold Mining Co.'s dam is of LOCAL significance. The St Arnaud Gold Mining Co.'s dam is historically and scientifically important at a

RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: LOCAL

Group

Mining and Mineral Processing

Category

Mine Dam