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Gowar and Sally's Gully Mines, off L.Brays Road & Chandlers Road, ST ARNAUD

Location

L.Brays Road and Chandlers Road ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The Gowar and Sally's Gully area contains a well preserved puddler and dam, two other less well preserved puddlers associated with a 80 m long low embankment, and cement workings (surfacing, collapsed adit, shafts and a small open cut). On adjoining freehold land, the features include a narrow band of very intense, relatively undisturbed shallow alluvial sinkings.

All these sites are in reasonable condition, and have scientific significance through being able to demonstrate the relationship between cement lead and alluvial mining. The Gowar and Sally's Gully area 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 Gowar and Sally's Gully area is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Mining and Mineral Processing

Category

Mine Dam