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Prospectors Monument, 8669 Wimmera Highway, ST ARNAUD EAST

Location

8669 Wimmera Highway ST ARNAUD EAST, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The Gold Prospectors Monument, 8669 Wimmera Highway, St. Arnaud East, has significance as a memorial to the first gold prospectors in the area in 1854. The memorial is largely intact.

The Gold Prospectors Monument is historically and socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the initial gold prospecting developments in the northern area of St. Arnaud from 1854, and is recognised and valued by the local St. Arnaud community for these reasons.

Overall, the Gold Prospectors Monument is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Monuments and Memorials

Category

Monument