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Little Peninsula Tunnel

Location

Woods Point Road, McMahons Creek VIC 3799

File Number

413

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

Little Peninsula Tunnel is of regional significance as one of two examples of river diversion tunnels dug on the upper reaches of the Yarra River to enable mines to extract gold from the river bed. It provides important evidence of the scale gold mining in the upper Yarra region, and is one of the more dramatic features that survives. Like Big Peninsula Tunnel, this site has attracted many generations of visitors, demonstrating its perceived value as a relic of the gold mining era.

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