HARDY AND CHUNG 'VICTORY' HOUSE SITES AND MINING LANDSCAPE

The site has the potential to contain historical archaeological deposits and artefacts (including sub-floor deposits) associated with the construction and occupation of the former miner’s residence (c.1880) and Victory House (c.1906). The yard, garden, outhouses, and other parts of the site also have the potential to contain archaeological remains associated with the occupation of the place, and the operation of the You Hing (Woah Hawp Canton) mine, which was part of the rich Canadian Gully mining landscape. 

Hardy and Chung 'Victory' House sites and mining landscape is of local historical, social and archaeological significance. 

The archaeological heritage from the site has the potential to provide information about the initial gold rush of the Canadian Gully area and the development of Geelong [formerly Plank and Main] Road. The site has the potential to contain information relating to the Hardy occupation of the site from c.1889 and the layout and relationship Hardy had with the Woah Hawp Canton Mine. The site will likely contain archaeological evidence from the Chung occupation period of the site and can inform archaeologists of lifestyle and status a twentieth century Chinese Australian family.