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CEMETERY ROAD GOLD MINING LANDSCAPE
LocationCEMETERY ROAD MARONG, GREATER BENDIGO CITY LevelHeritage Inventory Site |
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
Archaeological features, deposits and historic landscape modifications that are preserved at the site and are associated with alluvial and/or deep lead gold mining during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (c.1880-c.1912).
How is it significant?
The site is of historical and archaeological significance at a local level.
Why is it significant?
Historical Significance:
The site is historically significant as it demonstrates a key historic phase of Marong’s gold mining history – a significant period of gold exploration and extraction during the period c.1880-c.1912 – including by individuals operating small-scale independent mining claims and larger company claims.
Archaeological Significance:
The site has archaeological significance for its potential to contain historical archaeological features, deposits and artefacts associated with the gold mining activities during the period c1880-c.1912. The site has been assessed as having varying degrees of archaeological potential, ranging from moderate to high.
Archaeological and landscape features preserved at the site represent a relatively small part of a once extensive historic gold mining landscape in the local area – i.e., is a remnant archaeological landscape.