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DRUMMOND HOUSE SITE
LocationNORTH SIDE OF YANKEE ROAD, WOMBAT STATE FOREST LevelHeritage Inventory Site |
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
late 19th-century house site. The benched platform is very overgrown but there is visible evidence of a fire places and a monument that was erected in 1946.
How is it significant?
Late 19th-century house of a miner, Alex Drummond, who worked in the nearby Trojan Mine. Twelve children were born in the house.
Why is it significant?
Rare example of a known habitation site associated with late 19th-century gold mining.
Group
Mining and Mineral Processing
Category
Mining camp/settlement/housing