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JUNGLE CREEK GOLD MINING DIVERSION SLUICE

Location

HIBERNIA ROAD COWA, WELLINGTON SHIRE

File Number

607558

Level

Registered

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Statement of Significance

The Jungle Creek Gold Mining Diversion Sluice consists of a 35 metre long stone embankment which was probably built in the mid 1870s when the creek was extensively reworked by alluvial miners The embankment was used to divert the waters of Jungle Creek through sluice boxes, and away from its natural bed which was then mined for its alluvial gold. The site is very overgrown.

The Jungle Creek Gold Mining Diversion Sluice is of historical, archaeological and scientific importance to the State of Victoria.

The Jungle Creek Gold Mining Diversion Sluice is historically and scientifically important as a characteristic and well preserved example of an early form of gold mining. Gold mining sites are of crucial importance for the pivotal role they have played since 1851 in the development of Victoria. Water diversion and sluicing are important key ingredients in an understanding of gold mining technology as it was employed in mountainous country where water was plentiful and perennial.

The Jungle Creek Gold Mining Diversion Sluice is archaeologically important for its potential to yield artefacts and evidence which will be able to provide significant information about the cultural history of gold mining and the gold seekers themselves.

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