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ALLUVIAL GOLD MINING REMAINS, END BLUE HOUSE ROAD

Location

125 BLUE HOUSE ROAD PANTON HILL, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2009

What is significant?
All gold mining remains (mullock heaps, shaft remains, evidence of excavations and eroded gullies) and the surrounding site to a radius of 20 metres from the outer edge of those remains.

How is it significant?
The remains are historically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

Why is it significant?
The site is historically significant because it contains the best alluvial gold mining remains in the Shire of Nillumbik and because these remains serve as a reminder of the impact of gold mining on the settlement of St Andrews (Queenstown) during the second half of the 19th century (Criteria A, B & D).

Group

Mining and Mineral Processing

Category

Alluvial Workings