STEIGLITZ
Location
CLOW STREET AND STAWELL STREET AND MOLESWORTH STREET STEIGLITZ, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
Level
Heritage Inventory Site
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Statement of Significance
SiteCard data copied on 04/07/2024:
What is significant?
The Historic Area contains a number of sites associated with the town and its quartz mining. Steiglitz is seen as a notable historic gold rush town.
How is it significant?
The two sites that form part of H7722-0015 were inspected and they were found to have good:
Intactness: retaining evidence of the key aspects of a cyanide works and a house site.
Integrity: a compact arrangement of mining relics which demonstrates the basic outlay of a cyanide works. The house site has a brick chimney, well and cellar.
Condition: retained fabric in a condition that can be understood and interpreted
Why is it significant?
H7722-0015 is significant as of Victoria's example of a gold township that is now more or less a ghost-town.
Group
Mining and Mineral Processing
Category
Other - Mining & Mineral Processing
