New Bendigo Diggings, Sunraysia Highway, ST ARNAUD

This New Bendigo Diggings are an are of 1850s shallow alluvial sinkings, which helped to establish St. Arnaud as a major goldfield.

The New Bendigo Diggings are historically and scientifically important at a LOCAL level as a substantially intact example of an important gold mining technique. Gold mining sites are of crucial importance for the pivotal role they have played since 1851 in the development of Victoria.

Overall the New Bendigo Diggings are of LOCAL significance.

Group

Mining and Mineral Processing

Category

Gold Mining Site