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Alluvial Diggings, Victoria Gully, STUART MILL

Location

Victoria Gully STUART MILL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

Activity at this site dates from the 1860s and after, and remains include shallow surfacing and a narrow band of well defined sinkings. The features are in comparatively good condition and have integrity which, together with nearby sites demonstrates different types of shallow alluvial mining.

The Alluvial Diggings, Victoria Gully 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 Alluvial Diggings, Victoria Gully are of LOCAL significance.

RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: LOCAL

Group

Mining and Mineral Processing

Category

Alluvial Workings