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Wattle Flat Alluvial Diggings and Water Race, Stuart Mill district, STUART MILL

Location

STUART MILL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

Mining occurred here in the 1870s. Remains include a narrow band of sinkings along the sides of an eroded channel and water race leading to a small dam. The race features dry stone walling in places.

The Wattle Flat alluvial diggings and water race 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 Wattle Flat alluvial diggings and water race are of LOCAL significance.

RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: LOCAL

Group

Mining and Mineral Processing

Category

Alluvial Workings