Liddell's Pyrites Works

Other Names

Liddell Brothers ,  R J Liddell and Company ,  R J Liddle and Company

Location

CA 601S1 Derwent Gully Road, WEST BENDIGO VIC 3550 - Property No 189393

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

This relatively compact site is associated with the introduction of pyrites treatment technology on Bendigo (criterion A). It is the best preserved of these early sites and has the potential to educate and illustrate an important aspect of Victoria's mining heritage and to answer timely and specific archaeological research questions because of the possibility of buried remains (criterion C).

Group

Mining and Mineral Processing

Category

Gold Mining Site