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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Water Wheel & Timber Water Race WANDILIGONG VIC 3744 - Property No B0709		B0709	Demolished
Water Race Woods Point Road,, JAMIESON VIC 3723 - Property No B3815		B3815	File only
Jirnkee Water Race Tongio West,, CASSILIS VIC 3898 - Property No B5339	Among the many water races built in Victoria during the gold mining boom, the Jirnkee water race is outstanding for its length of 56 miles (90 kilometres). The first 48 mile section was built in 1889/1900 to bring water from the Wentworth River to Long Gully, near Cassilis, for the sluicing of alluvial gravels. However the low inflow caused the race to be extended by eight miles in 1902. The race and associated sluicing plant were built by the Jirnkee Hydraulic Sluicing Gold Mining ... more	B5339	Local

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Detail

File number

Level

Water Wheel & Timber Water Race

WANDILIGONG VIC 3744 - Property No B0709

B0709

Demolished

Water Race

Woods Point Road,, JAMIESON VIC 3723 - Property No B3815

B3815

File only

Jirnkee Water Race

Tongio West,, CASSILIS VIC 3898 - Property No B5339

Among the many water races built in Victoria during the gold mining boom, the Jirnkee water race is outstanding for its length of 56 miles (90 kilometres). The first 48 mile section was built in 1889/1900 to bring water from the Wentworth River to Long Gully, near Cassilis, for the sluicing of alluvial gravels. However the low inflow caused the race to be extended by eight miles in 1902. The race and associated sluicing plant were built by the Jirnkee Hydraulic Sluicing Gold Mining ... more

B5339

Local