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Fossickers in the Nerrena Creek outside Ballarat. The Victorian Gold Discovery Committee wrote in 1854: The discovery of the Victorian Goldfields has converted a remote dependency into a country of worldwide fame; it has attracted a population, extraordinary in number, with unprecedented rapidity; it has enhanced the value of property to an enormous extent; it has made this the richest country ...
The goldfields region is more strongly linked to the impact of the Victorian Gold Rush than the discovery of gold in Victoria. As a result of the gold rush, the region contains many old buildings, including celebrated examples of Victorian architecture, some of which are heritage listed, while others have fallen into disrepair and become derelict.
It was built in 1884 (completed on 29 May 1884), during the Victorian gold rush, as part of the 4 km headrace from the Howqua River to a 63-foot waterwheel at the Howqua United gold treatment works below Sheepyard Flat. [1] [2] The site is part of the Howqua Hills Historic Area [2] and is registered in the Victorian Heritage Register. [3]
During the Australian gold rushes, starting in 1851, significant numbers of workers moved from elsewhere in Australia and overseas to where gold had been discovered. Gold had been found several times before, but the colonial government of New South Wales (Victoria did not become a separate colony until 1 July 1851) had suppressed the news out of the fear that it would reduce the workforce and ...
Geological Survey of Victoria (GSV) is a government agency responsible for mapping the geology of Victoria, Australia.. The Geological Survey was founded in the 1852 in the Victorian gold rush era, and proceeded to actively explore the state of Victoria for geological and mineral resources, discovering and mapping extensive gold, brown coal and petroleum resources.
Mining activity along Larni Barramal Yaluk (Jim Crow Creek) was photographed in 1857/8 on wetplate collodion by Richard Daintree and Antoine Fauchery for their Sun Pictures of Victoria, [15] a copy of which is preserved in the State Library of Victoria., [16] and traces in the landscape and relics of gold mining activity can still be seen there ...
The gold was very fine, and much waterworn. Some of the gravel has been re-concentrated by later streams in shallow deposits. The original gravels vary from 30 to 70 feet (9.1 to 21.3 m) in thickness, and values are confined to the lower layers. Small auriferous quartz veins have been found in the granitic rock, but are too small to pay for ...
The Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park was added to the Victorian Heritage Register in December 2003. [5] It is the largest non-indigenous protected cultural landscape in Australia. In January 2005 the park was added to the Australian National Heritage List recognizing its outstanding heritage value and importance in the course of ...