The extravagance of this event is still commemorated today with the annual Golden Horseshoe Festival. Chat with our Visitor Services team. The Beechworth Gold Rush. Take a guided walking tour , visit the historically significant museum collections or pull on the hiking boots and go straight to the source. Indigo Gold Trail. Eldorado Museum. Howqua Hills Historic Area. Rutherglen Gold Battery. Historic Streetscapes. Historic Walking Tours.
Historic Cemeteries. Chinese miners were predominant on the goldfield during the s and continued to form a large part of the population until the gold ran out around the turn of the century. The Ovens Goldfield was principally an alluvial goldfield.
At first, hydraulic sluicing was the main mining method, requiring large quantities of water and correspondingly impressive engineering feats. Later, this method was replaced by dredging, which was pioneered at Woolshed Creek in the early s.
If Monument Australia is useful to you, please make a donation to keep this historical and educational resource available. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Home » Themes » Technology » Industry. In February gold was discovered at Spring Creek, Beechworth.
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