Creet St Bendigo

[Gary Vines]

Bendigo gold rush treasures found

Two historical structures and several artefacts dating back to the gold rush, have been discovered by contractors carrying out excavation works in Long Gully.

Further excavation was authorised, and resulted in the discovery of a timber-lined well, a red-brick cistern used for storing water and several artefact fragments.

Heritage Victoria was called in to investigate when a red brick structure was discovered by Coliban Water  contractors in April.

I would have thought a good due diligence would have identified this possibility 

[Gary Vines]

the link http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/3985075/gold-rush-treasures-found/

[Iain Stuart]

Yes you would have thought a bit of due diligence and maybe even an archaeological management plan for the major towns and goldfields would be in order.

 

I have been thinking that the provisions of the NPWA in NSW, which define harm to Aboriginal objects quite strictly and make a defence that you have done a staged due diligence process, might be useful for heritage in general  including historical archaeological sites (although in NSW we seem to protect the artefacts not the rest of a site) and built heritage both listed and unlisted but significant.

 

I suppose Jeremy Smith will be on their case…

 

Cheers

 

Dr Iain Stuart

 

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