Published Resources Details
Book
- Title
- Gold in the Walhalla region : West Gippsland, Victoria
- Imprint
- Histec Publications, Brighhton East, Vic, 2010, 302 pp
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9878980362459
- Abstract
From the dust jacket:
This book begins in the 1860s, as waterwheels soon gave way to steam engines fuelled by wood from the bush. Vigorous mining continued until 1914, and declined in the years after World War I, but there was a revival late in the 20th Century. This book concentrates on gold: where it was found and mined, how much and by whom. It is also about mining methods and the mining machinery made by Victorian enterprise, and that laid the foundation for Victorian industries. The scope begins on the southern slopes of the Dividing at Matlock, and extends down through Jericho, Aberfeldy, Toombon and Walhalla, and on Russells Creek to Foster. The Walhalla mines illustrate emergence of engineering from teh Industrial Revolution. The early decades of the 20th century brought sophistication in steam plant design, and electricity applied in lighting and in driving machinery on the surface and underground. The historical account is a significant microcosm of the commencement of the new engineering age.