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    Eureka Reef battery site, Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park

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Eureka Reef battery site, Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
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This rare example of a pioneering quartz-crushing works at Eureka Reef would date from 1857 but was later reused in the early twentieth century as a blacksmith forge. It is thought to be the earliest surviving example in Australia. These remains are a product of the influence of Cornish miners, and demonstrate the technological transfer that occurred with Cornish migration to the Victorian gold fields.

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Courtesy of Parks Victoria

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Created: 24 August 2006