Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park

Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
Castlemaine Diggings in April 2011
Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
Location	Victoria
Nearest city	Castlemaine
Coordinates	37°11′29″S144°12′59″E / 37.1915°S 144.2165°E / -37.1915; 144.2165
Area	75.5 km2 (29.2 sq mi)
Established	2002
Governing body	Parks Victoria
Website	parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/castlemaine-diggings-national-heritage-park

The Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park is near the town of Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The park protects a nationally significant historic cultural landscape of heritage value and relics of the Victorian gold rush.

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 Australia’s migration history. ^[6]

See also

• Garfield water wheel

References

1. Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park web page, Parks Victoria, December 2010, retrieved 15 January 2012
2. Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park (PDF), Park Notes, Parks Victoria, December 2010, retrieved 15 January 2012
3. Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park Management Plan (PDF), Parks Victoria, April 2007, retrieved 15 January 2012
4. "CDNHP Walking Maps". Cartography Community Mapping. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
5. "Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H2047, Heritage Overlay HO981,HO998". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.
6. Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park