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Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
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Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park is a historic national heritage park near Castlemaine in the Goldfields region of Victoria. The park protects of what is some of the largest relics from the Victorian gold rush
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▸Introduction330 chars
Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park is a historic national heritage park near Castlemaine in the Goldfields region of Victoria. The park protects of what is some of the largest relics from the Victorian gold rush.
The park is on the Australian National Heritage List and is on the tentative list for UNESCO world heritage.
▸Get in235 chars
From Melbourne, take the route to get to Castlemaine except instead turn into the park about 10 kilometres before the town of Castlemaine. From the town of Castlemaine, head east until Chewton where you'd have then arrived at the park.
▸See459 chars
1 Vaughan Springs and Southern Castlemaine Diggings. Includes a couple of ruins, along with a picnic area. (updated Feb 2022)
2 Garfield Wheel and Northern Castlemaine Diggings. This historic site from the gold-rush contains abandoned house and monument. Both are marked along with some infographics. (updated Feb 2022)
3 Eureka Reef and Central Castlemaine Diggings, Dingo Park Road. See one of the best preserved quartz-mines in Victoria. (updated Feb 2022)
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Introduction
Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage ParkCastlemaine Diggings in April 2011Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage ParkLocationVictoriaNearest cityCastlemaineCoordinates37°11′29″S 144°12′59″E / 37.1915°S 144.2165°E / -37.1915; 144.2165Area75.5 km2 (29.2 sq mi)Established2002Governing bodyParks VictoriaWebsitewww.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/parks/castlemaine-diggings-national-heritage-park The Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park is near the town of Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. 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. 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.