Australian History

[MegsyB007]

Where am I?

I am not as well publicized as the three nearby towns that got a big mention in 1852 for the discovery of gold there, as it was here.
William Howitt, one of the first diggers on the scene, described finding gold "hanging in the roots of the shrubs that we pulled up from the creek."

 

[Manpa]

Yackandandah?

 

[MegsyB007]

Mate... You are good! Over to you

 

[Manpa]

Thanks Megsy

What and where am I, I have an insatiable need for water and was built in 1908.

 

[Manpa]

I can be found in an area renown for wine.

 

[user 4386]

Where am I?

I am not as well publicized as the three nearby towns that got a big mention in 1852 for the discovery of gold there, as it was here.
William Howitt, one of the first diggers on the scene, described finding gold "hanging in the roots of the shrubs that we pulled up from the creek."

Was that Alfred's dad? I know that Alfred Howitt prospected with his mother and father (two authors) prior to becoming a government geologist, searching for Bourke and Wills, etc.

 

[MegsyB007]

I believe he was his dad. He had a son called Alfred. He was an author and spent two years in the goldfields. The results of his travels appeared in 'A Boy's Adventures in the Wilds of Australia' (1854), 'Land, Labour and Gold; or, Two Years in Victoria' (1855) and 'Tallangetta, the Squatter's Home' (1857).

 

[Manpa]

Today you need a key to visit and I now run on power rather than steam.

 

[MegsyB007]

The Rutherglen Gold Battery?

 

[Manpa]

Well done MegsyB007, over to you

Rutherglen gold battery.

Its purpose was to crush quartz from nearby quartz reefs and extract gold from within.

The first Government Battery erected for this purpose was in 1899 and was located on the Gooramadda Road. lt was a three head battery which was started on the 28th September, 1899. lt was later increased to a six-head battery in 1905. During a five-year period it crushed 110 tons of quartz and produced 628 ounces of gold.

This site was close to the Rutherglen quartz mine and surplus water from the mine was used by the battery. The Battery requires 3,000 gallons of water to crush 10 tons of quartz.

The battery was erected in 1908 and consists of a five-head battery, Wilfrey table, Bergin pan, portable steam engine and shed. Total weight 27 tons.

 

[MegsyB007]

How, where and why?

In 1882, 5 Irishmen drowned.

 

[Manpa]

Fell in the water because they were drunk and couldn't swim. layful: layful: layful: {)

 

[MegsyB007]

Haha. No, but funny answer!

They were not the only ones who drowned...

 

[Manpa]

22nd Dec 1882 22 men died in a mining disaster in Creswick Victoria, 5 were rescued?

 

[MegsyB007]

Nailed it once again Manpa! Infamously the worst gold mining disaster in Australian history.

Over to you...

 

[Manpa]

This one shouldn't take long. what am I, more than a quarter of Australia's production comes from South Australia

 

[Mirrors]

Crappy footballers

 

[user 4386]

I believe he was his dad. He had a son called Alfred. He was an author and spent two years in the goldfields. The results of his travels appeared in 'A Boy's Adventures in the Wilds of Australia' (1854), 'Land, Labour and Gold; or, Two Years in Victoria' (1855) and 'Tallangetta, the Squatter's Home' (1857).

Yep, that is Alfred Howitt's dad.

 

[MegsyB007]

Gold?

 

[MegsyB007]

That's just a quick guess before I go back to work. Pretty sure it's not wine...