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Blackwood Lerderderg diggings village

Riverbank Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
GoldGold
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: hut hardware.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

1855 rush village on the Lerderderg River in the Wombat forest; hillside hut sites and gully camps ringed the township for decades.

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