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Smythesdale, Woady Yaloak diggings town

Old dump ground Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Hub of the Woady Yaloak field southwest of Ballarat from the mid-1850s, once far bigger than today; shanty grounds and tips trail along the old leads.

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