Grant Historic Area Guide Research Report

The Grant Historic Area Guide Research Report is a useful historical reference covering the old gold-mining settlements and workings around the Grant district in Victoria’s High Country.

The guide includes historical information, photographs and maps relating to a number of former mining towns and goldfield locations, making it a handy resource for prospectors, local history enthusiasts, bush explorers and anyone researching Victoria’s historic mining areas.

Areas Covered

The report includes information on:

• Grant
• Talbotville
• Howittville
• Winchester
• Theil Town
• Spring Hill
• Summer Hill
• Stonewall

A Useful Goldfield Research Guide

These areas form part of a historically important gold-mining district, with old workings, abandoned settlements and mining sites scattered throughout the surrounding country.

The guide helps provide historical context to these locations and can be useful when researching:

• Historic gold mines
• Old mining settlements
• Former prospecting areas
• Goldfield access routes
• Local mining history
• Old workings and associated sites

Includes Maps & Historical Photographs

The combination of maps, photographs and written information makes the guide useful both for researching the district from home and for gaining a better understanding of the historic landscape before visiting the area.

Ideal For

The Grant Historic Area Guide Research Report is well suited to:

• Gold prospectors
• Victorian goldfield researchers
• Local history enthusiasts
• 4WD and bush explorers
• People interested in abandoned mining towns
• Anyone researching the Grant and Talbotville districts

For anyone interested in the old mines, settlements and goldfield history of the Grant area, this guide provides a compact reference to some of the district’s most important historic locations.