New Australasian No. 2 mine, Creswick
A deep lead gold mine at Creswick, Victoria, where on 12 December 1882 flood water broke in from the neighbouring No. 1 workings and drowned 22 of 27 trapped miners: Australia's worst below-ground gold mining disaster.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1882 CE mainstream
at 5.30 am on 12 December an inrush of flood water from the flooded No. 1 workings traps 27 miners; after two days of pumping and bailing the shaft fills, 22 drown and 5 survive source - 1982 CE mainstream
Premier John Cain unveils a memorial plaque at the mine source - 2007 CE mainstream
for the 125th anniversary a second plaque and an avenue of 22 oak trees, one for each miner who died, are added at the site source
Where
37.3950° S, 143.8700° E
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Australasian_Gold_Mine_disaster
- https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/industrial-creswick-gold-mine-victoria-1882/
- https://ozgeology.com/blogs/news/the-worst-gold-mining-disaster-in-australian-history-the-new-australasian-deep-lead-no-2
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