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The '''Jim Crow goldfield''' was part of the Central Victorian goldfield in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], where gold was mined in the mid- to late-nineteenth century. |
The '''Jim Crow goldfield''' was part of the Central Victorian goldfield in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], where gold was mined in the mid- to late-nineteenth century. |
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The goldfield extended between the localities of [[Daylesford, Victoria|Daylesford]] and [[Hepburn Springs, Victoria|Hepburn Springs]] in the south, and [[Strangways, Victoria|Strangways]] at the Loddon River.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/admin/file/content2/c7/Daylesfordhistory.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415043426/http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/admin/file/content2/c7/Daylesfordhistory.pdf |archive-date=15 April 2012 |access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> |
The goldfield extended between the localities of [[Daylesford, Victoria|Daylesford]] and [[Hepburn Springs, Victoria|Hepburn Springs]] in the south, and [[Strangways, Victoria|Strangways]] at the Loddon River.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/admin/file/content2/c7/Daylesfordhistory.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415043426/http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/admin/file/content2/c7/Daylesfordhistory.pdf |archive-date=15 April 2012 |access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> Mentions of diggings named 'Jim Crow' appear in the press from 1851, but are vague and as likely to refer to the then-named 'Jim Crow Ranges' near [[Clunes, Victoria|Clunes]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1851-11-01 |title=The Diggings. |pages=2 |work=Geelong Advertiser |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86263471 |access-date=2022-08-14}}</ref> |
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The goldfield was named for the creek along which the mines were sited; "Jim Crow Creek," now renamed Larni Barramal Yaluk, which winds 26 km due north from Breakneck Gorge in Hepburn Regional Park, joining the [[Loddon River]] below the Guildford Plateau at Strangways. |
The goldfield was named for the creek along which the mines were sited; "Jim Crow Creek," now renamed Larni Barramal Yaluk, which winds 26 km due north from Breakneck Gorge in Hepburn Regional Park, joining the [[Loddon River]] below the Guildford Plateau at Strangways. |
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Revision as of 07:19, 14 August 2022
The Jim Crow goldfield was part of the Central Victorian goldfield in Victoria, Australia, where gold was mined in the mid- to late-nineteenth century.
The goldfield extended between the localities of Daylesford and Hepburn Springs in the south, and Strangways at the Loddon River.[1] Mentions of diggings named 'Jim Crow' appear in the press from 1851, but are vague and as likely to refer to the then-named 'Jim Crow Ranges' near Clunes.[2]
The goldfield was named for the creek along which the mines were sited; "Jim Crow Creek," now renamed Larni Barramal Yaluk, which winds 26 km due north from Breakneck Gorge in Hepburn Regional Park, joining the Loddon River below the Guildford Plateau at Strangways.
Contemporary attitudes to First Peoples moved Mount Alexander Shire Council in conjunction with Hepburn Shire Council,[3] North Central Catchment Management Authority and DJAARA (formerly the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation) in 2021 to rename Jim Crow Creek, first applied to the area of Lalgambook/Mt Franklin by Captain John Hepburn in the 1830’s.[4] Both Hepburn Shire Council and Mount Alexander Shire Councils voted unanimously in April 2022 to call it Larni Barramal Yaluk (Home of the Emu Creek) in Dja Dja Wurrung language because the term ‘Jim Crow’ is derogatory and stems from international racial segregation and anti-black racism prevalent also in colonial Australia.[5][6][7]
The area was photographed in 1857/8 by Fauchery and Daintree for their Sun pictures of Victoria, and traces in the landscape and relics of gold mining activity can still be seen there.[8][9]
Notes
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "The Diggings". Geelong Advertiser. 1 November 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Proposed Renaming Jim Crow Creek". Participate Hepburn. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ Council, corporateName=Mount Alexander Shire. "Mount Alexander Shire Council - Public notice - Proposed renaming of Jim Crow Creek". Mount Alexander Shire Council. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ Elg, Hayley (5 October 2021). "Community push to get rid of racist creek name". The Macleay Argus. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "Jim Crow Creek to be renamed in Aboriginal language". NITV. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Council recommends that Jim Crow Creek be renamed Larni Barramal Yaluk". www.hepburn.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Image - Swiss Tunnel at Jim-Crow Diggings - Electronic Encyclopedia of Gold in Australia".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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