THE BUCKLAND VALLEY GOLDFIELD “From the Ashes ”

Written & Presented by Andrew Swift, Filmed by Sean King

The Buckland Valley was one of the most eventful mountain goldfields in Australia. Within a few short years it witnessed a rush of over 6,000 diggers, a high death toll with the outbreak of typhoid, and the infamous anti- Chinese race riots of 1857.

Filmed after the 2006 bushfires, this documentary recalls these major events as well as examining many of the varied historic mining sites of this valley. Visiting large-scale hydraulic sluicing pits, Chinese hut sites and floating into old quartz reef tunnels, were the footprints of the last miners are found. An ancient Chinese mining apparatus is also rediscovered in a working reconstruction.

This film is a rough, ready and adventurous tour of rediscovery set in a remarkable corner of North Eastern Victoria.

MEMORIAL HALL, Ford Street Beechworth
7.30pm SATURDAY 11th April 2009
$5 entry, NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED
Be early so as not miss a seat!
Duration approximately 90 minutes for general viewing

THE BUCKLAND VALLEY
GOLDFIELD
“From the Ashes ”
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