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goldfield in the world. Puddling mills, shafts and piles of mine wastes and cast offs dominated the landscape. In 1852 the area was officially designated a
Government Camp precinct, the bounds of which still roughly designate the park today. The Government Camp area comprised 66 acres and contained police barracks, gaol and lock-up, the former
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Rosalind Park area is of historic significance as the site of one of the largest government camps in the Victorian goldfields as well as a significant example of a late 19th-century public park. The area is of archaeological significance given its past importance in the Bendigo goldfields as well
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council unveiled plans to create a revitalised park space which draws in
Rosalind Park, the Queen Elizabeth Oval, the Tom Flood Velodrome, the Chinese precinct and other spaces into a single integrated multi-use park area. Work on this new vision of the park is yet to commence and still the subject
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At the foot of the poppet head lookout is the
Bendigo Heritage Mosaic which was completed in 1987 and designed by mosaic artist Maery Gabriel. The installation work was completed by local volunteers. The mosaic depicts various aspects of the town's history and is designed to be viewed while looking
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with a large piece of quartz held in his hand. The statue is shown right: the inscription at the base reads "In appreciation of the indomitable courage and persistent enterprise of George
Lansell in the development of Bendigo's gold resources. This memorial was erected by the citizens of Bendigo.
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was initially proposed in 1879 and is notable as being the last remaining fernery from this era on public land. It was constructed by filling in the existing billabong, however some of the larger trees, typically River Red Gums, where preserved to provide a shelting canopy for the ferns that are
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In the 1850s gold was discovered in the area, radically transforming the area that is now
Rosalind Park. Bendigo was one of the richest gold mining regions in the world, with more gold found in the region from 1850 to 1900 than anywhere else in the world. At present it remains the seventh richest
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after being advised by George
Lansell when he returned from a European trip. The cascades originally featured statues and fountains which may have been operating around the 1880s. It is thought that the cascades were not reliable due to the available pumps' technology being inadequate, but the
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from the Garden Gully United mine (one of
Bendigo's richest mines) and was installed in its current location in 1931. During goldrush times, prior to the poppet head's installation, a flag was flown at the top of Camp Hill to signal that the mail had arrived in town. At this time Camp Hill was
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was the only practical source of water and soon became completely inadequate to service the growing population. The creek as it appears today is a direct result of a "competition" held in 1862 to find a way to transport water from the
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The portion of the
Bendigo Creek which flows through the Rosalind Park precinct reached its current form in the late 1800s and is bridged by three cast-iron bridges installed in 1882. The creek itself is lined with hand-laid
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as architectural and botanic features. The cast iron conservatory within the grounds of the parks is the only surviving example of a 19th-century conservatory in a public park in
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historic record is not clear on this matter. The cascades fell into disrepair in the early 20th century and were effectively buried until they were partially restored in 1997.
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Prior to being turned into a park in 1987, the area was used as a rubbish tip. The garden now comprises an ornate cast-iron fence as well as some notable exotic palms (
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Rosalind Park contains a number of notable trees and plants, some listed on heritage registers in their own right. Of note are the
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