TABLE 3 INTERPRETIVE THEMES PLACE TOPICS FOR INTERPRETATION Big Old Grey Grass Trees Natural landscape Indigenous occupation Management of vegetation that has impacted on the natural landscape Curly Dog: reef workings, mine sites and Mining approaches in different mining eras puddlers Dargile* Changes in land uses over time Changes in community needs and attitudes to the environment Box–Ironbark flora and fauna Darrocks Rd, Scrubby Tk, Four Mile Rd Seasonal flora drive: especially noted for Goldfields Boronia and Whirrakee Wattle Graytown Social history of the region Spring Creek (Graytown) gold rush day lives of the diggers Role of timber industry in development of Victoria, forest work Graytown Forestry Camp* Baileston charcoal kilns & forestry Government employment initiatives, from work to Green Corps ‘susso’ landscapes and REEP Graytown POW camp, immigrant camp Migration gold rush, POWs, post-WW2 migration – Changes in attitudes to migrants Heathcote Powder Magazine Indigenous occupation prior to settlement Gold rush and colonial governance Melvilles Lookout Goldfields mythology bushrangers , e.g. Captain Melville – Cultural landscape Interactions between humans and the environment – Mount Black Quarry Resource extraction for building the Goulburn weir. Mount Ida Geology, landscape, gold formation (e.g. link geology to the region’s unique Shiraz) Indigenous trading routes Spring Creek / Graytown landscape Box–Ironbark flora and fauna Large old trees, fauna refuges Denotes sites where Parks Victoria will provide interpretive services and/or materials. Vehicle access Inform visitors of the different roles of, and regulations applying to, the park and The planning area has an extensive road reserve, and the behaviours that are network, both formed and unformed, that has appropriate to conserve and protect been used historically for mineral and timber cultural and natural values, and maximise extraction. Major roads are in good condition, visitor safety. Encourage visitors to adopt whereas tracks that are long unused and minimal impact techniques, and to adhere duplicate other routes are generally overgrown to the relevant regulations and codes of and difficult to discern on the ground. These conduct appropriate to their activity. latter tracks are no longer required for visitor use or management purposes. Allowing these Regularly evaluate information and unnecessary tracks to continue to grow over interpretive programs related to the will substantially decrease the levels of planning area.
TABLE 3 INTERPRETIVE THEMES PLACE TOPICS FOR INTERPRETATION Big Old Grey Grass Trees Natural landscape Indigenous occupation Management of vegetation that has impacted on the natural landscape Curly Dog: reef workings, mine sites and puddlers Mining approaches in different mining eras Dargile* Changes in land uses over time Changes in community needs and attitudes to the environment Box–Ironbark flora and fauna Darrocks Rd, Scrubby Tk, Four Mile Rd Seasonal flora drive: especially noted for Goldfields Boronia and Whirrakee Wattle Graytown Social history of the region Spring Creek (Graytown) gold rush lives of the diggers Graytown Forestry Camp* Baileston charcoal kilns & forestry landscapes Role of timber industry in development of Victoria, forest work Government employment initiatives, from ‘susso’ work to Green Corps and REEP Graytown POW camp, immigrant camp Migration – gold rush, POWs, post-WW2 migration Changes in attitudes to migrants Heathcote Powder Magazine Indigenous occupation prior to settlement Gold rush and colonial governance Melvilles Lookout Goldfields mythology – bushrangers , e.g. Captain Melville Cultural landscape – Interactions between humans and the environment Mount Black Quarry Resource extraction for building the Goulburn weir. Mount Ida Geology, landscape, gold formation (e.g. link geology to the region’s unique Shiraz) Indigenous trading routes Spring Creek / Graytown landscape Box–Ironbark flora and fauna Large old trees, fauna refuges Denotes sites where Parks Victoria will provide interpretive services and/or materials. Inform visitors of the different roles of, and regulations applying to, the park and reserve, and the behaviours that are appropriate to conserve and protect cultural and natural values, and maximise visitor safety. Encourage visitors to adopt minimal impact techniques, and to adhere to the relevant regulations and codes of conduct appropriate to their activity. Regularly evaluate information and interpretive programs related to the planning area. Vehicle access The planning area has an extensive road network, both formed and unformed, that has been used historically for mineral and timber extraction. Major roads are in good condition, whereas tracks that are long unused and duplicate other routes are generally overgrown and difficult to discern on the ground. These latter tracks are no longer required for visitor use or management purposes. Allowing these unnecessary tracks to continue to grow over will substantially decrease the levels of day
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