Harrietville - Places of Historical Interest

The most significant places of historic interest in Harrietville and the surrounding area are:

1. Pioneer Cemetery
Cemetery Lane, Harrietville VIC 3741 (about 2.4 km north of the General Store, off Great Alpine Road).

2. Harrietville Primary School
165 Great Alpine Road, Harrietville VIC 3741.
Built in 1866.

3. Tronoh Dredge Lake
Tronoh Lane, Tronoh Reserve, Harrietville VIC 3741.
Created by the Tronoh Dredge in the 1950's. Largest gold dredge in the Southern Hemisphere.

4. Pioneer Park
195 Great Alpine Road, Harrietville VIC 3741.
Exhibits of working water wheel, a log wagon, a sculpture of a gold panner and the Pioneer Gold Monument.

5. St Francis of Assisi's Catholic Church
6 Feathertop Lane, Harrietville VIC 3741.
Moved from the Buckland Valley in 1923.

6. St Etheldreda Anglican Church
251 Great Alpine Road, Harrietville VIC 3741.
Built in 1891 as Wesleyan, then 'Union' Church. Became Anglican on 2/5/1959.

7. Chinese Camp
East Branch of the Ovens River, between the upper and lower Bon Accord tracks, about 600 metres south-east of Harrietville.
Active in the 1960's, evidence of camp and sites still to be seen.

8. Big Mill Site
At the end of Mill Road, Harrietville VIC 3741, beside the west branch of the Ovens River.
Gold Processing Plant in the 1890's.