North Park: from sludge pug to sports fields | Digging up History

By Stawell Historical Society
November 28 2019 - 4:00pm
TAILINGS AREA: North Park, above, as it appeared in the 1880s. Pictures: SUPPLIED
TAILINGS AREA: North Park, above, as it appeared in the 1880s. Pictures: SUPPLIED

North Park was originally the site of the Grant and Lamont Company's crushing plant and tailings area. Older members of the community will remember the area being known as the Grant Park or Grant Sands. The mine closed in 1898 and remained in a state of old mine workings for 50 years, until 1948.

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