The Island, Thompson Bend, Warrandyte

The Island is located at Thompson Bend on the Yarra River at Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia, approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-east of Melbourne. It was created by gold miners in 1859-60, during the Victorian gold rush. They dug a diversion channel to alter the course of the Yarra River, providing access to the alluvial gold in the exposed river bed. ^[1] ^[2] The canal was widened by subsequent flooding becoming the main river course, with the previous river bed becoming a willow-choked backwater. ^[3]

Mining Registrars and Surveyors Reports for the St. Andrews Division^[2] date the diversion of the river into a canal as May–July 1859. The work cost £7,000. There was more work in November 1859 and February 1860.

The nearby Pound Bend Tunnel was cut for a similar purpose in 1870. Two other tunnels, the Big Peninsula Tunnel and the Little Peninsula Tunnel, were dug further upstream in the 1860s.

The site is listed in the Victorian Heritage Inventory. ^[1]

References

1 2 "'The Island' Diversion Cutting, Heritage Inventory (HI) Number H7922-0228", Victorian Heritage Database (Heritage Victoria), retrieved 2010-09-13
1 2 "Historic Gold Mining Sites in the St Andrews Mining Division", Victorian Goldfields Project (Department of Natural Resources and Environment), July 1999, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-08
↑ Warrandyte State Park Management Plan (PDF), Parks Victoria, July 2006, retrieved 2010-09-13

Islands of Victoria, Australia

Islands off Gippsland and the Wilsons Promontory	Anser Boundary Citadel Cleft Cliffy Dannevig Gabo Great Glennie Kanowna McHugh Norman Notch Rabbit Rabbit Rock Rag Seal Shellback Tullaberga Wattle Wilsons Promontory Islands Important Bird Area Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park

Islands within Corner Inlet	Bennison Bullock Calf Clonmel Corner Cyril Dog Doughboy Drum East Scrubby Granite Horn Hunter Little Dog Little Snake Long One Tree Pelican Rescue Roberts Saint Margaret Scrubby Shag Sheep Snake Spec Sunday Corner Inlet Marine National Park

Islands within Western Port	Barrallier Chinaman Churchill Elizabeth French Joe Long Middle Spit Pelican Phillip Quail Ram Reef Seal Rocks Sandstone Schnapper Rock Tortoise Head Bank Churchill Island Marine National Park French Island Marine National Park Phillip Island Important Bird Area Phillip Island Nature Park

Islands within Port Phillip	Duck Mud Pope's Eye South Channel Fort Swan Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park

Islands within Bass Strait and the Great Australian Bight	Griffiths Lady Julia Percy Lawrence Rocks Middle

River islands	Beveridge Coode Gateway Herring Pental Raymond Rotamah The Island Ulupna

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Coordinates: 37°44′13″S 145°13′42″E / 37.73694°S 145.22833°E / -37.73694; 145.22833

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