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Diamond Hill in the Bendigo National Park displays evidence of a range of gold mining activities from last century. The area is reserved so you can discover more about Bendigo's history. Mullock, mud, dust, tailings, water-races and erosion form a realistic picture of early mining activities. Remnant gardens and the foundations of old buildings can also be found. In fact, Diamond Hill once supported a bustling township with hotels, churches, cottages and a gold commissioner's camp.

Numerous mines and their associated poppet heads, mullock heaps and stamp batteries dominated the landscape of the 1880 and evidence of this period and earlier gold mining activities can still be found amongst the regrowth of forest today.

Those who explore the Diamond Hill area on foot will find some of the following features:

• Mullock heaps
• Tailing dumps
• Bedrock exposed by soil stripping
• Stamp battery foundations
• Deeply sluiced gullies
• Water races
• Remnant gardens
• Building foundations
• Mine shafts
• Bottles and other relics

It's also possible that you may find gold!

An outcrop of quartz resembling an industrial diamond gave Diamond Hill its name. This outcrop has long since been crushed for any associated gold. Quartz was excavated below Diamond Hill. The resultant cavern is known as Aladdin's Cave.

A large number of the miners at Diamond Hill were of German decent. Nicholas and Schilling operated a primitive crushing plant at Diamond Hill in 1856. This was one of the first crushing plants on the Bendigo goldfields.

The mines of Diamond Hill yielded large quantities of gold but were not as rich as mines further to the north. The Great Quartz Mining Company and the Albert Gold Mining and Crushing Company operated in the area. Mines in the historic area included the Morning Light, Hansel Mundy, Arcadian, Southern Golden Carshalton and British New Chum.

This park was expanded to 8,745ha in October 2002 and now includes the former Eaglehawk Regional Park, Diamond Hill Historic Reserve and various adjoining areas of State Forest.

Aboriginal Traditional Owners

Parks Victoria acknowledges the Aboriginal Traditional Owners of Victoria - including its parks and reserves. Through their cultural traditions, Aboriginal people maintain their connection to their ancestral lands and waters.
Further information is available from Aboriginal Affairs Victoria AAV and Native Title Services Victoria

• Rubbish dumping is prohibited. Please report illegal dumping to your local council.
• Do not remove or damage historic features and relics.
• Motorcycles are not permitted off-road. Riders must have a current licence and vehicles must be registered and roadworthy.
• All native plants and animals are protected.
• Prospectors require a Miner's Right.

Bendigo Regional Park is located immediately south of Bendigo in central Victoria, east of Kangaroo Flat and west of Spring Gully. The major access roads are Diamond Hill Road, Burns Street, Kangaroo Gully Road and Sheltons Road.

• Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
• Maldon Historic Reserve
• Mount Alexander Regional Park
• Greater Bendigo National Park