Red Robbin Battery hut complex, Alpine Huts 1994 sheet 06 14
Victorian Alpine Huts survey, for Parks Victoria April, May 1994.
This mine was the subject of a report by JPL Kenny of the mines department in the early 1940s, noting that the mine was on the line of the old Diamantina workings{ `The Sun News Pictorial' 1941 copy held; `Mining & Geological Journal' 9.1941: 263-7}. Mine timbers were available further down the mountain below the snow gum line and road access could be made easily. William B Spargo had opened up the first mine here along with the One Alone mine. The Red Robin lease was shown on Mines Department plans as numbers 8085, 8082, 8111, north east of the Quintet and south of the Diamantina lease{ Smith, C Historic Places DCNR files, copy held}. The Red Robin gained 652 oz from 2420 ton crushed ore in the period 1940-50 and was still operating c1980{ Smith; Holth, COTHC: 134}. Lawrence states that three huts were built on this site in 1964 (#1,2) and 1978 (#3) for mine workers, #1&2 being clad with g.s.i. and hut #3 being clad with stone, with a g.s.i. roof{ Lawrence (1993): 26}. She also notes that Spargo built a battery in 1949 at the Red Robin mine site which was in use until c1964 when this site was chosen for a new battery by the Livingstone brothers who remained there until 1978{ Lawrence (1993): 15}. When Ken Harris purchased the lease in 1978, he built a stone house in the complex{ Lawrence }. Another view is that the accommodation huts which form part of this complex came from a immigration camp and were assembled on site in the 1960s. This is born out by the corrugated iron date from the 1940s. This complex was placed on the Victorian Heritage Register c1999 (refer statement of significance). Burnt in the 2003 bush fires.
Red Robbin Battery hut complex, Alpine Huts 1994 sheet 06 14
Victorian Alpine Huts survey, for Parks Victoria April, May 1994.
This mine was the subject of a report by JPL Kenny of the mines department in the early 1940s, noting that the mine was on the line of the old Diamantina workings{ `The Sun News Pictorial' 1941 copy held; `Mining & Geological Journal' 9.1941: 263-7}. Mine timbers were available further down the mountain below the snow gum line and road access could be made easily. William B Spargo had opened up the first mine here along with the One Alone mine. The Red Robin lease was shown on Mines Department plans as numbers 8085, 8082, 8111, north east of the Quintet and south of the Diamantina lease{ Smith, C Historic Places DCNR files, copy held}. The Red Robin gained 652 oz from 2420 ton crushed ore in the period 1940-50 and was still operating c1980{ Smith; Holth, COTHC: 134}. Lawrence states that three huts were built on this site in 1964 (#1,2) and 1978 (#3) for mine workers, #1&2 being clad with g.s.i. and hut #3 being clad with stone, with a g.s.i. roof{ Lawrence (1993): 26}. She also notes that Spargo built a battery in 1949 at the Red Robin mine site which was in use until c1964 when this site was chosen for a new battery by the Livingstone brothers who remained there until 1978{ Lawrence (1993): 15}. When Ken Harris purchased the lease in 1978, he built a stone house in the complex{ Lawrence }. Another view is that the accommodation huts which form part of this complex came from a immigration camp and were assembled on site in the 1960s. This is born out by the corrugated iron date from the 1940s. This complex was placed on the Victorian Heritage Register c1999 (refer statement of significance). Burnt in the 2003 bush fires.