Jordan River Diversion Tunnel

The Jordan River Diversion Tunnel - a relic of the Victorian gold rush - is on the Jordan River near the locality of Jericho, about 7 km south of Woods Point in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The tunnel is about 30 m long x 4 m high x 3 m wide, cut through rock. The river still runs through it. [1] [2]

No record has been found of the tunnel's construction and use. It has been alternatively attributed to either river-bed sluicers during the earliest mining period at Jericho (1861-5) or to an attempt in 1872 to hasten floodwaters away from the township.

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

References
  1. "Jordan River Diversion Tunnel, Victorian Heritage Inventory Number H8122-0041". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. "Historic Gold Mining Sites in Gippsland Mining Division, Gazetteer: State & Regional Significant Sites" (PDF), Victorian Goldfields Project, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, February 1998, archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2011


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