Features

• They have been compiled from extensive research of early survey maps, reports and other Mines Department records, contemporary newspaper articles, interviews with local identities and personal observation.
• These maps highlight the difference between private and public land regardless of whether it is forested or not.
• Also on these maps are current roads, bush tracks, dams, alluvial gold workings, reef mines and places of historic interest.
• The author has driven down the roads shown on these maps using a GPS.
• Bush tracks, their names, condition and other information is subject to change or misinterpretation.
• Many parts of this park are thickly forested and devoid of landmarks. It is not uncommon for people to get lost here.
• Weila Publishing accepts no liability as to the inaccuracy of these maps.

About the Author:

• John Tully arrived in Dunolly on a detecting holiday in 1980. He found gold and has remained there ever since learning much about the occurrence of gold and history of the area.
• Amongst John’s series of maps and books is the story of a Chinese miner, A Difficult Case, which was co-authored with the late Ruth Moore of Castlemaine.
• This was runner up, Best Victorian History Book in the Victorian Community History Awards 2001.
• John Tully has been President of the Goldfields Historical & Arts Society Inc (Dunolly Museum) since 1989.