Toombon Village Huts
Known as: Toombon Mine Village or Toombon Huts
Located offToombon Track and Donnellys Creek Road east of the Toombon reserviour.
Modern History:
This used to be a substantial village commenced in about 1870 to support gold mining. It was the deepest mine in Victoria and over 50,000 onces of gold was recovered.
Evidence today (2025) is of the steel grate over a large shaft that once had a timber poppet head over it. The rest are remains from its heydays between the 1870's and 1898 when it closed, except for the pipe boiler on the right, that was from an attempt to open the mine again in the 1930 until 1940.
50,844oz of gold came from here, that's the equivalent of over $264,000,000 in today's terms.
At one point, a two story hotel was re-built on the site but was lost again to wildfire.
The current Toombon Hut was built in the 1950s as part of a mining lease that continued into the 1990’s Over the years, the hut transitioned from mining use to serving as a bush shelter for families and camping groups frequently visiting the area.
2013 Bushfires and Rebuilding: The original hut was tragically destroyed in the 2013 bushfires. It was subsequently rebuilt on the same footprint, preserving the area's heritage and allowing the memory of the old hut to live on.
Caretakers: ar the Toyota Land Cruiser Club of Victoria who have taken on the responsibility of maintaining the hut, performing restoration and maintenance work to look after it.
GPS Location: -37.73399 146.40477