Lantern Slide - Big Peninsula Tunnel, McMahons Creek, Victoria, Date Unknown, Black and white image of the entrance to the Big Peninsula Tunnel upstream side on the Yarra River at McMahons Creek in the Yarra Valley, Victoria, dug by hand in 1864 to divert the flow of water away from the natural riverbed to allow prospectors to hunt for alluvial gold, photographed by A.J. Campbell. The tunnel is approximately two metres wide, two metres high and 25 metres long.
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Lantern Slide, Big Peninsula Tunnel, McMahons Creek, Victoria, Date Unknown, Black, white image, entrance, Big Peninsula Tunnel upstream side, Yarra River, Yarra Valley, dug, hand, 1864, divert, flow, water away, natural riverbed, allow prospectors, hunt, alluvial gold, photographed, A.J, Campbell, tunnel, approximately two metres wide, two metres high, 25 metres long
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