Berringa
Berringa Miners Circa 1900. Believed to be the Birthday Tunnel Mine Photograph - Poppet Head and Buildings Under Construction at the Berringa Mine, Berringa, Victoria, circa 1900 Source: Museums Victoria. Public Domain Photograph - Miner in Winding Cage, Berringa Mine, Berringa, Victoria, circa 1900. Source Museums Victoria The Birthday Gold Mine at Berringa 1904-1905 afternoon shift about to start work A Brief History of Berringa Originally called Kangaroo, Berringa comes from an aboriginal word for 'rainbow' or 'sunset'. The name Kangaroo changed to Berringa around 1879. Berringa was originally part of the Piggoreet Run, taken up in 1838 by pastoralists John James Barlow Smythe and Henry Gibb and was among the earliest district pastoral properties. Berringa was situated at the southern end of what was known as the Staffordshire Reef Ranges. Alluvial gold was first discovered within the ranges in the early 1850s. By 1864, quartz mining was the most successful form o