[2][3] The Haughtons Flat Diversion Tunnel, south of the old townsite, is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

[4] Deptford was established in 1864, replacing the nearby Store Creek settlement as the service town for the Nicholson River Goldfield.

[5] Mining in the area was largely shaft-based across three main reefs, with some small-scale alluvial prospecting in the Nicholson River.

[6] All buildings apart from the store, a hotel and three timber houses were reportedly "simple bush structures of spars and bark".

[9][10][11] The original Deptford cemetery was located on Navigation Creek, but was eroded by flooding and was subsequently moved.