[1] The wall is made of the shale rocks from the site, of flat rectangular shape and of various sizes, laid dry on their large sides.

[1] The river flows towards the South, from above the dry stone wall (A), past a central section (B) and past another dry stone wall (C) The central section contains the continued water race dug into the hillside, numerous deep round hole diggings, remains of a possible dwelling and mounds of tailings.

[1] Wall (C) however faces predominantly south and is covered in biological growth including mosses and considerable blackberry infestation.

It was built with only primitive implements, using a wooden bow and plumb bob to accurately provide minimum fails to the water course over a long distance.

[1] Gold Mining Water Race was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 22 December 2000 having satisfied the following criteria.

[1] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

As the project was obviously a shared venture, over a long period of time, the social significance of the brotherhood and friendship of these 12 Chinese expatriates, and their achievement together with minimal materials and primitive tools is most impressive.

[1] The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

The Chinese designers used their considerable ingenuity and skill to collect water from the upper reaches of the Meroo River, where the stream drops quite rapidly.

Here the Chinese constructed a shale stone wall to support the race, and so carried the water around the bend in the river.

[1] The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

This was principally due to the circumstances of the landscape: the steep sides of the hill, the available shale rocks, and the rich gold find that made it feasible.

For example in the Palmer River Catchment area (see Eric Rolls' book The Sojouners p. 214, and the Stoney Creek aqueduct (p. 215), 1300M long and an average 1M high.