Creswick's Australasian Mine collapsed on December 12 1882, killing 22 workers.

A newly-planted avenue of oaks and a commemorative plaque dedicated to the memory of the miners and the five who survived, what is still Australia's worst mining disaster, will be opened on Sunday.

Parks Victoria goldfields ranger Paul Fernando said he hoped a strong crowd would join the Creswick Historical Museum in officially observing the historic accident.

Mr Fernando said the New Australasian Mine Historic Area is in the care of Parks Victoria and now listed on the Victorian Heritage Register in recognition of the significance of the event.

"As a response to the enthusiasm and with the encouragement of a local historian, the Creswick Historical Museum and funding by donations, a plaque bearing the trapped miners' names will also be unveiled at the site," Mr Fernando

said.

"The list of names on the site will be a tangible reminder of this dreadful event for all visitors to the site and may help some family descendants contemplate their past and connect to their history," Mr Fernando said.

Guest speakers including Ballarat East MP Geoff Howard, historian Dr Jan Penney and well-known Creswick historian Jack Sewell AM will be at the launch.

Mr Sewell said anyone interested was encouraged to attend and listen to speakers recount events and personal stories from the disaster.

"I hope locals, friends and relatives interested will come along and join us at this remembrance ceremony and connect to this special place where men and their families, from all over the world came to share their skills and dig

out a living mining the goldfields treasures of its buried riverbeds," Mr Sewell said.

"Following this I also encourage visitor to drop into our Creswick Museum where relics of the mine disaster are permanently on display, including the simple but tragic 'John Tom Clifton's billy can' on which Clifton scratched

a message to his loved ones," he said.

The Creswick Museum will be open until 4.30pm on the Sunday and proceedings at the Mine Site will start at 11am.

The mine site is opposite Creswick Cemetery.

For further information and to RSVP contact Mr Sewell on 53452892 or Mr Fernando from on 53451352.