Local Government
Coolgardie
Region
Goldfields
Battery Rd Coolgardie
SE of Coolgardie, off the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway, off Norseman Rd.
Coolgardie
Goldfields
Type | Status | Date | Documents | More information |
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State Register | Registered | 22 Jun 2001 |
Register Entry Assessment Documentation |
Heritage Council |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | More information | |
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Category | Description | ||||
Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 27 Oct 1976 |
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Heritage Council | |
Register of the National Estate | Permanent | 21 Mar 1978 |
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Heritage Council | |
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 27 Jul 1995 | Category 1 |
Category 1 |
Shire of Coolgardie |
A representative industrial building form, housing an operation associated with goldmining and still in operation as a battery
The buildings are still the original ones, built in 1902. The machinery has been updated several times, converting from steam to gas to oil and then to electricity. The buildings are simple timber framed, corrugated iron lined industrial buildings designed for their particular functions; eg: stockpiles, crushing ore and extracting gold
Assessment 1976
Construction: 1902
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
Original Use | MINING | Mining Battery |
Type | General | Specific |
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Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
General | Specific |
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OCCUPATIONS | Mining {incl. mineral processing} |
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