New Zealand Gully Minesite

Author

Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes

Place Number

03209

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Location

Cnr South Western Hwy & Greenbushes Rd Greenbushes

Location Details

Adjacent to Dumpling Gully Minesite.

Local Government

Bridgetown-Greenbushes

Region

South West

Construction Date

Constructed from 1890

Demolition Year

1970

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - To be assessed	Current	16 Jan 2004

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	29 Mar 2018	Management Category C	Management Category C Conservation of the place is desirable but not essential. Development proposals should reinforce the significance of the place, and original fabric should be retained wherever feasible. Record important elements prior to redevelopment or demolition, recognise and interpret if possible.
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	28 Jun 2001	Category 1	Category 1 Highest level of protection appropriate: recommended for entry for entry into the State Register of Heritage Places; provide maximum encouragement to the owner to conserve the significance of the place.

Statement of Significance

New Zealand Gully is significant as a former mining site and for its historic and social values.
Aesthetic Value
Moderate aesthetic value for its natural bushland, remnant mining landforms (sluicing piles and water holes) and pathways.
Historic Value
New Zealand Gully is situated on one of the oldest mining tenements in Western Australia and has a long history of mining activities dating back to 1888.
Research Value
This area may contain traces of not only past activities, but possibly also early tools of mining, living and trade, due to the fact that the style of mining included a lot of movement of earth, which may have buried artefacts of everyday use.
Social Value
In the late 1800's & early 1900's, this tenement land would have been busy with the comings and goings of men working the mine site(s). Hence it had moderate to high social value.

Physical Description

New Zealand Gully Mine site was an open cut tin mine which is no longer in use. It is now a very picturesque area of native regrowth and waterholes along a creek line, which were formed from the alluvial tin dredging practices. Sluicing piles and mull heaps, which are a result of dredging and processing the alluvial and eluvial tin deposits, can also been seen. Walk trails have been developed through the area.

History

The presence of tin at Greenbushes was first noted by Government Geologist EJ Hardman in 1886. In 1888 David William Stinton applied for a 400 Acre mining lease on behalf of the Bunbury Tin Mining Company. His success led to an influx of miners in the area and the subsequent development of Greenbushes and North Greenbushes.
The area of New Zealand Gully tenement was named after two New Zealander prospectors who worked for Stinton. “The New Zealanders have also amassed a goodly heap of mother earth..." Bunbury Herald 9 July 1897.
There were many small operators mining this area and in order to collect water for their tin sluicing operations they constructed a dam with a 4m wall by hand, using horses. Puddling, panning and sluicing methods were used to mine tin and the water holes are the remnants of historic alluvial tin dredging.

Integrity/Authenticity

Low
The land is no longer used for mining, so the mine site has low integrity.
Medium
While the area has been rehabilitated and left to recover naturally, evidence of the mining activities of the past remain, retaining a moderate level of authenticity.

Condition

Fair (pathways and signs)

References

Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
Mr NT Wood	Greenbushes Commemorative History - Greenbushes Road Board	2/02/1900-1960
	Geological Survey Bulletin No.102
Western Mail pg.73		25/12/1902
Bunbury Herald pg.3	trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper	9/07/1897
Western Mail pg.26		4/04/1913
W A Record pg.68		15/12/1900
RA Hobson & RS Matheson PERTH	Greenbushes Mineral Field	1949
	(trove.nla.gov.au)
Joanne Godfrey	From Slates To Silicon Chips - Greenbushes Primary School	1893-1993
	Descriptions and photographs of the work practices on the Greenbushes tin fields
Greenbushes Discovery Centre	Headmaster of Greenbushes Primary School	1960

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
No.G2	MI Place No.
NA	Assess No (Shire Ref)

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	MINING	Other
Original Use	MINING	Other

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Mining {incl. mineral processing}

Creation Date

19 Jun 1991

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Last Update

22 Jul 2019

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