Dumpling Gully Minesite

Author

Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes

Place Number

03210

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Location

Greenbushes

Location Details

Adjacent to New Zealand 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	28 Jun 2001	Category 3	Category 3 Retain and conserve if possible: endeavour to conserve the significance of the place through the provisions of the town planning scheme; photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment or demolition.
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.

Statement of Significance

Dumpling Gully is of medium significance for its historical values relating to the development of the mining industry and therefore the development of Greenbushes. It was also of social significance to the mining workers in the Dumpling Gully tenements and dredging plants.
Aesthetic Value
Dumpling Gully is of moderate aesthetic value due to created wetlands/dams in a forest setting.
Historic Value
Dumpling Gully has high historic value for its mining tenements (tin fields) and also as a public water supply.
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
Medium
Dumpling Gully was a busy mining area and was of high social value for the workers. It retains social value as a site of passive recreation.

Physical Description

Dumpling Gully is now a series of pools, through bush and scrubland. “These were made by the large dredging plants that operated some years ago”, for processing mineral in the tin fields in this area. Two of the larger water bodies were later developed as dams to supply scheme water to Greenbushes, North Greenbushes, Balingup, Mullalyup and Kirup to the north.

History

Dumpling Gully was the name given to the series of mining tenements once held in this particular area of the Greenbushes tinfields. The name is believed to commemorate a local Aboriginal person who was speared to death there following an altercation. Dumpling Gully was an ideal location for creating a dredging plant, capturing rain water to process mineral onsite. One of the earliest tenements in Dumpling Gully was Gladstone Mine, held by Mr (Henry) Robert Williams. A public walk trail now traverses the area.

Integrity/Authenticity

Low Integrity: The land is no longer used for mining, so the mine site has low integrity.
Medium Authenticity: 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

References

Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Descriptions and photographs of the work practices on the Greenbushes tin fields
Western Mail p26		4/04/1913
W A Record pg.68		15/12/1900
	trove.nla.gov.au
Western Mail p73		25/12/1902
The Blackwood Times	trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper	28/04/1950

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
NA	Assess No (Shire Ref)
No.G3	MI Place No.

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	MINING	Other
Original Use	MINING	Other

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Racial contact & interaction
OCCUPATIONS	Mining {incl. mineral processing}

Creation Date

19 Jun 1991

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Approved

Last Update

22 Jul 2019

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This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.