Local Government
Coolgardie
Region
Goldfields
Great Eastern Hwy Juardi
Off Great Eastern Hwy, NE of Town
Coolgardie
Goldfields
Constructed from 1892
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Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 27 Oct 1976 | ||
Register of the National Estate | Permanent | 21 Mar 1978 | ||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 27 Jul 1995 | Category 4 |
The site is significant as the point of origin of the opening up of the Eastern Goldtields and is OF a key place in the history of the development of Western Australia, though the site is physically much modified by recent mining operations.
The area of mining where gold was first discovered in Coolgardie, and which became the chief alluvial gold mining area in the foundation period of Coolgardie and the stepping stone for the opening up of the Eastern Golfieids. Little remains of mining shafts and equipment that was scattered across the flat at the time of the National Trust assessment as the mine was re-activated by Coolgardie Gold NL, it is due for closure shortly.
An historic site, associated with the finding of rich deposits of alluvial gold and for the time being remains a productive site for the time being.
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Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Webb, M&A "The Centennial History of Kalgoorlie-Boulder" | 1993 | ||
Gaston, A "Coolgardie Gold: Personal Record" | 1937 |
Historic Site
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Present Use | MINING | Other |
Original Use | MINING | Other |
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OCCUPATIONS | Mining {incl. mineral processing} |
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