Old Stone Huts & associated mine shafts & workings

Author

Shire of Cue

Place Number

03690

Location

The Island, Lake Austin, south west of Cue Cue

Location Details

The site is very dangerous with numerous shafts & loose rock.

Other Name(s)

Lake Austin Precinct, The Island

Local Government

Cue

Region

Midwest

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 17 Feb 2015

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - To be assessed Current 19 Dec 2002

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Classified by the National Trust Recorded 05 Apr 1971
Register of the National Estate Indicative Place

Child Places

  • 06563 Survey Trig on Lake Austin Hill
  • 06561 Lake Austin
  • 06560 Mainland Ruins
  • 03862 Historic Townsite (Site)

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
9771 Global patterns and local contexts: an archaeological investigation of late nineteenth to early twentieth century gold mining settlements in the Upper Murchison, Western Australia. Electronic 2011
7519 Rare jewel of Western Australia history in dry stone town. Journal article 2005

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING Housing or Quarters
Original Use INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING Housing or Quarters

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Other CONCRETE Reinforced Concrete
Wall STONE Local Stone

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Depression & boom
OCCUPATIONS Domestic activities
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict}
OCCUPATIONS Mining {incl. mineral processing}
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Immigration, emigration & refugees
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES Depression & boom
PEOPLE Early settlers
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Technology & technological change
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Exploration & surveying

Creation Date

24 Jul 1995

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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