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LOCATION
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Address TARCOOLA
Locality
Accuracy L - low level confidence
Development Plan Land Not Within a Council Area (Far North)
Polygon Type P - parcel (from DCDB)
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Tarcoola Goldfield, Government Battery and Township (designated place of archaeological significance)
Registered Name Tarcoola Goldfield, Government Battery and Township
Significance The Tarcoola Goldfields is the largest reef goldfield and one of the largest goldfields ever exploited in the State's history. Far removed from the nearest town and located in an isolated part of the State, the area has had relatively little disturbance and thereby represents a rich historical mining landscape that speaks to mineral exploitation efforts across the twentieth century. The field evidences intensive private efforts to find gold, most notably the Tarcoola Blocks Company, which was one of the State's most successful mining companies up to that time and well publicised across the State. Initially viewing the field as comparable to the major Victorian goldfields, the State Government invested considerable capital and energy in support of mineral exploitation by groups of all sizes. Such was the interest in the area that government support went beyond that given to other goldfields for many years. Tarcoola was the focus of Depression-era policy, with State and Federal investment to promote employment and economic activity over those difficult years. As a result, many small groups tried their luck here for over fifty years. The history of the development of the mines and the associated small township of Tarcoola provides interesting insights into the interaction of government and private enterprise in mineral exploitation, still clearly visible in the landscape today. (HB Assessment Report 11/10)
Subject Index Mining and mineral processing - Mine; Landscape area - Archaeological Site
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 09-DEC-2011
REFERENCE
LGA Unincorporated SA
State Heritage ID 20767
Heritage Number 26041
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16 a - it demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State's history
c - it may yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the State's history, including its natural history
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 5788/893 T833601 A62,63,CT 5837/351 T833601 A60,CT 5797/636 T833601 A38,CT 5789/970 T833601 A20,CT 5821/285 T833601 A27,CT 5789/967 T833601 A26,CT 5789/1 T833601 A56,CT 5788/333 T833601 A5,18,25,CT 5789/3 T833601 A10,CT 5788/329 T833601 A7,61,CT 5788/331 T833601 A42,CT 5789/347 T833601 A2,CT 5818/409 F199236 A342,CT 5789/349 T833601 A76,CT 5789/963 T833601 A80,CT 5789/962 T833601 A81,CT 5789/5 T833601 A67,CT 5790/234 T833601 A68,CT 5789/6 T833601 A69,CT 5854/840 T833601 A13,CT 5789/959 T833601 A64,CT 5789/2 T833601 A15,CT 5788/330 T833601 A35,CT 5789/4 T833601 A74,CT 5789/348 T833601 A29,37,48,57,59,78,CT 5788/999 T833601 A8,CT 5521/365 T833601 A30,31,36,CT 5826/201 T833601 A55,CT 5791/5 T833601 A32,CT 6055/450 T833601 A49,CT 5810/838 F199233 A339,CT 5788/794 T833601 A39,CT 5789/407 T833601 A6,CT 5789/408 T833601 A17,CT 5789/409 T833601 A28,CT 5789/410 T833601 A34,CT 5797/408 T833601 A43,CT 5789/411 T833601 A44,45,CT 5789/346 T833601 A65,CT 681/86 T833601 A79,CR 5747/881 H833600 S1212,CR 5747/882 H833600 S1213,CR 5750/379 H833600 S1219,CT 5807/613 T833601 A11,CT 5720/754 T833601 A51,CT 5821/335 T833601 A66,CT 5820/727 T833601 A16,CT 5835/213 T833601 A46,50,CR 5770/274 T833601 A54,CR 5770/273 T833601 A53,CR 5770/272 T833601 A52,CR 5764/542 T833601 A70,CR 5770/271 T833601 A47,CT 5934/440 T833601 A58,CR 5764/549 T833601 A334,CR 5381/242 T833601 A72,CR 5759/756 T833601 A73,CT 5820/726 T833601 A75,CT 5533/518 T833601 A83,CR 5757/300 H833600 S1207-1209,1211,CT 5619/174 T833601 A41,CT 679/182 T833601 A12,CT 5807/615 T833601 A33,CT 757/186 T833601 A77,CT 5789/17 T833601 A14,CT 5827/134 F199234 A340,CT 5827/135 F199235 A341,CT 5789/965 T833601 A40,CT 5791/278 T833601 A1,3,9,19,82,CT 5848/330 T833601 A22,23,24,CR 5747/880 H833600 S1200,CR 6170/723 T833601 A71

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