| LOCATION |
| Map |
Show Map
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| Address |
MINTARO |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council |
| Polygon Type |
D - item has been digitised (generally because it doesn't exist in a DCDB parcel, eg. bridge |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Mintaro State Heritage Area |
| Registered Name |
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| Significance |
The Mintaro State Heritage Area is associated with early transport, farming and slate quarrying. The township of Mintaro was established in 1849 as a key staging point on the Gulf Road between Burra and Port Wakefield, which was established to transport copper ore. Mintaro was surveyed around the road, resulting in an unusual diagonal alignment of township allotments relative to the surrounding grid of surveyed sections, with buildings loosely clustered along the road. Mintaro also served the Burra Burra mine with fresh produce. Slate quarrying began in 1856 and Mintaro slate features in many nineteenth-century buildings in South Australia, with the quarry sustaining the township into the twentieth century. The extensive use of slate is a notable feature of the built form of Mintaro. |
| Subject Index |
Urban area - State Heritage Area [Urban] |
| Class |
State Her Area |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
SHA - State Heritage Area (SA Heritage Act 1978) |
| Status Date |
20-SEP-1984 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
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| State Heritage ID |
13935 |
| Heritage Number |
27550 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
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