LOCATION |
Map |
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Address |
MOONTA MINES |
Locality |
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Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
Council Area |
Copper Coast Council |
Polygon Type |
D - item has been digitised (generally because it doesn't exist in a DCDB parcel, eg. bridge |
DESCRIPTION |
Details (Known As) |
Moonta Mines State Heritage Area [National Heritage Place ID: 106096] |
Registered Name |
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Significance |
The Moonta Mines State Heritage Area encompasses the site of one of the largest commercial mining enterprises in colonial South Australia which generated vast wealth and wages from the sale of copper ore. The opening of the copper mines at Moonta led to a rapid influx of skilled miners and other artisans from Cornwall and the area became known as 'Australia's Little Cornwall'. For a time exports of copper surpassed those of wheat, and the town of Moonta and the mines area contained the largest urban population outside Adelaide. Considerable remnants of the mining venture remain, illustrating many aspects of copper mining and processing. |
Subject Index |
Urban area - State Heritage Area [Urban]; Mining and mineral processing - Mine |
Class |
State Her Area |
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STATUS |
Status Code |
SHA - State Heritage Area (SA Heritage Act 1978) |
Status Date |
10-MAY-1984 |
REFERENCE |
LGA |
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State Heritage ID |
13975 |
Heritage Number |
27551 |
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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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