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LOCATION
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Address MANTUNG
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area Loxton Waikerie Council
Polygon Type B - Building footprint
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Eastern Well Staging Post (Ruin)
Registered Name Hotel and Water Supply Structure - Eastern Wall Staging Post (ruin)
Significance Eastern Well is in the Murray Mallee, 6 km west of Mercunda. It was a staging post and watering point on the road from Swan Reach to the Loxton district, one of a chain of such deep wells, along with Bakara Well, Hampton Well and Wunkar. The date of establishment of the well is not known, but it was equipped with a steam pump by 1888 and a caretaker was housed there. The Eastern Well ruins are historically significant in representing the pattern of transport and water supply in the Murray Mallee during early settlement. No other staging posts are known to survive in the region. (SHB 1987)
Subject Index Transport (Road) - Coach House/Station; Miscellaneous - Ruin; Utilities - Well
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 23-NOV-1989
REFERENCE
LGA Loxton Waikerie
State Heritage ID 10839
Heritage Number 16068
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 5999/549 H700100 S88

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