Heritage Places
Heritage Place Details
| LOCATION |
| Map |
Show Map
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| Address |
Peramangk Country, 22 Callington Road CALLINGTON |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Development Plan |
Mount Barker Council |
| Polygon Type |
P - parcel (from DCDB) |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Former Callington Smelting Works |
| Registered Name |
Former Callington Smelting Works |
| Significance |
The former Callington Smelting Works is a rare surviving example of a nineteenth century smelting works. The copper industry was significant to the industrial, economic and social development of South Australia in the nineteenth century, and smelting played a crucial role in the industry's economic viability. Nineteenth century copper smelting employed the dominant Welsh Process, a multi-stage smelting operation that called for specialised masonry reverberatory furnaces at each stage.
The former Callington Smelting Works is the only surviving smelting works known to demonstrate more than one stage of the Welsh Process through its extant physical fabric. The former Callington Smelting Works is also one of three known sites in South Australia with intact Welsh reverberatory furnaces, namely two calciners and two smelting furnaces comprised of foundations and lower structure. The reverberatory smelting furnace ruins at Callington are the only known to remain partially intact in South Australia. |
| Subject Index |
Mining and mineral processing - Smelter |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
18-AUG-2022 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Mount Barker |
| State Heritage ID |
26515 |
| Heritage Number |
28123 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
b - it has rare, uncommon or endangered qualities that are of cultural significance
c - it may yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the State's history, including its natural history
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 5398/700 D28328 A15,CT 5522/495 F160755 A16 |
Disclaimer
While due care has been taken to ensure that the SA Heritage Places Database accurately reflects the South Australian Heritage Register and listings of Local Heritage Places in Development Plans, the State of South Australia does not accept liability for the use of the SA Heritage Database for any purpose. Users should consult the Department for Environment and Water - Heritage South Australia to confirm the listing of State Heritage Places and the relevant Development Plan for Local Heritage Places/Contributory Items.
In the majority of cases, the maps of State Heritage Places on this web site show the footprints of the most significant structures on a registered Place. However, sometimes they simply indicate the complete area of land comprising the Place. Work is proceeding to further refine the mapping of such places. It is also important to note that development control is not limited to the registered structures but extends to their setting and structures nearby (what is termed ‘development affecting’ a State Heritage Place). Hence it is vital that exact details of the listed place and implications for any proposed development be discussed with Heritage South Australia staff, as they cannot be deduced solely from the information on this web site. The inclusion of a place in the SA Heritage Register gives no right of public access. Permission to visit properties must be sought from the owners. The accuracy of the mapping of State Heritage Places is not guaranteed. Please contact Heritage SA ( https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/heritage/sa-heritage-register) if you believe there is an error.
GIS files
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