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Category: Mine Museums and Tours

  • MOONTA MINES MUSEUM (MOONTA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA)

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    “The museum has 14 rooms and houses thematic displays on the Cornish miners” lifestyles – mining, lodges and friendly societies, sports and pastimes, death and hardship, extensive displays of costumes, china, silverware, photographs and memorabilia and a classroom furnished c.1900.” Click Here for More Information on the Moonta Mines Museum [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”-34.076319,137.609519″ zoom=”6″…

  • KAPUNDA MINE TRAIL (KAPUNDA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA)

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    “The Kapunda Mine Trail is an easy walk of one and a half kilometres and takes about one hour to complete. Interpretive signs explain how the ore was once mined and treated. Kapunda Mine was the first successful commercial metal mine in Australia and together with Burra contributed to the colony”s recovery from economic crisis…

  • BURRA MINE SITE (BURRA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA)

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    “Enjoy a self-drive tour or walk through the Burra Mine Site, a South Australian State heritage area. The open-air museum contains remains of the mining operations, recreating the exciting atmosphere of the monster mine.” Click Here for More Information on the Burra Mine Site [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9almVH-So[/embedyt] [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”-33.682144,138.938351″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Burra Visitor…

  • MOUNT MORGAN EXPERIENCE (MOUNT MORGAN, QUEENSLAND)

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    “Once home to the largest single mountain of gold on Earth, the Central Queensland mining town of Mount Morgan has created a “museum without walls” as part of the Queensland Heritage Trails Network.” Click Here for More Information on the Mount Morgan Experience [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”-23.644396,150.387316″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Mount Morgan, Queensland”]