Miners, Wallaroo Mines |
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| Title : | Miners, Wallaroo Mines |
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| Source : | B 28862 | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1900 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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Miners at Wallaroo Mines. First three men standing, left - right: W. Bailey (Engine driver); W.Polkinghorne; R.Nicholls. First man sitting on the left is J.Hancock. Wallaroo, along with the towns of Kadina and Moonta, is on Yorke Peninsula, in the area known as 'The Copper Triangle', In 1859, a shepherd named James Boor, who was employed by station owner Captain Walter Watson Hughes, discovered copper in the area now known as the Wallaroo Mines. Hughes took out a mining lease, and by 1861 Wallaroo contained the largest copper smelters outside Wales, processing copper ore from the mines in the region. After World War I the price of copper dropped considerable and as a result 'the Copper Triangle' mines closed in the early 1920s. The mines had employed hundreds of Cornish immigrants whose heritage is now celebrated in the Kernewek Lowender festival, held biennially on Yorke Peninsula. |
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| Coverage year : | ca.1900 |
| Period : | 1852-1883 |
| Place : | Wallaroo |
| Region : | Yorke Peninsula |
| Further reading : | Drew, GJ Discovering historic Wallaroo, South Australia. [Adelaide] : Dept. of Mines and Energy and the Corporation of the Town of Wallaroo, 1989 Ludbrook, Nelly Hooper A guide to the geology and mineral resources of South Australia Adelaide : Govt. Pr., 1980 Neil, Bernard In search of mineral wealth: the South Australian Geological Survey and Department of Mines to 1944, Adelaide : Department of Mines and Energy, 1982 Selby, Jonathon South Australia's mining heritage Adelaide : Department of Mines and Energy, 1987 The Wallaroo and Moonta mines: their history, nature and methods, together with an account of the concentrating and smelting operations. Adelaide : Gillingham Printers, 1980 The Wallaroo and Moonta mines: their history, nature and methods, together with an account of the concentrating and smelting operations, Wallaroo, Wallaroo and Moonta Mining and Smelting Company?, 1914 |
| Internet links : | Kernewek Lowender - the world's largest Cornish Festival District Council of the Copper Coast Mines and mineral resources State Library of South Australia |
| Exhibitions and events : | State Library of South Australia: Mortlock Wing: A rich tapestry August 2004 |
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