Category: Ruin
Ruin
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Hampton Village at Burra
Hampton Village at Burra Hampton Village is one of the many heritage sites in Burra, South Australia. Once a bustling settlement of Cornish miners and their families, today it lies in ruin with its rows of bluestone cottages reduced to roofless shells. Alongside the Burra Mine and Redruth Gaol, Hampton Village provides a direct link Read more
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Silverton New South Wales
Silverton New South Wales Silverton New South Wales was established in the 1880s after the discovery of silver deposits in the Barrier Ranges. By the mid-1880s it had boomed into a mining town with a population of several thousand, complete with banks, shops, hotels, a jail, churches, and even a stock exchange. However, the richer Read more
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Junction Mine
Junction Mine Broken Hill Located in Broken Hill in the Far West of New South Wales, the Junction Mine preserves some of the surface infrastructure from when it operated. Access is free and the site is open 24 hours. The Junction lease was pegged in 1884 and the Broken Hill Junction Silver Mining Company formed Read more