Mining Heritage Australia

11/08/2025

11/08/2025

The Savannahlander
Victoria Crosby
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This song is about The Savannahlander Train - A protest song to help save her!

The Savannahlander by Victoria Crosby

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06/08/2025

Australian Cornish Mining Sites - Burra & Moonta

01/08/2025

Tucked into the western edge of Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park, Eldorado is a town with a story to tell. Just 20 minutes from Wangaratta, this historic mining town was once buzzing with gold and tin miners during the 1800s. ⛏️

A lasting reminder of that era is Cock’s Eldorado Dredge—one of the largest ever built in the Southern Hemisphere. Weighing over 2,100 tons, this floating relic played a major role in Victoria’s gold rush and still cuts an impressive figure in the landscape today.

Whether you're drawn to history, scenic landscapes, or just a peaceful country drive, Eldorado is well worth a visit.

📍 Eldorado, Victoria
🚗 3 hrs from Melbourne | 20 mins from Wangaratta
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01/08/2025

01/08/2025

01/08/2025

The Western Coalfield Horse Monument is almost complete. Sculpted by Tim Johnman, it has been installed where the horses killed underground in 1953 were buried.in spring we will do riparian planting around the monument. Special thanks to CreateNSW who assisted with funding for this project.

01/08/2025

🐴 Happy Birthday 🥕🎂 to all the horses who provided the horse power for the economic development of Australia through the global human heritage, mining heritage.

Often stemming from the thoroughbred industry to assist in age of horses and breeding management, the 1st of August is good reason to celebrate the contribution of the horse, from the puddlers, ore transport, whims, coach teams, gold transports, rail tramways, pit ponies to milk deliveries of days gone bye' in the mining settlements of Australia.

Photograph source: National Library of Australia
Title: Pit ponies and miners / Hall & Co.
Published: ca. 1906.

Physical Description
1 photograph : gelatin silver ; 17 x 22 cm.
Series: Coal mining, South Bulli Colliery, ca. 1906.

Notes: Part of the collection: Coal mining, South Bulli Colliery, ca. 1906.

Also available online. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-143433858

Language: English, No linguistic content
Identifiers: Libraries Australia ID 24438918
Contributed by: Libraries Australia

🎉 Happy Birthday🐴

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01/08/2025