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Two young boys in sailor outfits and straw hats in Mareeba, Queensland
by State Library of Queensland, Australia

Dares Hill Circuit. Ketchowla sheep station. Established 1853 by C Giles. Panorama of homestead and outbuildings erected before 1860. 1873 to 1890 leased held by Frederick Austin. 1890 to 1980s Dearlove family.
by denisbin

Whyalla. In the Maritime Museum is this photograph of a colourful giant cuttlefish which live and mate off the shores of Whyalla in Spencers Gulf. A diver's dream world.
by denisbin

Delta smelt at rearing facility
by USFWS Pacific Southwest Region

Port Augusta. The Presbyterian Church. The memorial stone says it was built in 1885.
by denisbin

Wedding party, probably North Queensland
by State Library of Queensland, Australia

Mt Isa mines. One of the big holes adjacent to the city.
by denisbin

Broken Hill. Stained glass windows in St Peters Anglican Church
by denisbin

Smelter Cemetery, Where Employees of Asarco Smelter Works Can Be Buried
by U.S. National Archives

Dusk on the fjord
by tristanf

Kapunda. Panorama of the old copper mining town. In background spire of Anglican Church and to iis right red bricks of the Catholic Church.
by denisbin

Paul's Camera Photos 922
by Southern_Comfort

Adelaide. The Mitchell building built 1881 at the University of Adelaide. In front is the statue of Sir Walter Watson Hughes of Moonta Mines who donated 20,000 pounds to start the university in 1872.
by denisbin

Smelting in Shalesmore
by choffee

Tungkillo near Mt Pleasant. The old 19th century general store. The town was estalished around 1851 because of the nearby Reedy Creek copper mine.
by denisbin

Broken Hill. The galvanised iron Picton Methodist church erected around 1890. Moved to this Kaolin St site 1911. Closed some time after it became a Uniting Church in 1977. Recently sold.
by denisbin

Goodyear FG-1D Corsair ‘KD345 / 130-A’ (G-FGID)
by HawkeyeUK

Moonta Mines historic copper mine site. The ruins of the Hughes Smith and Elder shafts' concentrating plant near the Hughes Enginehouse. Built 1865. Sea water was pumped here and mixed with sulphuric acid.
by denisbin

Lithgow. Eskbank House. Built 1842 for Thomas Brown.
by denisbin

Callington in the Bremer River Valley. Burials in this early copper mining town cemetery begin in 1864. Most of the headstones belong to German farmers or Cornish miners.
by denisbin

Raymond Terrace. Colourful 19th century timber framed cottage.
by denisbin

Callington. Establishd 1849 and copper mining from 1850. This Cornish chimney stack was built in 1874 and the stone engine house was erected in 1874. Mining ceased 1870. Restarted 1872 and closed permanently 1875.
by denisbin

Moonta School. Opened in 1877 for 800 students. Identical to Moonta Mines and Wallaroo Mines and Wallaroo Schools which opened at the same time. It is now Moonta Area School.
by denisbin

Smelter and slag dump - offices in background
by SMU Libraries Digital Collections

Raymond Terrace. Sketchleys slab hut and cottage. Now the town Museum .Built around 1850. Moved to this site for ex convict William Sketchley in 1857.
by denisbin

Kummatin valot
by Ville.fi

Kapunda. A view across the main open cut copper mine which began operating around 1844. Behind this site was the Francis Dutton copper mine which began in 1842..
by denisbin

Bazaars - To be seen not smelt!
by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives

Historic Blinman an old copper mining town of the Flinders Ranges. The North Blinman Hotel opened in 1869 and is still trading with a gallery of good historical photographs. .
by denisbin

Mt Isa. Artificial lake near the city.
by denisbin

Weetulta Yorke Peninsula. Sheep in Redwing Farm. Three legged sheep. Where has that leg gone
by denisbin

Callington. Old copper mining town. Most of the district farmers were of German descent. St Peter's Lutheran Church was built in 1864. The bluestone was cement rendered a few decades ago.
by denisbin

Kanmantoo. Sth Aust. The old Catholic Church. The section on the left built in 1858 and the section on the right built in 1865. Closed in 1956. Now a residence.
by denisbin

Raymond Terrace. Facing the Hunter River. Old two storey general store at 9 King Street. Erected about 1885.
by denisbin

Historic Blinman in the Flinders Ranges. This bell currently used by the Anglican Church of Blinman was purchased from Cornwall by the copper mining company of Yudnamutana which ran the copper mines from 1862 to 1872.
by denisbin

Port Augusta Railway Station 2017. Centenary of transcontinental railway. Budd Car 1951. First diesel rail car in Australia
by denisbin

Adelaide. Statue of Sir Walter Watson Hughes Moonta mining magnate. Donated 20,000 pounds to found the University of Adelaide in 1874 as did Sir Thomas Elder. Statue 1906 in front of the Mitchell building.
by denisbin

Callington an old copper mining town on the Bremer River. This fine stone and brick flourmill was erected in 1858. It closed in 1859 and has been a residence for many years.
by denisbin

Risdon Park former Methodist Church. 1921. Now the main Uniting church in Port Pirie.
by denisbin

Leaders of the Mexican Mining & Smelting Company
by SMU Libraries Digital Collections

Family and Shipping Butchers. Ellen Street Port Pirie. Built 1899. Note finely modelled pig bull and sheep across pediment. Providing meat for towns folk and ships in the port.
by denisbin

Burra. Old advertising on the side of the former National Bank. NAB.
by denisbin

Broken Hill cemetery. Headstone in the Muslim section for Gunny Khan. Middle Eastern script on the headstone. Erected by Dost Mahomet who was a cameleer on the Burke and Wills expedition of 1860.
by denisbin

A young boy dressed in a costume representing a meat company
by State Library of Queensland, Australia

Old Gang Smelting Mills in sepia
by Bods

Callington. The Bremer River in this old copper mining town is crossed by the beautiful Erskine Bridge built in 1890 and still in use.
by denisbin

Port Augusta West. The local Police Station and lockusp behind built in local red iron stone. Built 1879 for 950 pounds.
by denisbin

Milf Chamber
by darkday.

Berkeley Pit & Continental Mine & Yankee Doodle Tailings Pond (Butte, Montana, USA)
by James St. John

Burra. Kooringa. This building opened as the burra Telegraph Station in 1860 and then as the Post Office. Since 1960 it has been the town Art Gallery.
by denisbin

Burra. Old copper mining town. The Catholic Church and tower opened in 1874. Next door is the Presbytery.
by denisbin

Kapunda. The former convent built in 1892 for the Domenican Sisters who ran the Catholic School. It has been a private residence for decades and was formerly owned by convicted paedophile Magistrate Peter Liddy.
by denisbin

Port Augusta. The former Freemason Lodge built in 1907. It is now Quinn funeral chapel.
by denisbin

Weetulta. Yorke Peninsula. Late 19th century cottage and old stone water well. Cottage used for farm stay accommodation. Redwing Farm.
by denisbin

Unknown family group
by State Library of Queensland, Australia

Former Congregational Church in Port Pirie. Now a Barnacle Bill restaurant. opened in 1879.
by denisbin

Moonta. The Town Hall of 1907 was built in 1885 as an Institute. The clock tower was added in 1907 when it became the Town Hall.
by denisbin

Cairns. Kuranda. Tourist shops along the main street.
by denisbin

Cape Jervis. Stone ruins next to the 1869 built brick kiln. The silver mine at Talisker operated from 1862 to 1872.
by denisbin

Alcan smelter/power plant
by johndal