Verco Street, Moonta Mines, South Australia 5558, Australia
The National Trust Miners Cottage and Garden gives an insight into the lives of the Cornish miners and their families who travelled from the other side of the world to work the great copper mines of Moonta and the surrounding areas.
Built around 1870 and furnished in the pre-1900 style, the cottage is an example of a typical miner's family home. Built of wattle and daub, mud bricks, clay and l ...
Verran Terrace, Moonta Mines, South Australia 5558, Australia
The Moonta Mines Museum is located in the former Moonta Mines Model School. Erected in 1878, this building now houses displays on the Cornish miners' lifestyles - mining, lodges and friendly societies, sports and pastimes, death and hardship Other exhibits include extensive displays of costume, china, silverware, photographs and memorabilia and a classroom furnished circa 1900. There is also a di ...
Moonta Tourist Office, Moonta, South Australia 5558, Australia
The Moonta Mines State Heritage Area covers most of the former Moonta Mining Company lease. A tourist drive starting from the Moonta Town Hall leads through the Cornish cottages housing area and then passes the church, the Hughes Pump House ruins, Taylor's shaft, the deepest shaft in the area and the ruins of the ore concentrating plant at Richman's. A walk to the lookouts on the top of the skimp ...
Verran Terrace, Moonta Mines, South Australia 5558, Australia
Moonta Mines Sweet Shop is located in the former Moonta Mines Post Office.
Built in 1946 and operated as a Post Office until the mid 1970s, the building was refurbished as a shop in 1979 and upgraded by the National Trust in 1998.
The Sweet Shop sells a large range of old-fashioned sweets and drinks. ...
Moonta Tourist Office, Blanche Terrace, Moonta Mines, South Australia 5558, Australia
The Moonta Mines Walking Trails help you discover the history of this copper mining region via marked trails.
Ryans Walk is a short walk of about 500 metres and takes about one hour. Hancocks Walk - from the miners cottage or sweet shop - is approximately 45 minutes return. Hughes Walk is a short loop around historic Hughes Engine House and takes about one hour.
Interpretive signs illustrate ...
Warren Street, Moonta, South Australia 5558, Australia
The Coffee Barn Gelataria is set on 27 acres of historical mining country and makes superb Gelato and Gelato cakes on the premises.
Our ingredients are of the highest quality from Italy and Australia. Enjoy a relaxed atmosphere with friendly service and other wonderful products such as Italian espresso, thick Italian hot chocolate or perhaps a creamy cappuccino, and to top it off enjoy a homem ...
