Homeward Bound Sluicing Claim, New Chum Hill, Kiandra, Kosciusko National Park. Photo R Kaufman AUSTRALIAN ALPS MINING HERITAGE CONSERVATION & PRESENTATION STRATEGY LRGM - SERVICES 59 Mountbatten Avenue, Bright 3741 ABN 99 762 725 937 to the AUSTRALIAN ALPS LIAISON COMMITTEE Mining relics at the Monarch Mine, Alpine National Park: battery, wheels, steam engine. Photos A Swift. 30 April 2002 THE MINING HERITAGE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS In the heart of the high country, & cloaked by regrowing forest in the rugged ranges of south eastern Australia, these places bear mute witness to the most powerful European cultural influence of the mid 1800’s to early 1900’s, and a pioneering way of life now long gone………. Maude & Yellow Girl Mine Homeward Bound sluicing claim Lonely graves, Kiandra Steam engine, Elaine Mine cemetery Quintet mine huts Strongbox, United Stamp battery, Monarch Miners Mine Mine Razorback Mine battery Top 4 photos, R Kaufman Bottom 4 photos, A Swift Background: Overlooking the Dart River, Dartmouth Unit, Alpine NP A report prepared by: Rob Kaufman LRGM - Services ABN 99 762 725 937 59 Mountbatten Ave, Bright, Vic 3741 Tel (03) 5755 1628; Email
[email protected] for the Cultural Heritage Working Group Australian Alps Liaison Committee © All rights reserved, Australian Alps Liaison Committee, 2002 30 April 2002 ii INTRODUCTION This report is a strategic assessment of mining heritage in the Australian Alps that begins with a thematic study. It has been a monumental task that can be considered begun, not completed, because mining has been such a complex and pervasive influence throughout the Australian Alps National Parks and attached Historic Areas.