Australia, Queensland
Ravenswood QLD
Heritage mining landscape
Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
GoldAlso reported: eyes-only: brick chimneys, headframes, boilers, mullock heaps, Chinese temple site.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Gold town of near 5000 people and 48 hotels from 1868, largely abandoned by 1915, mullock heaps, chimneys and a Chinese settlement area survive
The Ravenswood Mining Landscape and Chinese Settlement Area is Queensland Heritage Register entry 650038 (2016), listing mullock heaps, mills, cyanide works and settlement remains in situ
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Open shaftsUnstable brick chimneys, tropical heat, mine traffic
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