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Waratah, Mount Bischoff tin town

Old dump ground Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: tin-town refuse.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Mount Bischoff was the world's richest tin mine from 1871 and Waratah the first Australian town lit by hydroelectricity; town and mine refuse spread around the plateau edge.

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