Galena Heritage Area

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

15875

Location

Geraldine Rd Ajana/Galena

Location Details

Local Government

Northampton

Region

Midwest

Construction Date

Constructed from 1849, Constructed from 1960

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - Assessment in Progress Current 14 Sep 2007

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
(no listings)

Child Places

  • 08902 Galena Mine - Surprise & South Surprise, Galena and Two Boys
  • 16640 North Geraldine Lead Mine
  • 16641 Block Seven Mine
  • 16815 Butcher's Shop (ruins)
  • 16643 Ethel Maud Mine
  • 16812 Chinaman's Garden
  • 16814 Lady Florence Mine
  • 01900 Warribanno Smelter Complex Ruin
  • 03455 Geraldine Lead Mine Site
  • 16811 Geraldine-Warribanno Smelter ore Trail
  • 16642 Wheal Ina

Condition

All of the structures on the site are ruins. They have been left vacant and untended for a long time and are subject to the elements and some casual vandalism.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
6322 The technology of colonial ore processing in Western Australia : the Warribanno Lead Smelter. Journal article 1997
6317 Galena mining heritage area : management plan. Report 2000
9051 Galena mine field archaeological report. Heritage Study {Other} 2008

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Present Use VACANT\UNUSED Vacant\Unused
Original Use MINING Other

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Handmade Brick
Wall STONE Local Stone

Historic Themes

General Specific
PEOPLE Early settlers
OCCUPATIONS Domestic activities
OCCUPATIONS Grazing, pastoralism & dairying
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict}
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES Natural disasters
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements
OCCUPATIONS Mining {incl. mineral processing}
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Resource exploitation & depletion

Creation Date

17 Jan 2002

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

Disclaimer

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