Local Government
Waroona
Region
Peel
Preston Beach Rd, Yalgorup National Pk Preston Beach
Yalgorup Tunnels
Waroona
Peel
Constructed from 1890
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 28 Nov 1995 | Category 5 |
Tunnels have historic significance and demostrated early methods of tunneling and use of natural resources.
A series of tunnels set in limestone hills and rocky outcrops.
A series of tunnels set in limestone hills & rocky outcrops. Tunnels were dug by hand picks & the limestone carted by wheelbarrow supposedly for Bunbury breakwater.
Site Only
Landscape
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Present Use | OTHER | Other |
Original Use | MINING | Other |
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Other | STONE | Limestone |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Technology & technological change |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Resource exploitation & depletion |
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