This fully restored 1870 mud-and-grass miner's cottage and garden is part of the sprawling Moonta Heritage Site, 1.5km east of town. It's typical of the compact living arrangements of the time (perhaps miners were used to cramped conditions).
Miner's Cottage
Yorke Peninsula
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This impressive 1878 stone edifice was once the Moonta Mines Model School and had 1100 students. These days it's the centrepiece of the sprawling Moonta…
Wallaroo Heritage & Nautical Museum
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Down by the water, the stoic 1865 post office now houses the Wallaroo Heritage & Nautical Museum. There are several of these little National Trust museums…
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Nearby Yorke Peninsula attractions
0.41 MILES
This impressive 1878 stone edifice was once the Moonta Mines Model School and had 1100 students. These days it's the centrepiece of the sprawling Moonta…
9.51 MILES
Behind the Copper Coast Visitor Information Centre is this curious collection of old farming, mining and domestic bits and pieces. Well worth an hour or…
3. Wallaroo Heritage & Nautical Museum
10.31 MILES
Down by the water, the stoic 1865 post office now houses the Wallaroo Heritage & Nautical Museum. There are several of these little National Trust museums…
26.89 MILES
Around 14km south of Maitland, Barley Stacks is further proof that you can make great wine pretty much anywhere in South Australia (below a certain…