Golden Pipeline
A time capsule of water,
gold & Western Australia
A project from the National Trust of WA
A self-guided drive trail between the Perth Hills and Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields. Go with the Flow. Follow the water to discover more about the audacious goldfields water supply scheme and Engineer CY O’Connor.
“Future generations, I am quite certain will think of us and bless us for our far seeing patriotism, and it will be said of us, as Isaiah said of old, ‘They made a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert”
Dedari to Mount Charlotte See & Do
Museums
The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail includes a number of fascinating museums along its length which will give travellers an insight into Wheatbelt and Goldfields communities.
While museums often incorporate artefacts relating to water and the supply scheme – so vital to their wellbeing – they share their pioneering past and the broader history of the area in which they are housed.
As an example Cunderdin Museum in No 3 Pump Station incorporates farming while goldfields museums tell stories of mining.
Hannans North Tourist Mine
This is a memorial to the prospectors and miners who came seeking their own personal fortunes but who left leaving a legacy we all enjoy today. ...
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WA School of Mines Mineral Museum
The Western Australian School of Mines was established on the Goldfields in 1902. Initially set up at Coolgardie it moved to new premises at ...
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Museum of the Goldfields
A panoramic view can be obtained from the top of a 33 m high mine headframe which provides the stunning entrance to this, one of the best museums ...
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Warden Finnerty’s Residence
John Michael Finnerty was Coolgardie’s first mining warden and resident magistrate. In these positions he wielded enormous power and was the man ...
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Goldfields Exhibition Museum
The museum is located in the magnificent Warden’s Court building on Bayley Street in Coolgardie. The extensive collection of photographs and ...
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Ben Prior’s Park
This open-air museum is in Bayley Street opposite Coolgardie’s Warden’s Court. Ben Prior was a long term resident of Coolgardie who spent much ...
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Northam to Cunderdin
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