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Balaklava Courthouse Gallery Balaklava The historic old courthouse at Balaklava, built in 1913 and converted into an art gallery and separate gift shop, is managed entirely by community volunteers. Varied exhibitions lasting six weeks range from paintings and sculptures to quilting and craftwork. Exhibition space is free to artists.

Police Lockup And Stables Burra Built in 1847, pre-dating Redruth Gaol, this fine complex consists of police station, stables, lockup and police residence. The Burra Police Lockup was built because of the influx of population and the number of hotels in the town during Burra's mining boom.

Burra Heritage Passport Burra Discover and explore the historic township of Burra with the Burra Heritage Passport. The passport gives you entry to the Burra Mine including dressing tower and lookout, police lockup and stables, Redruth Gaol, Hampton, power magazine, brewery cellars, miners’ dugouts and smelts paddock.

Peacocks Chimney Stack Burra Peacock’s Chimney was created to provide an updraught to the boilers at Peacocks Engine House. The reopening of the open cut mine in the early 1970s necessitated the destruction of Peacocks Chimney so, to the credit of many dedicated and hardworking members of the National Trust, the chimney was rebuilt in...

Balaklava Museum Centenary Hall Balaklava Centenary Hall is one of two sites operated by Balaklava Museum Incorporated. It was built in 1878 and has a colourful history, having been occupied by the Church of Christ, Druids and Rechabite Lodges, schools, a kindergarten and the Lutheran church.

Martindale Hall Mintaro Martindale Hall, built in 1879, is a Georgian style mansion built for Edmund Bowman who lived the princely life here until 1891.

Brooks Lookout Blyth Brooks Lookout was opened in 2001 and gives visitors to the Clare Valley the opportunity to picnic at one of the big Australian panoramas. Sited 400 metres above the patchwork of wheat field's of the Blyth and Wakefield Plains, you can see 90 kilometres to the southwest to Yorke Peninsula. The township...

Mintaro Slate Quarries Mintaro Slate has been quarried in Mintaro since the mid 1860s and was extensively used in the old colonial homes and public buildings of Mintaro. Acknowledged as one of the best slates in the world, some aspects of production have remained unchanged since the 1860s.

Morphetts Enginehouse Museum Burra At Morphetts Enginehouse Museum visitors will see the only known reconstructed Cornish enginehouse in the world. A guide will explain the workings of the engine and pump system used to de-water the mine. Visitors are encouraged to examine the three-storey building and information displayed.

Kapunda Heritage Trail Kapunda The Kapunda Heritage Trail meanders ten kilometres through the town, allowing the opportunity to see some of the town's historic places, buildings and remnants of previous lifestyles that have shaped Kapunda's history and character.

Polish Hill River Church Museum Sevenhill The Polish Hill River Church Museum has been established by the South Australian Polish community in order to document and commemorate the contribution of Polish migrants to the development of the state. The Polish Hill River Church Museum is situated in a picturesque valley, a few kilometres south of the Jesuit...

Bon Accord Mine Complex Burra The Bon Accord Mine Complex is owned and administered by the National Trust, Burra, and is concerned with preserving, studying and exhibiting items that help in illustrating and explaining the story of the Burra area. The display includes a working forge, a six metre by five metre model of the Burra...

Terowie Pioneer Gallery and Museums Terowie Historic Terowie consists of five museums in its unique Main Street and many historical buildings can be seen dating from the 1870s onwards. The Pioneer Gallery features a collection of local family photographs and histories. Terowie Citizens Association owns and maintains five of the heritage listed buildings.

Unicorn Brewery Cellars Burra The Unicorn Brewery was built in 1873 and consisted of a tall malting tower, offices, cooper's workshop, steam engine and boiler to operate the pumps, and manager's residence. The cellars were excavated and completed in 1873.

Reilly's Wines Mintaro Reilly's Wines was established in 1993 in the original stone and slate building, which was built by Hugh Reilly in 1856. We now utilise this beautiful building as our cellar door and restaurant, which is open for lunch seven days a week.

Kapunda Mine Trail Kapunda The Kapunda Mine Trail is an easy walk of one and a half kilometres and takes about one hour to complete. Interpretive signs explain how the ore was mined and treated.

The Kidman Connection Kapunda The Kidman Connection is a self walking or driving tour of Kapunda highlighting places connected with Cattle King Sir Sidney Kidman, by following a detailed self guided brochure available from...

Old Police Station Museum Clare The Old Police Station Museum was built in 1850 as Clare's first Courthouse and Police Station.

Redruth Gaol Burra 1856 gaol, used in the South Australian Film Corporation film, "Breaker Morant". The gaol was closed in 1894 and later used as a girls’ reformatory.

Market Square Museum Burra If you want to have a look at Burra's heritage you should include a visit to the Market Square Museum, Burra's first museum, opened by the National Trust in 1966. It is a recreation of an old style general store and family home, which operated from the 1880s.

Bungaree Station Clare In its heyday, Bungaree was like a small village with its beautiful sandstone Woolshed, Shearers Quarters, Stable Yard, Station Store, Managers House, staff cottages and even the District Council Chambers...

Anlaby Station Kapunda Anlaby is one of Australia's great homesteads and one of the first grand rural properties of South Australia. Settled in 1839 by Frederick Dutton, it reached its heyday in the Edwardian era when it also hosted the Prince of Wales.

Hampton Burra This was an English style township, a private township named after an assayer at the Smelting Works, Edward Hampton. It contained 30 simple miners' cottages and a Bible Christian Chapel. Much of the stone quarried there was used in many of Burra's fine old buildings.

John Horrocks Cottage Penwortham John Horrocks Cottage at Penwortham in the Clare Valley, South Australia, was built in 1839 by pioneer and explorer John Ainsworth Horrocks; one of the first white men to take up land in the area. He founded and named the village of Penwortham after his home in Lancashire, England.

Burra Mine Site Burra Enjoy a self-drive tour or walk through the Burra Mine Site, a South Australian State heritage area.

Powder Magazine Burra The Powder Magazine was erected in 1847 and is the oldest remaining mine building in Australia. It stored gunpowder used in blasting at the mine. The building has an arched stone roof for strength and was lined with sheepskin for safety.

Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery Eudunda The Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery is a large complex, which incorporates an old 1880's renovated cottage, displaying material relating to the history of the town and some of the townsfolk, memorabilia, maps, council records and research area.

The Taste of the Region Interpretive Centre Kapunda The Taste Of The Region Interpretive Centre is located in the basement of the Kapunda Visitor Information Centre, Thomson Building, Kapunda.

Miners Dugouts Burra In 1851, up to 2,000 miners and their families lived in these dugouts along the riverbed.