Moonta Mines Museum
Title | Moonta Mines Museum |
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Description | The Moonta Mines Museum is housed within the former Moonta Mines School which was built in 1878 to educate the Cornish Miners children. |
Mineral display arrangement | From the museum's website: "The museum tells the story of Cornish pioneers who came to South Australia for the copper mines 1861-1923. It has 14 rooms and houses thematic displays on the Cornish miners’ lifestyles – mining, lodges and friendly societies, sports and pastimes, death and hardship, extensive displays of costumes, china, silverware, photographs and memorabilia and a classroom furnished in the c.1900 style." |
Museum Address | Verran Terrace Moonta South Australia Australia |
Website address | https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/moonta-mines-model-school-museum/ |
Mindat Locality region | Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia |