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Wenlock Goldfield
Wenlock Goldfield is a heritage-listed mining, mine in Archer River, Queensland, Archer River, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1892 to 1950s. It is also known as Batavia Goldfield and Lower Camp (Wenlock). It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 3 March 2006. History Wenlock Goldfield (formerly Batavia Goldfield) and the settlement of Lower Camp are situated along the eastern bank of the Wenlock River on Cape York Peninsula, about north of Coen. The Batavia Goldfield was proclaimed in 1892, following discovery of gold at Retreat Creek (a tributary of the Wenlock). In subsequent years camps known as Bairdsville, Top Camp (Plutoville), and Lower Camp (Wenlock) were established and supplied from Coen. The settlement of Lower Camp was formed after Kitty Pluto discovered gold there in 1915. It became the main township on the Batavia Goldfield in the 1930s and was officially named Wenlock in 1938. It is around this time also, that the Batavia Gol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archer River, Queensland
Archer River is a rural locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. In the Archer River had a population of 22 people. Geography This inland locality takes its name from the Archer River which flows from east to west across the locality towards the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Oyala Thumotang National Park (formerly known as Mungkan Kandju National Park and Archer Bend National Park) is in the south-west of the locality. The Peninsula Developmental Road passes through the locality in a NW-SE direction connecting Weipa on the Gulf of Carpentaria to Lakeland. There are two major road junctions within Archer River from the Peninsula Developmental Road. At there is a turn-off towards the north onto the Telegraph Road towards Bamaga at the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula. At there is a turn-off towards the north-east on Portland Road to the Lockhart River community on the Coral Sea coast. History Kaanju (also known as Kaanju and Kandju) is a language of Cape Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
