Wentworth and Reform Gold Mines
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Wentworth and Reform Gold Mines is a heritage-listed former Gillies artefact collection, churchyard and now abandoned gold mine at 4570–4578 Mitchell Highway, Lucknow, City of Orange, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by H. W. Newman, Alexander Marshall and Frederick McFadzean and built fr
om 1890 to 1940. Machinery includes a Thompson's winding engine from Castlemaine. It is also known as Main Mine or Wentworth Main Mine; Industrial Archaeological Site. The site is owned by the Orange City Council and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 24 August 2018. The field was on the property of statesman William Wentworth, who subsequently sold it to the first gold mining company in Australia of which he was a director.
Listen to the audio guide for Wentworth and Reform Gold Mines Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen offNearby
- Cook Park, Orange botanical_garden · 10 km away
- Golden Memories Millthorpe Museum musei · 11 km away