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Visiting Burra State Heritage Area

Lookout Burra Mines Historic Site
Lookout Burra Mines Historic Site

Burra is a leisurely two hours drive north of Adelaide and is an ideal destination for day trips or weekend getaways. It is an important commercial and residential centre in the State's rural north, but is also recognised as one of South Australia's most exciting tourist destinations. Many accommodation options are available, including heritage B&B, farmstay and a caravan park.

Burra's unique Heritage Passport is an 11-kilometre drive and walk trail that allows access to eight locked sites around the town, mines and smelts areas. The passport key and a comprehensive booklet, providing details of 65 sites around the town, are available from the Burra Visitor Centre.

View detailed information about the Burra State Heritage Area.


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Map of Burra State Heritage Area Approaching Burra from the north-west, along the Barrier Highway Entrance to the Hampton Township Precinct, Burra State Heritage Area Interpretation and ruins of the Hampton Township Precinct, Burra - note the disused quarries on the hillside Ruins of Kemp House, Hampton Township Precinct, Burra State Heritage Area Entrance to the former Redruth Gaol, Burra State Heritage Area Tiver's Row, Truro Street, Burra Burra Railway Station, water column and tank Mine Offices, former Bon Accord Mine Site, Burra Pump Shed, former Bon Accord Mine Site, Burra Royal Exchange Hotel, Redruth, Burra State Heritage Area Redruth Police Station Stables, Burra State Heritage Area Former Smelts Home Hotel, Market Street, Burra Redruth Bridge, Burra State Heritage Area Mine Bridge, Market Street, Burra Entrance to Burra Mines Historic Site, Market Street Burra Mines Historic Site - view across the open cut site from the former Graves Pump House, with Welsh Haulage Chimney (left), Morphett's Pump House (centre) and Winding House (right) Burra Mines Historic Site - view across the open cut site from the top of Morphett's Pump House, with former Graves Pump House on the left Former Morphett's Pump House with Winding House behind Burra Mines Historic Site - view across the open cut site to Graves Pump House ruin, with former Powder Magazine at the top of the hill Ore Sorting Floor, Burra Mines Historic Site Visitors to the Burra Mines Historic Site - Cornish Crusher Chimney on hillside behind View to the north (across Redruth) from the Burra Mines Historic Site lookout View to the east from the Burra Mines Historic Site lookout View south-east from the Burra Mines Historic Site lookout Former Smeltsyard and Storehouse, Smelts Road, Burra Burra Smelts Historic Site Interpretive trail, Burra Smelts Historic Site Ruins of smelter chimney, Burra Smelts Historic Site Burra Community School (former Model School) Wall on Bridge Street - part of the former Unicorn Brewery Cellars, Burra State Heritage Area Paxton Square Cottages, Paxton Terrace, Burra Burra Town Hall, Market Street Burra Jinker, displayed at the northern end of Market Square, Burra State Heritage Area Kooringa Bridge, Burra State Heritage Area Entering Burra from the south, along Commercial Street Former Drew and Crewes Store, Commercial Street, Burra Market Square Rotunda and War Memorial, Burra Former South Australian Mining Association attached dwellings, Thames Street, Burra Office for Paxton Square Cottages (formerly Bible Christian Chapel), Kingston Street, Burra Kooringa Hotel, Kingston Street, Burra Former Salvation Army Citadel, Kingston Street, Burra Mitchell Flat Miners' Dugouts, Burra State Heritage Area 'Heathmont', built in 1882 for Charles Drew who was one of Burra's leading merchants - Vineyard Terrace, Burra View south-west along Bath Street from Chapel Street, Burra State Heritage Area McBride Cottages, corner of Chapel and Bath Streets, Burra Entrance to the Burra Cemetery, Spring Street

NB. This map is a diagrammatical representation of the Burra State Heritage Area.

North Burra - including Redruth & Hampton
Burra Mines & Smelts Historic Sites
South Burra - incl. Kooringa & Cemetery

North Burra - incl. Redruth & Hampton

  1. Approaching Burra from the north-west, along the Barrier Highway
  2. Entrance to the Hampton Township Precinct, Burra State Heritage Area
  3. Interpretation and ruins of the Hampton Township Precinct, Burra - note the disused quarries on the hillside
  4. Ruins of Kemp House, Hampton Township Precinct, Burra State Heritage Area
  5. Entrance to the former Redruth Gaol, Burra State Heritage Area
  6. Tiver's Row, Truro Street, Burra
  7. Burra Railway Station, water column and tank
  8. Mine Offices, former Bon Accord Mine Site, Burra
  9. Pump Shed, former Bon Accord Mine Site, Burra
  10. Royal Exchange Hotel, Redruth, Burra State Heritage Area
  11. Redruth Police Station Stables, Burra State Heritage Area
  12. Former Smelts Home Hotel, Market Street, Burra
  13. Redruth Bridge, Burra State Heritage Area

Burra Mines & Smelts Historic Sites

  1. Mine Bridge, Market Street, Burra
  2. Entrance to Burra Mines Historic Site, Market Street
  3. Burra Mines Historic Site - view across the open cut site from the former Graves Pump House, with Welsh Haulage Chimney (left), Morphett's Pump House (centre) and Winding House (right)
  4. Burra Mines Historic Site - view across the open cut site from the top of Morphett's Pump House, with former Graves Pump House on the left
  5. Former Morphett's Pump House with Winding House behind
  6. Burra Mines Historic Site - view across the open cut site to Graves Pump House ruin, with former Powder Magazine at the top of the hill
  7. Ore Sorting Floor, Burra Mines Historic Site
  8. Visitors to the Burra Mines Historic Site - Cornish Crusher Chimney on hillside behind
  9. View to the north (across Redruth) from the Burra Mines Historic Site lookout
  10. View to the east from the Burra Mines Historic Site lookout
  11. View south-east from the Burra Mines Historic Site lookout
  12. Former Smeltsyard and Storehouse, Smelts Road, Burra
  13. Burra Smelts Historic Site
  14. Interpretive trail, Burra Smelts Historic Site
  15. Ruins of smelter chimney, Burra Smelts Historic Site

South Burra - incl. Kooringa & Cemetery

  1. Burra Community School (former Model School)
  2. Wall on Bridge Street - part of the former Unicorn Brewery Cellars, Burra State Heritage Area
  3. Paxton Square Cottages, Paxton Terrace, Burra
  4. Burra Town Hall, Market Street
  5. Burra Jinker, displayed at the northern end of Market Square, Burra State Heritage Area
  6. Kooringa Bridge, Burra State Heritage Area
  7. Entering Burra from the south, along Commercial Street
  8. Former Drew and Crewes Store, Commercial Street, Burra
  9. Market Square Rotunda and War Memorial, Burra
  10. Former South Australian Mining Association attached dwellings, Thames Street, Burra
  11. Office for Paxton Square Cottages (formerly Bible Christian Chapel), Kingston Street, Burra
  12. Kooringa Hotel, Kingston Street, Burra
  13. Former Salvation Army Citadel, Kingston Street, Burra
  14. Mitchell Flat Miners' Dugouts, Burra State Heritage Area
  15. 'Heathmont', built in 1882 for Charles Drew who was one of Burra's leading merchants - Vineyard Terrace, Burra
  16. View south-west along Bath Street from Chapel Street, Burra State Heritage Area
  17. McBride Cottages, corner of Chapel and Bath Streets, Burra
  18. Entrance to the Burra Cemetery, Spring Street

 

  

 

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