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Wallaroo Smelting Works
[General description] The buildings and multiple chimney stacks of the Wallaroo Smelting Works. The train line is in the foreground.
Wallaroo Jetty
The S.V. 'Garibaldi' on left and the 'Bonchamp' from Nantes on right loading wheat at the Wallaroo jetty.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Wallaroo Smelting Works: Moulding ingot bars at copper refinery.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Wallaroo Smelting Works: Converter plant.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Wallaroo Smelting Works: Ore sintering plant. Sintering compacts the solid mass of material without melting it.
Prince of Wales Hotel
Prince of Wales Hotel, Wallaroo was also known as the Prince Edward Hotel. At the time of the photograph the proprietor was E Tyre and he held this position from 1882-1893. Mrs Isabella Tyre was proprietor from 1894-1920. Five small boys can be seen outside the hotel.
Wallaroo Jetty
[General description] Shipping, both sail and steam moored at Wallaroo Jetty where grain bags await loading onto cargo ships. In the foreground the rail lines for wagons can be seen. The ship in the centre-right is the four masted iron barque 'Samaritan'. On the left the three masted ship is the 'Cambuskenneth' and the steamer behind it is the SS 'Investigator'.
Wallaroo Jetty
[General description] Shipping moored at Wallaroo Jetty, seen from the rocky shore. The large four masted vessel on the right is the 'Samaritan', an iron barque. The three masted ship is the 'Cambuskenneth' and the steamer on the left is the SS 'Investigator'.
Wallaroo Jetty
Ships at Wallaroo jetty from left: Sovinta, Herbert, Montcalm and Tacoma.
Post Office, Wallaroo
Post Office, Wallaroo. Postal facilities were initially operated from the general store but in 1865 the Post and Telegraph Office was opened. The new Post Office opened in 1910 is shown in this photograph
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Casting anode plates at Wallaroo Smelting Works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Conveyor belt at Wallaroo Smelting works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Conveyor belt at Wallaroo Smelting works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Copper in store awaiting shipping, Wallaroo Smelting Works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Pyrites burners for acid making, Wallaroo Smelting Works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Charge bins and weighing hoppers, Wallaroo Smelting Works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Interior of the electrolytic refinery, Wallaroo Smelting Works. Copper is purified by electrolytic refining using an acidic solution of copper sulphate. By passing electricity through the cell, copper is dissolved from the anode and deposited on the cathode. This process only became possible after the invention of the dynamo
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Charging refinery furnace, Wallaroo Smelting Works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Wallaroo Smelting Works. Fine ore sintering plant. Sintering is one of the four steps used in refining copper - sintering, smelting, dressing and pyrometallurgical refining
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Charging Converter Vessel, Wallaroo Smelting Works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Pouring blister copper from Converter Vessel, Wallaroo Smelting works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Tapping copper matte, Wallaroo Smelting Works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Moulding copper ingots, Wallaroo Smelting Works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Granulating slag at blast furnaces, Wallaroo Smelting Works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
View of Wallaroo Smelting Works in approximately 1917. The smelting works was an extensive complex of buildings with numerous chimneys. The smelter began operation in 1861 and was closed in 1923. The mine struggled in the years after World War 1 due to the downturn in the price of copper, closing for long periods and losing large amounts of money between 1919 and 1922. The mine shut down in 1923.
Railway Station, Wallaroo
Railway Station at Wallaroo.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Wallaroo Smelting Works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Wallaroo Smelting Works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Wallaroo Smelting Works.
Wallaroo Smelting Works
Wallaroo Smelting Works.