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Sliding Rock (Cadnia) [B 8367] • Photograph

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Summary

Sliding Rock (Cadnia) looking west, with the Sliding Rock Mine on left.

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Physical description

Photograph; 24.6 cm x 15.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1876

Collection

Part of Cadnia Collection

Subject

Copper mines and mining -- South Australia -- Cadnia
Sliding Rock Mine (S.A.)
Cadnia (S.A.)

Catalogue record

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General notes

Geospatial coordinates indicate an approximate location.

The township of Cadnia was officially proclaimed in 1873, but the official name was rarely used as the name 'Sliding Rock' had been given to the district in the 1850s. Copper was discovered at Sliding Rock in the Flinders Ranges in 1869. The town was surveyed in 1872 and was expected to be named Sliding Rock, but instead the surveyor named it Cadnia, after an Aboriginal word for rock. In this photograph the mine can be seen in the distance with a scattering of houses and a bullock train also visible.

Digitisation information

Date

10/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,291 x 2,181 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

21.56 MB

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