Burra Miners Dugouts (Burra , SA)

Australia / South Australia / Gawler / Burra , SA
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In the 1840s to 1850s Cornish miners in the town of Burra, South Australia lived in underground dugouts – built by tunnelling banks of the local creek. At the time Burra was bigger than Perth and Brisbane, and forty percent of the population lived in these dugouts.

Site of recent Archaeological excavations.

ehlt.flinders.edu.au/archaeology/burraweb/

www.abc.net.au/gnt/history/Transcripts/s1090232.htm
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Coordinates:   33°41'9"S   138°56'38"E
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