Mount Elliott Mining Complex

Mount Elliott Mining Complex
Ruins, 2008
LocationSelwyn, Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates21°31′58″S 140°30′13″E / 21.5328°S 140.5035°E / -21.5328; 140.5035
Design period1900 - 1914 (early 20th century)
Built1908
ArchitectWilliam Henry Corbould
Official nameMount Elliott Mining Complex, Mount Elliott Smelter, Selwyn
Typearchaeological (landscape, built)
Designated16 September 2011
Reference no.700012
Significant period1906 - 1953
Significant componentsmachinery/plant/equipment - mining/mineral processing, embankment - tramway, kiln, smelter, boiler room/boiler house, building foundations/ruins, cemetery, garden - bed/s, slab/s - concrete, tank stand
Mount Elliott Mining Complex is located in Queensland
Mount Elliott Mining Complex
Location of Mount Elliott Mining Complex in Queensland
Mount Elliott Mining Complex is located in Australia
Mount Elliott Mining Complex
Mount Elliott Mining Complex (Australia)

Mount Elliott Mining Complex is a heritage-listed copper mine and smelter at Selwyn, Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by William Henry Corbould and built in 1908. It is also known as Mount Elliott Smelter and Selwyn. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 16 September 2011.[1] See also Mount Elliott Company Metallurgical Plant and Mill and Mount Elliott mine. (Not to be confused with a tourist location of Mount Elliot, Queensland, near Townsville.)

  1. ^ "Mount Elliott Mining Complex (entry 645612)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.