Arltunga NT: Central Australia's first gold rush

Where: Australia · Oceania · approx. -23.44, 134.69 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Gold found 1887 sparked the first substantial European settlement in Central Australia, government battery 1898, the field faded by 1933

What turns up: eyes-only: government battery and cyanide works, stone cottages, police station, mine workings, tin and glass scatter in situ

Access: Prohibited / view only.

Historical reserve jointly managed with Eastern Arrernte traditional owners, all relics, ruins and ground are protected, no fossicking, detecting or removal of anything, strictly look-only

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.