Mining the landscape: the archaeology of Mount Shamrock / Geraldine Mate.
Mate, Geraldine.
2022
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Title
Mining the landscape: the archaeology of Mount Shamrock / Geraldine Mate.
Author
Mate, Geraldine.
ISBN
9783031129063 (electronic bk.)
3031129067 (electronic bk.)
3031129059
9783031129056
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12906-3
Publication Details
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-12906-3 doi
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DU270
Dewey Decimal Classification
994.303
Summary
Mining was one of the primary elements of colonial enterprise in Australia and a factor in movement on colonial frontiers. In the second half of the 19th and early 20th century, miningparticularly of goldsaw transformations of the land itself, as well as in the way that people working in mining engaged with the landscape around them. Landscape archaeology provides a theoretical perspective that allows an articulation of how people created and understood the place in which they lived and worked. The impact of and narrative surrounding gold mining has meant that it has long been a focus of study, both historical and archaeological. The archaeology of mining has traditionally fallen under the umbrella of industrial archaeology, with analyses based on historical, economic and technological evidence. However this is changing. From an industrial focus, examining the remnants of mines and associated processing equipment, archaeology has progressed towards understandings of the social aspects of mining, recognising that people, not just equipment, occupied these landscapes. Nevertheless, there remains a separation between industrial/technology-based studies and purely social/ household-based archaeological studiesa division that overlooks the integration of home and livelihood. This work addresses these very challenges, using a landscape-based approach that articulates a nuanced, meaning-ladened and experienced mining landscape. Integrating the social and the industrial, the case study of Mount Shamrock, a gold-mining town in Queensland, Australia, demonstrates how this methodology can enhance our understanding of the past. The work presents an integration of social and industrial perspectives in a mining settlement, and provides an exemplar in the application of landscape theory to Australian historical archaeology. These concepts and approaches, developed in an Australian context, are of universal interest.
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Series
Contributions to global historical archaeology.
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Intro
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: The Landscapes of Nineteenth Century Gold Mining
Background
The Archaeology of Mining
"Industrial" Landscapes
Mining Communities and Networks
Social Aspects of Technology
Perspectives of Landscapes
Finding the Social in the Industrial
Summary
References
Chapter 2: Landscapes, Places and Parts
Structuring of Space and Place
Landscapes: Meaning, Identity, Power
Creation of Meaning, Attachment and Memory
Mutual Constitution

Structure and Agency
World View, Multivocality and Power
Scale
Landscapes in Historical Archaeology
Landscapes of Power
Landscapes of Identity
Landscapes of Industry
Summary
References
Chapter 3: Colonial Mining: A Global Historical Context
Global Gold Rushes
Economic Imperative and Impact
Movement of People
Mining in Nineteenth Century Queensland
Colonialism and Race Relations
Exploration for Gold
Access and Codification of Land
Politics, Economics and Class
Mining Legislation in Queensland
Mining in the Burnett
Summary
References

Chapter 4: Surveying the Past
Approaches to an Archaeology of Landscapes
Methodology
Identity
Spatial Relationships
Meaning
Linking Processes and Social Landscapes for an Industrial Township
The Archaeological Evidence
Township Area
Mining and Processing Areas
Site Formation Processes
Summary
References
Chapter 5: The History of Mount Shamrock: Four Miles from Degilbo Head Station
The Discovery of Gold
The Making of a Town
The Residents of Mount Shamrock
School and Sunday School-Education and Religion
Links to Paradise

Mining at Mount Shamrock
The Rise and Fall of Mount Shamrock
Summary
References
Chapter 6: The Landscape of Mount Shamrock: A "Settled and Business Like Aspect"
Social Construction of Identity
Social Landscape
Domestic/Household Material Culture and Social Identity
Social Mobility
Structuring of Space
Homestead Leases, Land and Enclosure
Ethnicity
Movement and Permanence in the Landscape
The Colonial Framework and Its Influence on Social Landscape
Summary
References
Chapter 7: Scale, Meaning, Experience: Exploring Landscapes
Local Landscape

Landscape of Meaning
Giving and Taking Meaning in the Landscape
Wilderness
Different Understandings
Scales of Landscape
Experiencing the Landscape
Summary
References
Chapter 8: The Industry of Mount Shamrock: A Mine of Great Promise
Social Influences on Industrial Methods and Technologies Used
Mining
Mineral Processing
Chemical Treatments
Chlorination
Cyaniding
The Role of Mining Administration
Mount Shamrock-A Company Town?
Mount Shamrock Gold Mining and Quartz Crushing Company
Tribute Miners
The Mining Landscape

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