Northern Territory Library
Mining History in the NT Guide
This guide was developed for people who are interested in mining in the
Northern Territory. Resources available include books, journal articles, videos
and relevant websites
General
Brown, H.Y.L. & Basedow, H. “Mines and Minerals,”
in Reports Resulting from Explorations made by
the Government Geologist in the Northern
Territory. Adelaide : South Australian Parliamentary
Paper 55, 1906: 25-37.
Microfilms
Cameron, J.M.R.
Atlas of Northern Australia. Darwin : Northern
Territory. Department of Education,1982.
NTC 912.9429 ATL
Carment, David. “Mining, history and a landscape in
central Australia: the Tennant Creek district, 1933–
1955.” in Northern Perspective, Vol. 9, no. 1, July
1986: 5-12.
NTC PER 919.429 NORT
Carment, David.
History and the Landscape in Central Australia: a
study of the material evidence of European
culture and settlement. Casuarina N.T. : North
Australia Research Unit, Australian National
University, 1991.
NTC 994.291 CARM
Carment David and Harlow, Sue.
A history of mining in the Northern Territory.
Casuarina, N.T. : David Carment, 1994.
PAM 622.099429 CAR
Balfour, T.S.
Chronicle of Mines and Minerals Discovery in the
Northern Territory. Compiled by T.S. Balfour.
Unpublished manuscript. 1985.
NTC 622.10994 BALF
Davison, W.B. “Mineral wealth in Australia's North,” in
Exports of Australia. August-September 1953: 32.
Department of Arts & Museums
Dickinson, Ben. “Contribution of the Geological and
geophysical Survey of Northern Australia,” in
Edgeworth David Day Symposium: Geological
Mapping of Two Southern Continents: the
Geological Mapping of Australia - From David to
1:50000: the Geology of Antarctica-Exploration to
Exploitation?, Sydney : Edgeworth David Society,
1988: 49-53.
Donovan, P.F.
A Land full of possibilities : a history of South
Australia's Northern Territory. St. Lucia, Qld. :
University of Queensland Press, 1981.
NTC 994.29 DON
Donovan, P.F.
At the other end of Australia : the
Commonwealth and the Northern
Territory, 1911-1978. St. Lucia, Qld. ;
University of Queensland Press, 1984.
NTC 994.29 DON
Donovan and Associates.
A mining history of Australia. Blackwood, S.A. :
Donovan and Associates History and Historic
Preservation Consultants, 1995.
NTC 622.30994 MIN
Forrest, Peter.
The Territory’s mining history. Darwin : Peter
Forrest, 1994.
NTC 622.099429 FOR
Gamble, Noel.
A history of mining in the Northern Territory.
Canberra : Government Printer, 1963.
PAM 622.09942 GAM
Harrison, Bob and Robyn Elliot.
Northern Territory in Focus 1994.
Northern Territory in Focus 1996.
Northern Territory in Focus 1998.
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Northern Territory
Office, Darwin, 1994.
NTC PER 319.429 AUST (1306.7) 1992-1998
Jones, T.G.
Pegging the Northern Territory: a
history of mining in the Northern
Territory of Australia, 1873-1946.
Darwin : Department of Mines and
Energy, 1987.
NTC 622.099429 JON
Jones, T.G. “The Mining Industry in 1888”, in
Looking back, the Northern Territory in 1888.
Darwin : Historical Society of the Northern Territory,
1988: 52-57.
994.29 LOOK
Lockwood, D. “Vast undeveloped Northern Territory
could become great export centre”, in Exports of
Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne. July 1947:
8–56.
Mawby, M.A. “Mineral regions of Northern Australia”,
in Chemical Engineering and Mining Review.
Melbourne : Tait Publishing Co., March 1954: 234–
236.
Mumme, I.A. “A history of mining in the Northern
Territory.” Australian Lapidary Magazine.
Photocopied series of articles Feb. 1974- Oct. 1977.
NTC 622.099429 MUMM
NTL Storage PER 736.2 AUST
Playford, E. Copley.
Record of Mining in the Northern Territory of
South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer,
1900.
Online: http://nla.gov.au/nla.aus-f13470
NTC 622.099429 PLAY
Sowden, W.J.
The Northern Territory As It Is : a narrative of the
South Australian Parliamentary Party’s trip, and
full descriptions of the Northern Territory ; its
Settlement and industries. Adelaide : W.K. Thomas
& Co., 1882.
Electronic version via the Internet :
https://archive.org/details/northernterrito00sowdgoog
919.429 SOWD
State, Capital and Resources in the North and
West of Australia. Edited by Elizabeth J. Harman
and Brian W. Head. Nedlands W.A. : University of
Western Australia Press, 1982.
NTC 333.715 STAT
Tamblyn, M.
Mines, money and men : Top End mining 18951921. Darwin : Historical Society of the Northern
Territory, 1990.
NTL 994.295 TAMB
NTC B622.0994 TAM
Northern Territory, Department of Mines & Energy.
Mining in the Northern Territory. Darwin : N.T.
Information Service for the Dept. of Mines and
Energy, 1979.
NTC PAM 622.099429 MIN
O'Faircheallaigh, Ciaran. “Mining and economic
development in Papua New Guinea and Australia's
Northern Territory: an historical perspective.” in The
International Mining History Conference. St Hilda's
College : The University of Melbourne, 27–30 August
1985.
Parbo, Arvi. “The mineral heritage : Northern
Territory.” in AusIMM Bulletin. no. 5, August 1990:
38-41.
PER 622 AUSI
Parkes, J.V. “Report on Northern Territory Mines and
Mineral Resources.” South Australian
Parliamentary Paper. No. 32/1892, 1891.
Microfilm
Powell, Alan.
Far Country : A Short History of
the Northern Territory. Melbourne :
University Press, Melbourne, 2009.
994.29 POWE
Thompson, Dick.
A guide to fossicking in the
Northern Territory. Darwin :
Department of Mines and Energy,
1986.
NTC 622.10994 GUI
Minerals
Bauxite
“Bauxite–alumina project at Gove.” in Australian
Mining. vol. 63, December 1971: 48-53.
PER 622 AUST
Comalco Ltd. “The history of Bauxite Mining and
Aboriginal Integration.” in Queensland Government
Mining Journal. vol. 77, no. 902, December 1976:
562–567.
PER 622 QUEE
Crough, G.J.
The history and contractual arrangements of the
Gove bauxite/alumina project in the Northern
Territory of Australia. Sydney : Transnational
Corporation Research Project, University of Sydney,
1985.
338.2749260994295 CRO
Gardner, D.E.
Bauxite survey, Gove Peninsula, Arnhem Land,
Northern Territory Progress report on geological
investigation. No.64. Canberra : Bureau of Mineral
Resources, Geology and Geophysics, 1955.
Bullock, Kenneth.
The company and its mine, 1935-1985: a brief
history of Australian Development Limited.
Norwood, S.A. : Research Publications, 1985.
NTC PAM 622.3422 BUL
Gove bauxite deposits : interdepartmental report.
Departments
of
Territories
and
National
Development. Canberra : Dept. of Territories, 1964.
NTC 622.34926 GOVE
Butler, Mark
Desert Gold: the search for Lasseter's Reef.
Marrickville : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.
NTC 919.42 (LAS) BUT
Simper, E. “The Gove alumina
Australian, 3 July 1972: 10–13.
Campbell, Fiona. “A Forgotten Empire”, in Heritage
Australia. Vol. 5, no. 4, Summer 1986: 35-38.
NTL Storage PER 994 HERI
project.”
in
“Survey of Arnhem Land for bauxite.” in Chronicle, 6
November 1952: 4.
Sykes, T. “Gove–our forgotten mine.” in The Bulletin,
28 May 1977: 78.
Copper
Carment, David. “Tennant Creek : From Gold to
Copper.” in Frontier Country: Australia's Outback
Heritage. Sydney : Weldon Russell, 1989, Vol. 2.
NTC 919.4 FRO
Fletcher, Valerie. “Value Adding to Northern
Territory Copper.” in Journal of Australasian
Mining History. Vol. 4, September 2006: 116-138.
Online in library: Informit:
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dn=698215680601291;res=IELENG
NTC Storage 559.4295 FLET
Kerr, Ruth. “Wollogorang & Massacre Inlet : Copper
deposits before World War I.” in Journal of
Northern Territory History. No. 7, 1996: 9-14.
PER 994.29 JOUR
Gold
Carment, David. “Tennant Creek: from gold to
copper”, in Frontier Country : Australia's Outback
Heritage. Sydney : Weldon Russell, 1989, Vol. 2.
NTC 919.4 FRO
Carment, David.
Australia's depression gold rush : Tennant Creek
1932–1936. Darwin : Northern Territory University,
1991.
NTC 994.295 CAR
Cartwright, Max.
Ayers Rock to the Petermanns : legend of
Lasseter. Alice Springs : M. Cartwright, 1991.
NTC 919.42 (LAS) CAR
Cartwright, Max.
Charles Henry Chapman: visionary and legend to
Central Australia. Alice Springs : Max Cartwright,
1998.
NTC B919.4291 (CHAP) CART
Cartwright, Max.
Lasseter’s Gold, Tanami Gold : a
story of two highways. Adelaide :
Flinders Press, 1996.
NTC 919.4291 CART
Gold to Grass: The Reminiscences
of Arthur C. Ashwin. Bridge, Peter, J
(ed.). Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press,
2002.
NTC B622.1 ASHW
Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory.
Environment Protection Unit.
Mt. Todd gold project: environmental
assessment report and recommendations. Darwin
: Conservation Commission of the Northern
Territory, 1993.
NTC 622.3422 CON
Baume, F.E.
Tragedy Track: the story of the
Granites. Wayville, S.A. : Northern
Flinders Mines Limited ; Carlisle, W.A. :
Hesperian Press, 1994.
NTC 919.4291 BAUM
Coronation Hill Joint Venture and Dames and Moore.
Coronation Hill Gold, Platinum and Palladium
Project : final environmental impact statement:
supplement. Sydney : Dames & Moore, 1989.
333.731099429 COR
Brown, H.Y.L.
Reports on Arltunga goldfield and Hart's Range
mica field. Adelaide : Government Geologist, 1896.
On line: http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/85778
NTC SP COLL FOL 553.40994 BROW
Dickinson, Janet.
Litchfield's Gold : the life of Fred Litchfield.
Darwin : Janet Dickinson, 1988.
B919.4295 (LITC) DICK
Forrest, P.
Arltunga Reserve historic gold field : a report on
a study of historic sites and materials. Darwin :
Department of Community Development, 1981.
NTC 994.291 FOR
Forrest, Peter.
Final report on White Range heritage sites
cataloguing program. Darwin : White Range Gold
NL, 1989.
HERI 994.295 FIN – Heritage Branch
Forrest, Peter.
Brief notes on the history of Union Reefs, and
time line. Darwin : Peter Forrest, 1994.
NTC PAM 622.3422 FOR
Haslehurst, David. “Wooden-Spooner Goes for Gold :
The Top End Beats its Handicap”, in The Bulletin, 22
September 1987.
NTL Storage PER 052 BULL
Herbert, Sidney Wellington.
Reminiscences of Sidney Wellington Herbert of
life in the Northern Territory during the
construction of the Overland telegraph, August
1870 to November 1872: and of his experiences in
the Territory in 1873 as a member of a party
prospecting for gold. c1870-1873.
NTC B384.10994 HERB
Hill, Brian R.
To Buy a Mine. the acquisition of Nobles Nob
Gold Mine, and the early history of Australian
Development NL. Thesis (M.L.) University of New
England, 1994.
NTC 622.3422 HILL
Holmes, Kate.
The White Range settlement area, Arltunga
Goldfield, NT: a look at the lifestyle of an isolated
mining area using the written and archaeological
record. Thesis (Ph.D.). University of Sydney, March
1980.
NTC 930.10283 HOL
Holmes, Kate. “Excavations at Arltunga, Northern
Territory”, The Australian Journal of Historical
Archaeology. Vol. 1, January 1983, p. 78-87.
Online:
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/29543111?uid=16782848&uid=
3737536&uid=16731896&uid=2&uid=3&uid=67&uid=62&sid=2110518
9213683
Holmes, Kate. “Arltunga: a minor goldfield in arid
Central Australia.” in The Australian Journal of
Historical Archaeology. Vol. 7, 1989, p.43–49.
Online:
http://www.ashadocs.org/aha/07/07_04_Holmes.pdf
Holmes, Kate.
Arltunga : a remote mining settlement. Thesis
(Ph.D.) University of Sydney, 1991.
NTC 930.1 HOLM
Holmes, Kate.
Winnecke's Depot goldfield : report. Darwin :
National Trust, 1992.
NTC Storage 994.291 HOLM
Hurle, H.C.C. “The Discovery of the Ravenswood
Goldfields.” in Historical Society of Queensland
Journal. Vol.1, no. 6, 1919: 338-40.
Idriess, Ion, L.
Lasseter’s last ride: an epic of Central Australia’s
gold discovery. Sydney : Angus and Robertson,
1950.
NTC SP COLL 919.4291 (LASS) IDRI
“The geology and mineral resources of the Tennant
Creek goldfield, Northern Territory.” Australian
Bureau of Mineral Resources, Bulletin. No. 22,
1954.
Kelsey, D.E.
The Shackle: a history of the Far Northern
Australian Bush. Blackwood, S.A. : Lynton
Publications, 1975.
994.29 KELS
Kennett, Maureen P.
The Northern Territory Gold Fields 1871-1874.
Thesis (BA (Hons)), University of Adelaide, 1962.
NTC 622.3422 KENN
Kinhill Engineers.
Mount Todd Gold Mine Project : mining history.
Darwin, N.T. : Kinhill Engineers., c1989.
NTC 622 KINH
Kinhill Engineers.
Union Reefs Gold Project : historical and
prehistoric archaeological heritage : report to
Shell Company of Australia. Adelaide : Austral
Archaeology, c1993.
NTC 930.10285 AUST
Knapman, Bruce.
The economics of mining Coronation Hill.
Canberra : ANU, North Australia Research Unit,
1992.
338.20994295 KNA
Mackie, A.W.
Northern Territory Geological Survey: Geology
and Mining History of the Arltunga Goldfield 18871985. Darwin : Government Printer of the Northern
Territory, 1986.
559.4291 MACK
McCarthy, Justin.
Would be diggers and old travellers : The Chinese
at the Union Reefs and the Twelve Mile in the
Northern Territory 1876–1910. in Trust News,
Northern Territory. Vol. 6, no. 2, June 1988: 6-10.
NTC PER 994.2 TRUS
McCarthy, J.
“Would-be Diggers and Old Travellers" : the
Chinese at the Union Reefs and the Twelve Mile in
the Northern Territory 1876-1910 : report to
National Trust of Australia. Darwin : Northern
Territory, 1989.
NTL 305.8951 MACC
NTC 305.8951 MACC
McGowan, Barry.
Fool’s Gold: Myths and legends of
gold seeking in Australia. Sydney :
Lothian Books, 2006.
919.42 MACG
Mulvaney, K.
Coronation Hill Project Area archaeological
survey 1987. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum
and Art Galleries Board, 1988.
NTC Storage 333.765 CORO
Terry, Michael.
Untold Miles, three gold-hunting expeditions.
London : Selwyn & Blount, 193?
919.42 TERR
Tweed, David.
Cosmo Howley : a short history of a Gold Mine.
Sydney : Dominion Mining Limited, 1989.
NTC 622.3422 TWE
NSR Environmental Consultants.
Zapopan N.L. Mount Todd gold project : draft
environmental impact statement. Hawthorn, Vic. :
The Consultants, 1992.
NTC 622.3422 NSR
NTL 333.720994295 NSR
Iron Ore
Barrie, Douglas R.
Wrinkles of gold ’n’ iron: the history
of Frances Creek in the Northern
Territory of Australia. Batchelor, N.T.
: S & D Barrie, 1999.
NTL 994.295 BARR
NTC 994.295 BARR
Mumme, L.A. “A history of mining in the Northern
Territory - Part 1. Territory gold boom of the
overland telegraph days.” in Australian Lapidary
Magazine. Vol. 10, February 1974: 4-9, 11-13.
NTL Storage 736.2 AUST
Newman, G.M.
The Northern Territory and Its Gold-Fields.
[Adelaide : s.n.], 1875.
Online: http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/82132
NTC PAM 622.3422 NEW
Playford, E. Copley.
Record of Mining in the Northern Territory of
South Australia. Adelaide, 1900.
Online: http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/85936
NTC 622.099429 PLAY
Pearce, H.
Arltunga Historical Reserve : White Range
cultural heritage assessment, September 1986.
Alice Springs : Conservation Commission of the
Northern Territory, 1987.
NTC 639.95 PEAR
Pederson McLaren, B.
Brock's Creek: a history of mining - its
expectations and disappointments 1870-1911.
Thesis MA (Qual). University of Queensland, 1990.
NTC 622.099429 PED
Raddatz, Noel A.
Desert El Dorado. [London : Wide world, 1953.
NTC 994.295 RADD
Gold mining, 1870-1932 : spoken, written and
photographed by those who took part. Edited by
Peter Read. Darwin : Curriculum and Research
Branch, Dept. of Education, 1977.
NTC 994.29 SOCI
Silver and Lead
Hollingsworth Dames & Moore.
McArthur River project : draft environmental
impact statement. Brisbane : Hollingsworth Dames
& Moore, 1992.
NTC 622.3423 MACA
Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory.
Environment Protection Unit.
McArthur River project, proposed zinc-lead-silver
mine : environmental assessment report and
recommendations. Darwin : The Commission, 1992.
NTC 622.3423 CON
Tin
Mumme, I.A. “A history of mining in the Northern
Territory. Part 3. Discovery of tin and other mineral
treasures.” in Australian Lapidary Magazine. Vol.
10, June 1974: 11-13, 15-18.
NTC 622.099429 MUMM
Dermoudy, Peter. “General history of Maranboy
tinfield and detailed history of the government
Battery.” in Trust News, Northern Territory. Vol. 6,
no. 4, November 1989: 1-4.
NTC PER 994.2 TRUS
Gray George J.
Report on the Maranboy tinfield. Melbourne : Dept.
of External Affairs, 1915. (Microfilm)
NTC 553.453 GRAY
Harlow, Sue.
Tin gods: a social history of the men and women
of Maranboy 1913-1962. Darwin : Historical
Society of the Northern Territory, 1997.
NTC 994.295 HARL
Harlow, Sue. “The men and Women of the Tin Mining
Community of Maranboy, Northern Territory.” in
Proceedings of the Australian Mining History
Association Conferences 1997-2000, AMHA,
Nedlands, 2001: 81-89.
Jones, Timothy G. “David and Isaac Daniels and the
Mount Wells Tin Mine in the Northern Territory.”
Journal of Northern Territory History. No. 17,
2006: 79-94.
Online in library: Informit:
http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=2
00607016;res=IELAPA
PER 994.29 JOUR
Jones, Timothy G. “David and Isaac Daniel and the
Mt. Wells Tin Mine.” Journal of Australasian Mining
History. Vol. 4, September 2006: 183-200.
Walpole, B.P. “The Maranboy tinfield.” Bulletin :
Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources. No. 37,
1958.
Wolfram
Ryan, G.R. “The Geology and Mineral Resources
of the Hatches Creek Wolfram Field, Northern
Territory.” Bulletin : Australian Bureau of Mineral
Resources. No. 6, 1962.
NTC 559.4291 RYA
Sullivan, C.J. “Wauchope wolfram fields, Northern
Territory.” Bulletin : Australian Bureau of Mineral
Resources. No. 4, 1952.
NTC 553.464 SUL
Travers, M. “History of Hatches Creek and Wauchope
wolfram mining.” in Trust News, Northern Territory.
Vol. 4, no. 4, November 1987: 1-5.
NTC PER 994.2 TRUS
Joklik, G.F. “The geology and mica fields of the
Harts Range, Central Australia.” Australian
Bureau of Mineral Resources, Bulletin. No. 26,
Canberra, 1955.
Sullivan, C.J. “Ochre deposits, Rumbalara,
Northern Territory.” Australian Bureau of Mineral
Resources, Bulletin. No. 8, Melbourne, 1951.
Energy Sources
Oil & Gas
Bonnie, Annie. Petroleum mining in the Northern
Territory : an overview of the 1990s, Darwin :
Northern Territory Library, 1995.
Online:
http://artsandmuseums.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/p
df_file/0011/115013/ResearchPaperNo.5Petroleum
Mining.pdf
NTC 622.338 BONN
Uranium
Aminco and Associates Pty Ltd.
The background to Nabarlek: a summary report
on Uranium in Australia. Paper prepared for the
Northern Land Council. Australia : AMINCO and
Associates, 1975.
NTC PAM 622.34932 BAR
Annabell, R. “Something rum about this jungle.” in
Australasian Post. 22 October 1953: 16-17.
Annabell, R.. “They mine uranium ore at Rum Jungle:
atom age in aboriginal territory.” in Trade
Review of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for
Australia, New Zealand and South Sea Islands.
March 1954: 74-81.
Annabell, R. “Rum Jungle: they mine uranium in
Aboriginal territory.” in Exports of Australia.
April–May 1954: 14.
Annabell, Ross.
The Uranium Hunters. Adelaide : Rigby, 1977.
NTC 622.18493 ANNA
Travers, M.
Hatches Creek and Wauchope wolfram mines: a
history and heritage assessment of physical
remains. Darwin : National Trust of Australia, 1988.
NTC 994.291 TRA
Australian Atomic Energy Commission.
Facts about uranium mining in the Northern
Territory. Sydney : Australian Atomic Energy
Commission, 1953.
Other Minerals
Australian Atomic Energy Commission.
Rum Jungle Project: a report on the Uranium
mining and treatment industry established by the
Commonwealth government at Rum Jungle, and
its contribution to the development of the
Northern Territory of Australia. Sydney : Australian
Atomic Energy Commission, 1963.
622.34932 RUM
Hugo, David.
Mica Mining in the Harts Range. Darwin : National
Trust of Australia, 1993.
NTC 994.291 HUGO
Hugo, David.
Mica Mining at Harts Range, Central Australia,
1880s-1960: A Study of Ethnicity and the Impact
of Isolation. Thesis (Ph.D.) Northern Territory
University, 1995.
NTC 994.291 HUGO
Bajkpwski, Eugene. “Nabarlek makes Australia major
uranium power.” in The Bulletin, 26 September
1970: 58.
Barter, Leith F. “The 1950s Uranium Boom in the
Northern Territory.” in Journal of Northern Territory
History, no. 2, 1991.
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NTC PER 994.29 JOUR
Barter, Leith F.
The first uranium boom in the Northern Territory,
1949-1964. Thesis (Grad. Dip. Arts), 1995.
NTC 622.34 BART
Blackwell, B.D. and Dollery, B. E. “Income factor
shares from mining in remote Australia : an
analysis of the Ranger uranium mine and the
Tanami gold mine in the Northern Territory.”
Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, Vol.19
Issue 3, 2013: 369-395.
Online: Ebsco
Blackwell, Boyd Dirk and Dollery, Brian. “The impact
of mining expenditure on remote communities in
Australia : the Ranger Uranium Mine and the
Tanami Gold Mine in the Northern Territory.”
Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, Vol. 20
Issue 1, 2014: 68-97.
Online Ebsco:
Clune, Frank.
The fortune hunters: an atomic odyssey in
Australia’s wild west and things seen and heard
by the way in a jeep jaunt. Sydney : Angus &
Robertson, 1957.
NTC SP COLL 919.429 CLUN
Energy Resources of Australia Ltd.
Ranger and the environment: an update. Sydney :
Energy Resources of Australia, 1988.
NTC Storage 622.34932 RANG
Fisher, N.H. “Uranium exploration by the Bureau of
Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics in the
Rum Jungle province, Northern Territory, Australia.”
in Economic Geology, Lancaster, U.S.A., Vol. 49
no.8, December 1954: 826–36.
Online:
http://econgeol.geoscienceworld.org/content/49/8
/826.full.pdf+html
Fisher, W.
A brief history of mining exploration and
development in the South Alligator River Valley,
Prepared for Coronation Hill Joint Venture, 1988.
NTC 622.34 FIS
“The glories of Narbalek.” in Rydge's : the business
management monthly, Vol. 43, October 1970: 6566.
Hungerford, T.A.G. “Uranium and Rum Jungle.” in
Hastings Deering's Ford news, April 1955: 57-63.
Kesteven, S. “The Social impact of Mining: economic
consequences – money.” in Australian Institute of
Aboriginal Studies. Aborigines and Uranium:
consolidated report on the social impact of
uranium mining on the Aborigines of the Northern
Territory. Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal
Studies, 1984: 133-49.
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347439571;res=IELIND
NTL 305.89915 AUS
NTC 305.89915 AUS
Kirkwood, D. “Uranium giant stirs. Part 1. The legend,
the fact and the future at Mt Brockman.” in
Australian Financial Review, 16 July 1973: 1, 14;
“Uranium giant stirs. Part 2. Northern miners no
match for rampaging buffalo and tourists.” in
Australian Financial Review, 17 July 1973: 16-17;
“Uranium giant stirs. Part 3. Aboriginal life faces crisis
with coming of the miners.” in Australian Financial
Review, 18 July 1973: 16;
“Uranium giant stirs. Part 4. Northern uranium tempo
heats up.” in Australian Financial Review, 19 July
1973: 10;
“Uranium giant stirs. Part 5. Government interest
two–pronged for miners.” in Australian
Financial Review, 20 July 1973: 31.
Lawrence, David.
Kakadu: the making of a national
park. Melbourne : Miegunyah Press,
2000.
NTL 333.783 LAWR
NTC 333.783 LAWR
Macmillan, Nance. “This is Rum Jungle.” in
Australasian Post, Melbourne, 10 July 1952: 20-21.
“Northern Territory uranium.” in Industrial and
Mining Review, September 1952: 18.
O'Brien, Justin. “Canberra Yellowcake: The Politics of
Uranium and How Aboriginal Land Rights
Failed the Mirrar People.” in Journal of Northern
Territory History, Issue 14, 2003: 79-92.
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512;res=IELAPA
NTC PER 994.29 NORT
NTL PER 994.29 NORT
O'Faircheallaigh, Ciaran. “The Economic Impact on
Aboriginal People of the Ranger Project.” in
Australian Aboriginal Studies. Vol. 2, 1986: 2-14.
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0538749767;res=IELAPA>
NTL PER 305.89 AUST
“Rum Jungle.” in Pix, 26 July 1952: 26–29.
“Rum Jungle.” in Sphere, London, 24 October 1953:
142.
“Rum Jungle, the hidden store of uranium.” in
Australia's Heritage : the making of a Nation, Vol.
7, part 91, 1972: 2176-2179.
NTL Storage PER 994 AUST
“Rum Jungle to be open cut.” in Inside Canberra : a
privately circulated weekly review of Australian
politics, 8 April 1954: 5.
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Engineering and Mining Review, October 1954: 3–
6.
Shepherd, Shirley. “Uranium Mining at Sleisbeck.” in
Journal of Northern Territory History, no. 8,
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NTC PER 994.29 NORT
NTL PER 994.29 NORT
“Two new uranium areas : one in S.A. one in N.T.”
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Ullmann, B. “Australia's Rum Jungle.” in Australian
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Social and Economic History of
Mining
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Territory: a statistical history, 1967/68 to 1996/97.
Compiled by Ken Hooper and edited by Trish
Roberts. Darwin : Northern Territory. Dept. of Mines
& Energy, 1988.
NTC 622.09 HOOP
Alford, B.
The Douglas/Daly region of the Northern
Territory: a history overview of the period. Darwin
: National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory),
1990.
NTC 994.295 ALFO
Altman, J.C.
Aborigines and Mining Royalties in the Northern
Territory. Melbourne : Australian Institute of
Aboriginal Studies, 1983.
NTC 338.20994 ALT
Brearley, T.B.
Reasons given for migration to some mining
towns in the Australian Tropics. Darwin : T.B.
Brealey and C.C. Gribbin, 1981.
NTC 307.76 BREA
Campbell, Fiona. “A Forgotten Empire.” in Heritage
Australia, Vol. 5, no. 4, Summer 1986: 35-38.
NTL Storage PER 994 HERI
Carment, D.. “European settlement in a remote
region: the Tennant Creek district.” in Heritage
Australia, Vol. 3, no. 2, Summer 1984: 65-69.
NTL Storage PER 994 HERI
Carment, David. “Tennant Creek: From Gold to
Copper.” in Frontier Country : Australia's Outback
Heritage. Sydney : Weldon Russell, 1989: Vol. 2.
NTC 919.4 FRO
Carment, David. “Mining, race and Politics of the
North Australian Frontier : the Tennant Creek Gold
Rush.” in Towards a Social History of Mining in
the 19th and 20th Centuries : Papers presented to
the International Mining History Congress, Bochum,
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1989: C. H. Beck, Munich, 1992: 242-253.
Carment, David. “Writing the Mining History of
Australia’s Northern Territory.” in Journal of
Northern Territory History, no. 7, 1996: 1-7.
PER 994.29 JOUR
NTC PER 994.29 JOUR
Carment, David. “The Dispossession of the
Warumungu: Encounters on a North Australian
Mining Frontier 1932-1936.” in Connection and
Disconnection: Encounters between Settlers and
Indigenous People in the Northern Territory.
Darwin : Northern Territory University, 1999.
NTL 305.89915 CONN
NTC 305.89915 CONN
Coates, Ian. “Golden reflections : Artists,
Entrepreneurs and Aborigines on the North-West
Australian Goldfields.” in A world turned upside
down : Cultural change on Australia’s goldfields,
1851-2001. Humanities Research Centre Monograph,
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Aschmann, Homer, H. “Amenities in the new mining
towns of North Australia.” in Two Northern Territory
Urban Studies. North Australian Research Bulletin.
No. 5, August 1979: 1-41.
NTC 711.40994 ASC
Cole, Keith.
Aborigines and mining on Groote Eylandt: a
study in cross-cultural relationships. Bendigo, Vic.
: Keith Cole Publications, 1981.
NTL 305.89915 COL
NTC 305.89915 COLE
Barter, Leith. “The Social, Economic and Political
Impact of North Australian Mining between 1918 and
1939.” Unpublished research paper. Darwin :
University College of the Northern Territory, 1988.
No known source.
Donovan, P.F.
Pine Creek and district : a history. Unpublished
manuscript, 1979.
NTC 994.29 DONO
Forrest, Peter.
An introduction to the mining history of the Pine
Creek region. 1993.
NTC 994.295 FORR
Gold mining, 1870-1932 : spoken, written and
photographed by those who took part. Darwin :
Department of Education, 1977.
NTL 994.29 SOCI
Kesteven, S. “The Social impact of Mining: economic
consequences - money.” in Aborigines and
Uranium: Consolidated report on the social
impact of uranium mining on the Aborigines of
the Northern Territory. Canberra : Australian
Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1984: 133-49.
NTL 305.89915 AUS
NTC 305.89915 AUS
Harlow, Sue.
A Social History of Mining at Maranboy, Northern
Territory, 1913–1962. BA (Hons) Thesis. Casuarina :
Northern Territory University, 1992.
NTC 994.295 HARL
Levitus, Robert. “The boundaries of Gagudju
Association membership : Anthropology, Law, and
Public Policy.” in Mining and Indigenous Peoples in
Australasia. Sydney : UP/Oxford UP, 1991.
NTL 305.89 MIN
NTC 331.7622 MIN
Hartwig, M.C.
The Progress of White Settlement in the Alice
Springs District and its Effects upon the
Aboriginal Inhabitants, 1860–1894. PhD Thesis,
University of Adelaide, 1965.
NTC 994.291 HART
Marshall, Vanda.
We helped to blaze the Track : pioneering
experiences in the North. Townsville : V. Marshall,
1980.
NTC 994.29 MAR
Howitt, R.
Aborigines and mining companies in Northern
Australia, Chippendale, N.S.W. : Alternative Pub.
Cooperative, c1983.
Howitt, Richard. “Aborigines and gold mining in
central Australia.” in Mining and Indigenous
Peoples in Australasia, Sydney : UP/Oxford UP,
1991.
NTC 331.7622 MIN
Howitt, R.
Aborigines, mining and regional restructuring in
northeast Arnhem Land. ERRRU working paper ;
no. 10. Sydney : Dept. of Economics and Geography,
University of Sydney, 1992.
NTC 305.89915 HOWI
Jones, T.G.
The Chinese in the Northern
Territory. Darwin : NTU, 1990, 1997,
2005.
NTL 305.895109429 JON
NTC 305.8951 JON
Jones, Timothy. “Ping Que – Mining Magnate of the
Northern Territory.” in Journal of Australasian
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107-116.
NTC PER 994.29 NORT
Jones, Timothy G.
Ping Que : mining magnate of the Northern
Territory 1854-1886. Casuarina, N.T. : Historical
Society of the Northern Territory, No.6, 2008.
NTC B305.8951 (PING) JONE
McCarthy, J.
Would-be diggers & old travellers, the Chinese at
the Union Reefs and the Twelve Mile in the
Northern Territory, 1876–1910. Darwin : National
Trust of Australia (Northern Territory), 1989.
NTL Storage 305.8951 MACC
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McCarthy, J. “Tales from the Empire City: Chinese
Miners in the Pine Creek Region, Northern Territory,
1872-1915. in Histories of the Chinese in
Australasia and the South Pacific. Melbourne :
Museum of Chinese Australian History, 1995: 191202.
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McIntosh, Ian S. “The Birrinydji Legacy: Aborigines,
Macassans and Mining in North-East Arnhem Land.”
in Aboriginal History, Vol. 21, 1997: 70-89.
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Mumme, L.A. “A history of mining in the Northern
Territory – 22 Parts.” in Australian Lapidary
Magazine, February 1974 – October 1977.
NTC 622.099429 MUMM
Northern Territory Chamber of Mines & Petroleum.
Aboriginal employment in the Northern Territory
mining industry. Darwin : N.T. Chamber of Mines &
Petroleum, 1993.
NTC 331.699915 NORT
O'Brien, Justin. “Canberra Yellowcake : The Politics
of Uranium and How Aboriginal Land Rights
Failed the Mirrar People.” in Journal of Northern
Territory History, No.14, 2003: 79-92.
NTC PER 994.29 NORT
O'Brien, V.T. “Cemeteries of yesteryear.” in Trust
News, Northern Territory, Vol. 4, no. 3, August
1987: 1-3.
NTC PER 994.2 TRUS
O’Faircheallaigh, C. “Mining and Economic
Development in Papua New Guinea and Australia’s
Northern Territory: An Historical perspective.” Paper
presented to the International Mining History
Conference, Melbourne, 1985.
O'Faircheallaigh, Ciaran. “The Economic Impact on
Aboriginal People of the Ranger Project.” in
Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2, 1986: 2-14.
NTL PER 305.89 AUST
Pedersen, Barbara Mary.
Brock’s Creek: a history of mining its
expectations and disappoints. The Author, 1990.
NTC 622.099429 PED
Raftery, David. “Lasseter’s Stories: tending the
Ghosts of Desert Gold.” in A world turned upside
down : cultural change on Australia’s goldfields,
1851-2001. Humanities Research Centre Monograph
No. 14. Canberra : Humanities Research Centre,
ANU, 2001: 179-188.
Tamblyn, Mary.
Mines, money and men: top end mining 18951921. Darwin : Historical Society of the Northern
Territory, Darwin, 1990.
NTL 994.295 TAMB
NTC B622.0994 TAM
Von Strumer, J.R.
Social impact of uranium mining on the
Aborigines of the Northern Territory : guidelines
for present and future research. Canberra :
Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1980.
NTL 305.89915 AUS
NTC 305.89915 AUS
Equipment/Structures/Processes/
Transport
“Number one battery, Tennant Creek.” in Trust
News, Northern Territory, Vol. 4, no. 1, February
1987: 10.
NTC PER 994.2 TRUS
Basedow, H. “Primitive methods of Chinese mining.”
South Australian Parliamentary Paper 55/1906, 1905:
45-50.
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Bell, P. “Chinese Ovens on mining settlement sites in
Australia." in Histories of the Chinese in
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NTL 994.004951 HIST
Harvey, Jim. “Mine tramways at the Top End.” in
Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, Vol.
42, no. 642, April 1991: 86-93.
Morgan, R.K. “The Mount Ellison Tramways.” in Light
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O'Faircheallaigh, Ciaran.
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in North Australia. Darwin : Australian National
University North Australia Research Unit, 1987.
NTL 338.2099429 OFA
NTC 338.20994 OFA
People, and Organisations
Altman, J.C.
Aborigines and Mining Royalties in the Northern
Territory. Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal
Studies, 1983.
NTL 338.2099429 ALT
NTC 338.20994 ALT
Brass, Ken. “The people of the Tanami.” in
Australian Geographic, no. 30, April/June 1993.
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30
PER 910 AUST
Brearley, T.B.
Reasons given for migration to some mining
towns in the Australian Tropics. Darwin : T.B.
Brealey and C.C. Gribbin, 1981.
NTC 307.76 BREA
Bullock, Kenneth.
The Company and its mine, 1935-1985 : a brief
history of Australian Development Limited.
Norwood, S.A. : Research Publications, 1985.
NTC PAM 622.3422 BUL
Cartwright, Max.
Charles Henry Chapman : visionary and legend to
Central Australia, Alice Springs : Max Cartwright,
1998.
NTC B919.4291 (CHAP) CART
Cole, Keith.
Aborigines and mining on Groote Eylandt: a
study in cross-cultural relationships. Bendigo, Vic.
: Keith Cole Publications, 1981.
NTL 305.89915 COL
NTC 305.89915 COLE
Hartwig, M.C.
The Progress of White Settlement in the Alice
Springs District and its Effects upon the
Aboriginal Inhabitants, 1860–1894. Thesis (PhD)
University of Adelaide, 1965.
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NTC 994.291 HART
Hill, Brian R.
To Buy a Mine : The acquisition of Nobles Nob
Gold Mine, and the early history of Australian
Development NL. Thesis (M.L.) University of New
England, 1994.
NTC 622.3422 HILL
Howitt, R.
Aborigines and mining companies in Northern
Australia. Chippendale, NSW : Alternative Pub.
Cooperative, 1983.
NTL 333.2099429 HOW
NTC 333.20994 HOW
Howitt, R.
Aborigines, mining and regional restructuring in
northeast Arnhem Land. Sydney : Department of
Economics and Geography, University of Sydney,
1992.
NTC 305.89915 HOWI
Jones, Timothy, G. “Adam Johns : prospector, miner
& explorer of the Northern Territory 1840-1896.”
Journal of Australasian Mining History. Vol. 2,
September 2004: 170-185.
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70;res=IELENG
Kimber, R.G.
Man from Arltunga : Walter Smith, Australian
bushman. Victoria Park, W.A. : Hesperian Press,
1996.
NTL 994.2040924 KIM
NTC B919.4291 (SMI) KIM
McCarthy, J. “Tales from the Empire City: Chinese
Miners in the Pine Creek Region, Northern Territory,
1872-1915.” in Histories of the Chinese in
Australasia and the South Pacific : proceedings
of an international public conference held at the
Museum
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Chinese
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Melbourne, 8-10 October 1993. Melbourne :
Museum of Chinese Australian History, 1995: p.191202.
NTL 994.004951 HIST
McGowan, Barry. “The economics and organisation
of Chinese mining in Colonial Australia.” in
Australian Economic History Review. Vol. 45, no.
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NTL PER 330 AUST
Heritage
Surveys/Archaeology/Environment
Bell, P.
Pine Creek : a report to the National Trust of
Australia
(Northern
Territory)
on
an
archaeological assessment of sites of historic
significance in the Pine Creek district. Darwin :
James Cook University, 1983.
NTC 994.295 BELL
Carment, David. “Presenting Mining’s Past in the
Northern Territory.” in Journal of Australasian
Mining History, Vol.1, no. 1, September 2003: 2430.
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90;res=IELENG
Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory.
Mount Todd gold project: environmental
assessment report and recommendations. Darwin
: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory,
1993.
NTC 622.3422 CON
Dames and Moore & Coronation Hill Joint
Venture.
Coronation Hill Gold, Platinum and Palladium
Project : final environmental impact statement :
supplement. Darwin : Coronation Hill Joint Venture,
1989.
NTL 333.731099429 COR
NTC 622.34 DAM
Dermoudy, P.
A survey of historic European sites at Maranboy.
Darwin : National Trust of Australia (Northern
Territory), June 1989.
NTC 994.295 DERM
Forrest, P. “Some aspects of historical archaeology in
Northern Australia.” in Industrial and Historical
Archaeology : a seminar held at Goulburn NSW in
February 1977. Sydney : National Trust of Australia
(NSW), 1981: 14-16.
Forrest, P.
White Range heritage sites cataloguing program:
final report. Darwin : White Range Gold NL, 1989.
HERI 994.294 FIN – Heritage Branch
Senycia, Paul. “Governmental geological
organisations. Part 7: The Department of Mines and
Energy, Northern Territory: the Northern Territory
Geological Survey.” in PESA Journal, no. 13,
September 1988: 23–24.
Forrest, P.
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survey of sites of cultural heritage significance.
Darwin : Cyprus Gold Corporation, 1993.
No known location.
Stapleton, Austin.
Lasseter did not lie!
Investigator Press, 1981.
NTC 919.42 (LAS) STA
Northern Territory Department of Lands, Planning &
Environment. Environment Protection Division.
Brocks Creek Gold Project : environment
assessment report and recommendations. Darwin
: Department of Lands, Planning & Environment,
1995.
NTC Storage 622.3422 NORT
Hawthorndene,
S.A.
:
Forrest, P.
A report on work to survey and document
heritage values at the Big Howley Mine and
Battery site. Darwin : AGC Woodward-Clyde Pty
Ltd., 1993.
NTC 994.295 FORR
Mitchell, S.
A management plan for historic chinese mining
sites in the Pine Creek District, Northern Territory
: report to National Trust of Australia. Darwin :
National Trust of Australia (NT Branch), 1995.
NTC 994.295 MITC
Forrest, P.
Report to Australian Heritage Commission re Union
Reefs Sites. Darwin : Australian Heritage
Commission, 1994.
Mulvaney, K.
Coronation Hill Project Area archaeological
survey. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum and Art
Galleries Board, 1988.
NTC 333.765 CORO
Forrest, P.
Brief notes on the history of Union Reefs and time
line. Darwin : Acacia Resources, 1995.
NTC PAM 622.3422 FOR
Lance, A.
Archaeological
studies
(prehistoric
and
historical) at the site of a proposed gold mine at
Mt Todd, Northern Territory : a report to NSR
Environmental Consultants for the Mt Todd Joint
Venture. Adelaide : National Heritage Studies,
c1990.
NTC 930.10285 LANC
McCarthy, J.
Pine Creek heritage zone: archaeological survey.
Darwin : J. McCarthy & Associates, 1986.
NTC 930.1 MACC
McCarthy, J.
Union Reefs Gold Project: archaeological
recording and salvage of historic sites : report to
Shell Company of Australia. Adelaide : Austral
Archaeology, September 1993.
NTC 930.10285 AUST
Mitchell, S.
An archaeological and historical survey of
selected mining sites in the Pine Creek District,
Northern Territory : report to National Trust of
Australia, Northern Territory. Casuarina, N.T. :
Scott Mitchell, 1994.
NTC 994.295 MITC
Pearce, H.
Pine Creek Heritage Scheme Report : report to
National Trust of Australia, Northern Territory.
Albert Park, Vic. : H. Pearce,1982.
NTC 994.295 PEAR + microfiche
Pearson, Cecil AL and Daff, Sandra. Indigenous
workforce participation at a mining operation in
Northern Australia [online]. Australian Bulletin of
Labour, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2013: 42-63.
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75848219264028;res=IELBUS
NTL Storage PER 331 AUST
Travers, M.
Hatches Creek and Wauchope wolfram
history and heritage assessment of
remains : National Trust of Australia
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(Northern Territory), 1988.
NTC 994.291 TRA
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Australia
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