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Bon Accord Mine Museum
Burra
A Burra museum telling the story of the town's water and mining history on a former mine site.
Burra Creek Gorge
Burra
A peaceful gorge and bush-camping spot south of Burra, popular with birdwatchers and stargazers.
Burra Heritage Passport
Burra
A self-guided trail unlocking eight historic copper-mining sites across Burra, including the mine, gaol and creek dugouts.
Burra Miners Dugouts
Burra
The eroded creekbank hollows where up to 1,800 Cornish miners and their families once lived in the 1850s, dug into the soft clay.
Burra Monster Mine
Burra
The open-cut Burra Burra copper mine that saved colonial SA - an open-air museum of engine houses, chimneys and powder magazine.
Burra Railway Station
Burra
Burra Regional Art Gallery
Burra
Burra's volunteer-run regional gallery mounts a dozen exhibitions a year in the restored 1860 Post and Telegraph Office - the building that flashed news of Stuart's crossing in 1862.
Hampton Township Ruins
Burra
Laid out in 1857 and abandoned by 1960, the village of Hampton survives as evocative stone ruins on Burra's outskirts - a National Trust heritage area within the Heritage Passport.
Market Square Museum
Burra
A perfectly preserved 1880s general store and home in Burra, frozen in time and crammed with the goods of everyday colonial life.
Midnight Oil House
Burra
The abandoned stone farmhouse on the cover of Midnight Oil's 1987 album Diesel and Dust stands beside the Barrier Highway just north of Burra - one of Australia's most photographed ruins.
Mount Bryan Summit
Burra
At 936 metres, Mount Bryan northeast of Burra is the highest point in the Mount Lofty Ranges, crossed by the Heysen Trail with vast views over the Mid North.
Paxton Square Cottages
Burra
A row of restored 1850s miners' cottages in Burra, now heritage self-contained accommodation.
Red Banks Conservation Park
Burra
Fifteen kilometres east of Burra, Red Banks Conservation Park protects ochre cliffs, permanent waterholes and one of Australia's richest deposits of Ice Age megafauna fossils.
Redruth Gaol
Burra
South Australia's first country gaol, a stark stone ruin on the Burra Heritage Passport trail and a film location for 'Breaker Morant'.
Unicorn Brewery Cellars
Burra
The atmospheric underground cellars of a former Burra brewery, part of the Heritage Passport trail.
Waters Burra Bakery
Burra
A welcoming country bakery in heritage Burra, fuelling visitors exploring the town's mining history.