Trail from Perth to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia
Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail route marker
Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail (also known as the Golden Pipeline Drive Trail) was a project conducted by the National Trust of Western Australia along the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme pipeline at the time the pipeline was being celebrated for its 100 years of operation.
The project included the creation of guide books, web sites and other materials about the trail.[1][2]
The project was initiated in the late 1990s;[3][4]
further material was developed between 2001[5] and 2003,[6][7][8][9][10] and included the Kep Track as part of the project.
Some communities along the trail have suffered due to change in agricultural decline, however most communities sustain museums or interpretative signage that give information about the pipeline's history.[11]
As the heritage trail and working pipeline are continuing, considerable effort was expended to maintain and sustain the pipeline trail and its related sites (former pumping stations for example) over time.[12]
The heritage trail achieved status on the Australian national heritage list in 2011.[13]
^Mohammed, Zeba; Chan, Sharon; Choo, Jordan; Liu, Kelong; Longnecker, Nancy (2004), "The role of heritage web sites in heritage tourism", CAUTHE 2004: Creating Tourism Knowledge, Common Ground Publishing: 510–518, ISBN978-1-86499-758-3
^Lowe, Godfrey (2001), "The Golden Pipeline", Eleventh National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Federation Engineering a Nation; Proceedings, Institution of Engineers, Australia: 93–104, ISBN978-1-74092-215-9
^National Trust of Australia (W.A.) (2002), The golden pipeline heritage trail guide: a time capsule of water, gold and Western Australia, National Trust of Australia (W.A.), ISBN978-1-876507-25-1
^National Trust of Australia (W.A.) (2003), The golden pipeline: resources and activities: the history of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme engineered by CY O'Connor, National Trust of Australia (W.A.), ISBN978-1-876507-37-4
^Stephens, John (2000), "How to conserve a heritage site 550 kilometres long?", in Christine Garnaut; Stephen Hamnett (eds.), Fifth Australian Urban History Planning History Conference: Conference Proceedings, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia 13–15 April 20, pp. 425–431, ISBN978-0-86803-286-3
^National recognition for Trust's golden pipeline. The WA Goldfields Water Supply Scheme is the latest addition to the National Heritage List. in (National)Trust news Australia, Aug. 2011, p. 4–5.