Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail

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.

## Project

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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.

## Trail and related sites

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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]

## Trail sections

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The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail is segmented into seven sections:[14]

1. Mundaring[a] to Northam
2. Northam to Cunderdin[b]
3. Cunderdin to Kellerberrin
4. Kellerberrin to Merredin[c]
5. Merredin to Southern Cross
6. Southern Cross to Coolgardie
7. Coolgardie to Kalgoorlie

## See also

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* Great Eastern Highway, the road that most of the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail follows

## Notes

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1. ^ Location of historical pump stations 1 and 2
2. ^ Location of historical pump station 3
3. ^ Location of historical pump station 4

## References

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1. ^ 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, ISBN 978-1-86499-758-3
2. ^ "Golden Pipeline - WA Happy 10th birthday Golden Pipeline". Australian Council of National Trusts. 11 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
3. ^ Golden Pipeline, The: C Y O'Connor and the goldfield water supply scheme, Hesperian Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-85905-263-4
4. ^ National Trust of Australia (W.A.) (1999), Goldfields water supply heritage project, National Trust (W.A.), retrieved 16 November 2013
5. ^ Lowe, Godfrey (2001), "The Golden Pipeline", Eleventh National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Federation Engineering a Nation; Proceedings, Institution of Engineers, Australia: 93–104, ISBN 978-1-74092-215-9
6. ^ 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.), ISBN 978-1-876507-25-1
7. ^ National Trust of Australia (W.A.) (2000), The Golden Pipeline interpretation plan, National Trust of Australia (WA), retrieved 16 November 2013
8. ^ 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.), ISBN 978-1-876507-37-4
9. ^ National Trust of Australia (W.A.) (2004), The golden pipeline heritage trail guide: car and coach touring, National Trust, retrieved 2 March 2016
10. ^ National Trust of Australia (W.A.) (2002), Golden pipeline project, Western Australia: final report, National Trust of Australia (WA), retrieved 16 November 2013
11. ^ http://www.wheatbelttourism.com/heritage-the-arts/museums-in-the-wheatbelt/ Cunderdin, Kellerberin, Southern Cross being locations where pumping stations and their attached communities and facilities existed
12. ^ 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, ISBN 978-0-86803-286-3
13. ^ 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.
14. ^ "Explore the Pipeline". www.goldenpipeline.com.au. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

## External links

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* The Golden Pipeline Project
* The WA National Trust Website