Battery Hill Mining Centre

Battery Hill Mining Centre

Battery Hill Mining centre is a heritage site with guided tours of a ten head stamp battery and underground mine. The collection consists of 200 items of machinery pertaining to the Mining Industry. Free access is available to the mining machinery.

Address: 
Peko Rd, Tennant Creek, NT
Tel: 
0889621281
Hours: 
8am-6pm daily. Closed Christmas Day.
Admission: 
Free
Facilities: 
Wheelchair access, refrshments, theatrette, guided tours.
Collection: 
The collection includes approx 200 items of machinery placed outside along pathways and across acres of land; items include a winderbox, headframe, furnaces and portal rock drills. Original assay equipment and scales with photographic and text displays are held in a small museum, which was the assay building, designed by Museum and Art gallery of Northern Territory staff three years ago.