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Bonney Well
8601 Stuart Hwy, Warumungu
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Permanent Declaration
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Nominated
19/JAN/95
Nomination Accepted
01/MAR/95
Assessment Report Considered
24/MAY/95
Signed By Minister
22/AUG/96
Gazetted
09/OCT/96
Publish Notice Of Declaration
18/OCT/96
LGA
Barkly Shire
Statement Of Heritage Value
Bonney Well is of heritage value to the Territory as one of only three remaining stock wells on the North-South Stock Route with stone dumps intact. The Well and associated remains are a good representative example of a government built stock well constructed during the late 19th century.
First dug in 1878/79 by the expedition overlanding cattle and sheep to Springvale by Arthur and Alfred Giles, Bonney Well was deepened between 1883 and 1884. A stone dump and whip system were added in 1892. The whip system no longer remains but the stone dump, tank stand and evidence of the location of troughing from this era are still present.
The bore, windmill and tank installed in the late 1930s and a later cement tank provide a good example of that era in the Territory's industrial heritage when bores replaced wells as the principal means of water supply for stock.
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The site contains the earlier stone dump and tank stand footings together with the bore, windmill and iron tank installed in the 1930s and a more recent cement tank.
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