Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Legal Status Text
Sub-Department
Authorized form of name
STATE BATTERIES - KALGOORLIE
Other form(s) of name
Description identifier
AU WA A981
Description area
Dates of existence
1932-01-01 - 1987-12-31
History
State Batteries were government-owned and controlled plants of machinery and equipment used for the treatment and processing of ore containing gold or other valuable metals. State Batteries would pay prospectors and holders of small mines for their deposits. The expansion of the Goldfields during the 1890's was the major factor behind the government establishing such plants.
The first State Battery was set up in Norseman in 1898. The Kalgoorlie plant was established in 1932 and became the biggest of the 54 plants operating throughout Western Australia. During the 1980's, the Burke government began closing down remaining State Batteries and the Kalgoorlie plant was closed in 1987.
Places
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Creation: Goldfields Act 1895
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
AU WA A16 - DEPARTMENT OF MINES (1894-01-01 - 1992-07-01)
Identifier of the related entity
AU WA A16
Category of the relationship
Superior
Dates of the relationship
1932-01-01 - 1987-12-31
Description of relationship
Related function
Related unit of description
Series S2342 - GOLD ENTRY BOOK
Role
Creation
Description of relationship
Dates of relationship
1932-01-01 - 1987-12-31
Related unit of description
Series S2343 - STORES RECEIVED
Role
Creation
Description of relationship
Dates of relationship
1932-01-01 - 1987-12-31
Control area
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Final