Joadja Ghost Town, ruined House of the Director of the Mine, a Kerosene Shale mine, Southern


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Joadja Another shale mining ghost town, the village of Joadja is located 31 km north-west of Mittagong in NSW. Although it doesn't have much to speak of today, the site does offer an award-winning distillery and fully guided tours for those interested in hearing more about its history, the guide might even share a ghost story or two.


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Joadja Ghost town once a thriving kerosene mining settlement Located 31 km north-west of Mittagong, and 138 km south-west of Sydney, in an isolated valley, is the historic village of Joadja.


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Joadja - Shale Oil Ghost Town. Nestled deep in the valley in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales lies the once thriving but now largely forgotten ghost town of Joadja. During the years 1870 to 1911 this magnificent place was home to as many as 1200 people. Joadja was originally developed as a secondary industrial town (as opposed to.


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A plan to save the heritage-listed ghost town of Joadja is in jeopardy because of Wingecarribee Shire Council's. Ad. Wednesday, 15 November 2023. Today's Paper. News. Sport. What's On Comment Jobs Classifieds My Region. Wednesday, 15 November 2023. Sections My Region. Home Page. News.


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JOADJA DISTILLERY NOTE: Joadja Distillery will be open Thursday to Monday 10am - 5 pm for free distillery tours and tastings No booking required. just turn up. Joadja Distillery is in the Southern Highlands of NSW, located in an 1870's abandoned kerosene shale mining village.


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Val & Eliza Jimenez of Joadja Ghost Town, tell why they love the Southern Highlands NSW. "Isn't it time you visited My Southern Highlands?"


Rare Australian Places Joadja Shale Oil Ghost Town

Joadja Ghost town once a thriving kerosene mining settlement Located 31 km north-west of Mittagong, and 138 km south-west of Sydney, in an isolated valley, is the historic village of Joadja.


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The historic village/ghost town was established by the Australian Kerosene Oil and Mineral Company in the late 1870s to mine the vast kerosene shale deposits in the valley walls. It lasted until 1911 and has, for over a century, slowly decayed in the bush to the west of Mittagong. Location


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Joadja Ghost Town is a historic ruin in the Southern Highlands in Australia once home to the Australian Kerosine Oil and Mineral Company in the late 1800's i.


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Call us! 1760 Joadja Road, Joadja NSW 2578 02 4878 5129 [email protected] Historic Site; abandonned mining village, 1870 shale, Joadja town, historic tours


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Joadja is a historical, heritage-listed town, now in ruins, in a secluded valley in NSW's Southern Highlands. It was a once a thriving mining town built to mine kerosene shale in the valley it's located in. Its glory days were from 1870 to the early 1900s, when more than a thousand people lived in the town.


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Joadja Ghost Town cemetery is the final resting place for over 150 people who never left the "Valley of No Return". Many children are buried here and most of.


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Joadja ( / dʒoʊædʒə /) is a historic town, now in ruins, in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. The remnants of the town were added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 5 November 1999. [2] It was a thriving mining town between 1870-1911.


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Ghost tours are also held around the valley where you can visit the sites of some of Joadja's most gruesome deaths. Some sites that you can see on the tour include; [SECTION]The Incline [/SECTION] Shale and other goods were transported up (and down) the escarpment by loading wagons which were pulled by a 40 horsepower hauling engine.


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Southern Highlands NSW Regular Hours: Thurs-Mon 10am-5pm (Except Holidays) Open this Sat 30th 10am-5pm & Sun 31st 10am to 3pm FREE DISTILLERY TOURS & TASTINGS* OPEN This Sat 30th 10am-5pm Sun 31st 10am to 3pm.


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26 Share 3.1K views 8 years ago An award winning documentary about Joadja, an Australian ghost town, and its previous owner, Pat Lee. Joadja is located in the southern highlands of New.

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