Image of the above ground workings of Long Tunnel mine superimposed on a billboard on the side of the Corner Stores in Walhalla
Image of the above ground workings of Long Tunnel mine superimposed on a billboard on the side of the Corner Stores in Walhalla

Walhalla Corner Stores

A$15.00

Back in the heyday of gold mining one could look across the road from the Corner Stores to the above-ground operations of the Long Tunnel Mine, as shown in the historical image here. With the nearby thirty-stamp battery house crushing rock continually except for Sundays this was probably not the ideal place for a quiet conversation. But on the plus side, you could at least see at night.  This road junction was one of the earliest locations in the world where there was electrified public street lighting, even if only for a short time. The lamps were installed by the Long Tunnel Mining Company apparently to dissuade local residents from stealing scarce firewood from the company stockpile. The building currently operates as a Post Office agency, shop and Tourist Information Centre.

Back in the heyday of gold mining one could look across the road from the Corner Stores to the above-ground operations of the Long Tunnel Mine, as shown in the historical image here. With the nearby thirty-stamp battery house crushing rock continually except for Sundays this was probably not the ideal place for a quiet conversation. But on the plus side, you could at least see at night.  This road junction was one of the earliest locations in the world where there was electrified public street lighting, even if only for a short time. The lamps were installed by the Long Tunnel Mining Company apparently to dissuade local residents from stealing scarce firewood from the company stockpile. The building currently operates as a Post Office agency, shop and Tourist Information Centre.

Historical image: Lee Brothers. (1890). Lee collection of photographs of the Walhalla region, Victoria, National Library of Australia, nla.obj-152072682

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