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Australian Cornish Mining Sites Consortium Advances World Heritage Bid
17 July 2025
The Australian Cornish Mining Sites: Burra and Moonta Consortium (ACMS) is proud to announce a significant step forward in its bid to secure UNESCO World Heritage status for South Australia’s historic Cornish mining towns of…
Bid Team Meets with Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC and Mr Rod Bunten.
2 June 2025
On Monday the 26th of May 2025, the Australian Cornish Mining Sites (ACMS) Consortium had the honour of meeting with Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC, Governor of South Australia, and Mr Rod Bunten…
Australian Cornish Mining Sites: Burra and Moonta welcome The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP to site
11 March 2025
The Australian Cornish Mining Sites: Burra and Moonta (ACMS) Consortium was honoured to welcome the Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for the Environment and Water, and Senator the Hon Don Farrell, to Burra today as…
Deputy Premier Susan Close joins ACMS bid team on site to celebrate Tentative Listing
21 November 2024
The team behind Australian Cornish Mining Sites World Heritage Bid, VIP’s, and the wider community today celebrated its ascension to Australia’s UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List with Deputy Premier Susan Close visiting the sites in…
Australian Cornish Mining sites at Burra and Moonta added to Australia’s UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
13 September 2024
Australian Cornish Mining Sites; Burra and Moonta have been added to Australia’s UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List. Being added to the Tentative List is the first step towards a World Heritage nomination. This marks an…
Media Release: Burra and Moonta Statement of Outstanding Universal Value officially handed to Deputy Premier Susan Close MP
19 June 2024
In a significant, and historic moment for the preservation of the region’s heritage the Burra and Moonta Statement of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) was officially handed to Deputy Premier Susan Close…
"The benefits of World Heritage status have a ripple effect. From a community point of view, we have a lot of small towns, it's not just about Burra and Moonta it's about the impact on other small towns in our region and beyond in the Mid North."