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The Wallaroo Smelter 1871

Jeff + Claude AI · Industry · 24th April 2026
Ch1.Copper Country: The Yorke Peninsula Before the Smelter
Ch2.Building the Stack: Construction and Engineering 1859-1861
Ch3.The Welsh Connection: Skilled Labour and Smelting Knowledge
Ch4.Fire and Ore: The Smelting Process at Wallaroo
Ch5.Company Town: Life Around the Works
Ch6.The Port and the Railway: Moving Copper to the World
Ch7.Decline, Closure, and What Remained
Ch8.Visiting the Smelter Site Today