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===Bamboo Creek Tin Mine===
Bamboo Creek tin mine is an example of small scale, labour-intensive mine operated without the benefit of heavy earth machinery.  It was typical of many of the mines in the Northern Territory which operated in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially those operated by the Chinese.  The remains include the mine workings; the tin processing mill; and the associated domestic and industrial remains. Tin was discovered at Bamboo Creek in 1906 and was mined irregularly until 1955.  The wide variety of remains are notable in that they reflect the complete range of activities associated with underground mining.  Artefacts relating to ore extraction, processing and transport are present as well as domestic remains and remnants of the explosives magazine.