Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail

{{Short description|Trail from Perth to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia}}

Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail (also known as the Golden Pipeline Drive Trail) was a project conducted by the National Trust of Western Australia along the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme pipeline at the time the pipeline was being celebrated for its 100 years of operation.

Project

The project included the creation of guide books, web sites and other materials about the trail.{{Citation | author1=Mohammed, Zeba | author2=Chan, Sharon | author3=Choo, Jordan | author4=Liu, Kelong | author5=Longnecker, Nancy | title=The role of heritage web sites in heritage tourism | journal=CAUTHE 2004: Creating Tourism Knowledge | publication-date=2004 | publisher=Common Ground Publishing | pages=510–518 | isbn=978-1-86499-758-3 }}{{cite web|title=Golden Pipeline - WA Happy 10th birthday Golden Pipeline|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/wa/GoldenPipeline|publisher=Australian Council of National Trusts|accessdate=20 October 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411135532/http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/wa/GoldenPipeline|archivedate=11 April 2013|url-status=dead|date=11 February 2013}}

The project was initiated in the late 1990s;{{Citation | title=Golden Pipeline, The: C Y O'Connor and the goldfield water supply scheme | year=1999 | publication-date=1999 | publisher=Hesperian Press | isbn=978-0-85905-263-4 }}{{Citation | author1=National Trust of Australia (W.A.) | title=Goldfields water supply heritage project | publication-date=1999 | publisher=National Trust (W.A.) | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32905757 | accessdate=16 November 2013 }}

further material was developed between 2001{{Citation | author1=Lowe, Godfrey | title=The Golden Pipeline | journal=Eleventh National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Federation Engineering a Nation; Proceedings | publication-date=2001 | publisher=Institution of Engineers, Australia | pages=93–104 | isbn=978-1-74092-215-9 }} and 2003,{{Citation | author1=National Trust of Australia (W.A.) | title=The golden pipeline heritage trail guide: a time capsule of water, gold and Western Australia | year=2002 | publication-date=2002 | publisher=National Trust of Australia (W.A.) | isbn=978-1-876507-25-1 }}{{Citation | author1=National Trust of Australia (W.A.) | title=The Golden Pipeline interpretation plan | publication-date=2000 | publisher=National Trust of Australia (WA) | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159510255 | accessdate=16 November 2013 }}{{Citation | author1=National Trust of Australia (W.A.) | title=The golden pipeline: resources and activities: the history of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme engineered by CY O'Connor | year=2003 | publication-date=2003 | publisher=National Trust of Australia (W.A.) | isbn=978-1-876507-37-4 }}{{Citation | author1=National Trust of Australia (W.A.) | title=The golden pipeline heritage trail guide: car and coach touring | publication-date=2004 | publisher=National Trust | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17346227 | accessdate=2 March 2016 }}{{Citation | author1=National Trust of Australia (W.A.) | title=Golden pipeline project, Western Australia: final report | publication-date=2002 | publisher=National Trust of Australia (WA) | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159510181 | accessdate=16 November 2013 }} and included the Kep Track as part of the project.

Trail and related sites

Some communities along the trail have suffered due to change in agricultural decline, however most communities sustain museums or interpretative signage that give information about the pipeline's history.http://www.wheatbelttourism.com/heritage-the-arts/museums-in-the-wheatbelt/ Cunderdin, Kellerberin, Southern Cross being locations where pumping stations and their attached communities and facilities existed

As the heritage trail and working pipeline are continuing, considerable effort was expended to maintain and sustain the pipeline trail and its related sites (former pumping stations for example) over time.{{Citation |editor1=Christine Garnaut |editor2=Stephen Hamnett | author1=Stephens, John | chapter=How to conserve a heritage site 550 kilometres long? | title=Fifth Australian Urban History Planning History Conference: Conference Proceedings, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia 13–15 April 20 | year=2000 | publication-date=2000 | pages=425–431 | isbn=978-0-86803-286-3 }}

The heritage trail achieved status on the Australian national heritage list in 2011.National recognition for Trust's golden pipeline. The WA Goldfields Water Supply Scheme is the latest addition to the National Heritage List. in (National)Trust news Australia, Aug. 2011, p. 4–5.

Trail sections

The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail is segmented into seven sections:{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenpipeline.com.au/trail/index.html |title=Explore the Pipeline |website=www.goldenpipeline.com.au |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409125638/http://www.goldenpipeline.com.au/trail/index.html |archive-date=9 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}