State Batteries in Western Australia were government owned and run ore-crushing facilities for the gold mining industry.
Western Australia was the only Australian state to provide batteries to assist gold prospectors and small mines.
[5] As early as 1897 there was consideration of ore-crushing facilities being funded by private or government means.
[10] There were close to 100 operating Batteries in Western Australia – either private or Government in 1949, and by 1958 there were less than 50.
[11] Currently there are no operating state batteries, but ore processing continues in some of the same locations, such as Tuckabianna.