[1] The Venus was one of the earliest stamp batteries to be erected on the Charters Towers gold field as it was operating by July 1872.

[1] By 1897 the battery was described in The North Queensland Register as having 20 head of stamps, 80 berdans, one wheeler, four settlers, three buddles, all driven by a 30h.p.

)[1] Although the Charters Towers reefs were exhausted by 1917, the town remained the centre for small mining operations which were serviced by the Venus Battery, which was owned by the Queensland Government from 1919.

[1] There is reasonable evidence to indicate that the Venus battery changed quite dramatically some time before the Queensland Government assumed ownership in November 1919; local residents date this at 1907.

The Inspector of Mines on 10 July 1919 stated that: "...the mill is very well laid out for public crushing, each of the seven batteries being a complete unit in themselves from the feed hoppers to the sand pits."

[1] In January 1941 a major flood damaged the weir and the Venus State Battery was to receive large scale repairs when crushing operations were suspended in 1942, presumably because of World War II disruptions.

In May 1951 the cyanide plant was increased in size to its current configuration, although a new agitator was added in April 1954 to enable treatment of different quality ores from the Carrington mines at Liontown.

The Mines Department was concerned to preserve the historic value of the site and offered it to the Charters Towers City Council, who refused it.

[1] A group of timber frame, corrugated iron clad buildings comprising an almost intact crushing and treatment plant.

[1] Surviving plant includes:[1] Venus State Battery was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.

It is the earliest surviving battery in Queensland having been first constructed in 1872 although the machinery and power plant has been reconstructed at least four times.

The survival and conservation of the Venus State Battery is due to its social and economic value for and strong association with the local mining community and the National Trust of Queensland.