In both Australia and Indonesia, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) have thus far been neglected by historians of colonialism and scholars of geotourism alike. Our two case studies historicise the practices of mining, quarrying and tourism at volcanic sulfur mines in Indonesia and along limestone coasts in southeastern Australia. Our case studies suggest how toxic work in spectacular settings of interest to geotourists is deeply embedded in modern histories of leisure and consumption. We propose a more critical interpretation of geotourist sites that accounts for the ways that environmental and labour histories have shaped these spectacular ‘natural’ environments.

在澳大利亚和印度尼西亚，迄今为止，殖民主义历史学家和地质旅游学者都忽视了手工和小规模采矿 (ASM)。我们的两个案例研究将印度尼西亚火山硫磺矿和澳大利亚东南部石灰岩海岸的采矿、采石和旅游实践历史化。我们的案例研究表明，地质旅游者感兴趣的壮观环境中的有毒工作如何深深植根于现代休闲和消费历史中。我们建议对地质旅游景点进行更批判性的解释，以解释环境和劳工历史塑造这些壮观的“自然”环境的方式。