Australian Gold Fields Map

There is a map that provides links to 146 historic geological maps and a map that shows were you can and cannot prospect is areas managed by parks victoria.

Australian gold fields map. Map adapted from spatial vision 2001. Commissioner s tent ballaarat ham thomas david tulloch william strutt cyrus mason and g strafford 1854 the gold diggers portfolio consisting of a series of sketches of the victoria gold fields. Jump to navigation jump to search this list of gold mines in. Gold was found several times in australia before 1851 but there were only gold rushes from 1851 onwards mainly because the colonial government of new south wales victoria did not become a separate colony until 1.

This clickable map will give you some detailed history about where some of australia s largest. Ten maps cover 125 named victorian goldfields. Maps can also give you information about the topography of an area as well as soils rocks and other geological features. The biggest gold nuggets in the world have almost all come from australia.

By petermac129 1 replies 1516 views shelby23 last posts on wed aug 14 2013 5 46 pm. Overall the increase in output has resulted mainly from new discoveries in old mining areas and increased throughput from established mines with some contribution from retreatment of old tailings dumps using modern recovery techniques. During the australian gold rushes significant numbers of workers both from other areas within australia and from overseas relocated to areas in which gold had been discovered. The commissioner s tent ballaarat clearly depicts the central role the native police corps had on the victorian goldfields.

By guest 3 replies 1195 views guest last posts on fri may 31 2013 7 35 am. However discoveries of gold deposits in greenfields areas those without significant previously known. Many maps include the names of long forgotten towns leads gold bearing areas and mines. Sketch map of goldfields in the vicinity of charters towers scale 4 miles to an inch.

It seems that just about every part of the country has produced gold and there are still some amazing discoveries being found by prospectors here every year. For example compare these maps of dunolly from 1857 and 1859. By guest 0 replies 1603 views guest last posts on thu may 30 2013 4 48 pm. There are 12 maps in the series.

This brings an end to the qld information. Australian gold output peaked in 1997 at 314 t. Kalgoorlie boulder and the goldfields offer a real australian outback adventure and a fascinating insight into the region s colourful gold rush history. Goldfields esperance 428 300 2008 09 sunrise dam gold mine.

Pilbara 688 909 2009 10 wattle dam gold mine. Click on this map to open the ballarat goldfield district and test out the mapping package. Maps can help you to trace the development of a goldfields town. Goldfields esperance 401 000 2009 telfer mine.