Australian state by state known Gold bearing areas

[Nugget]

New South Wales

• Albury
• Armidale
• Bathurst
• Bega
• Bingara
• Braidwood
• Broken Hill to Menindee
• Cadia
• Canbelego
• Cobar
• Drake
• Eden
• Forest Reefs
• Gulgong
• Hill End
• Kianora
• Mudgee
• Nundle
• Ophir
• Peak Hill
• Sofala
• Stuart Town
• Tamworth
• Temora
• Tibabooburra
• Tomingley
• Ullara
• West Wyalong
• Young

Queensland

• Charters Towers
• Clermont
• Cloncurry
• Cohen
• Croydon
• Forsayth
• Georgetown
• Gympie
• Imbil
• Jimna
• Kilkivan
• Mackay
• Maryborough
• Maytown
• North Arm
• Palmer River
• Percyville
• Ravenswood
• Rockhampton
• Stanthorpe
• Wenlock

Victoria

• Alexandra
• Ararat
• Avoca
• Ballarat
• Beechworth
• Benalla
• Bendigo
• Bonang
• Bright
• Castlemaine
• Clunes
• Dunolly
• Glen Willis
• Mansfield
• Rushworth
• Stawell
• Wedderburn

Western Australia

• Boddington
• Cobra Station
• Cue
• Donnybrook
• Great Sandy Desert Telfer and Ruby Plains
• Halls Creek
• Kalgoorlie
• Karratha
• Laverton
• Leinster
• Leonora
• Marble Bar
• Meekatharra
• Menzies
• Mount Magnet
• Mount Newman
• Norseman
• Nullagine
• Roebourne
• Sandstone
• The Ashburton River
• The Darling Ranges
• Wiluna

South Australia

• Barossa
• Burra
• Echunga
• Leigh Creek
• Muckanpippie
• Peake Diggings
• Peterborough
• Tarcoola
• Teetulpa
• Wadnaminga

Northern Territory

• Adelaide River
• Arltunga
• Brookes Creek
• Pine Creek
• Rabbit Flat
• Tanami
• Tennant Creek
• The Granites
• Wandi

Tasmania

• Beaconsfield
• Corinna
• Cygnet
• Fingal
• Forrester
• Gladstone
• Lefroy
• Lisle
• Mathina
• Moina
• Queenstown
• Urquhart and Mainwaring Rivers

Please feel free to comment on any not listed or incorrectly listed areas.

Nugget.

 

[mad1981]

thanks nugget. That narrows down the holiday destinations if i ever get time to go away

 

[Ramjet]

Thanks Nugget.
Never hear of gold around my home town. Not Nyngan but surrounding areas.
Have a look at Nymagee , tottenham, girilambone.
There is an open pit copper mine at Gerilambone with gold in the ore as well.
I know there are mine shafts in the area because we were always warned when riding horses or motorbikes to watch out for lumps of dirt as there could be shafts on the other side.
Of course being kids my bro and I have been down a couple of them.
One day I dropped the torch and it went out. It was DARK and shit was trumps I can tell ya.
Not far up the road from Boppy Mountain and Cambellego.

 

[Shimmy]

Thanks Nugget, I'm from Vic and need to know or at least have clarified that these listed areas are lets say more plentiful when finding/looking for gold today?

Cheers

John

 

[Nugget]

Hi John,

These places have all been known to produce gold over the last 200 years. In terms of just how much and when the last gold was found, will have to come down to your own research.

I'll look at expanding the list information at some stage in the future.

Nugget.

 

[Shimmy]

Cool, thanks Nugget

John

 

[xobazzip]

Thanks Nugget,

This provides a good list of destinations and probably a lot of potential meeting points for travelling prospectors

regards

 

[Billy]

Reckon I can add a few to the NSW list: Ophir, Stuart Town, Cadia, Forest Reefs, Peak Hill, Tomingley.
Just gotta get myself out to a few more of these places for a look-see.

 

[spriteah]

Thanks a lot for that list.

Im just getting into this hobby. Live in Geelong and looking for close area's (time limited) to hit for a few hours when I haven't got the kids...

Jim

 

[gadgetman45]

Great list..........Thanks

 

[wombat]

Hey Nugget mate you forgot my home town "Maryborough" Vic We've got some of the best goldfields around the triangle.
wombat

 

[loamer]

Wombat - it must be the first time in your prospecting career you have been noted as a 'newbie'.
How goes the gold bash for Laanacoorie? Great to see the $$ is going to Peter mac. Well done to you and the crew.

 

[busted knuckle mining]

pratten, qld

 

[wombat]

Thanks Loamer. Yer mate the bash should be a great one this year as we have over $8,000- dollars worth of prices.
And as for being called a "Newbie" OH well we all have to start some were
wombat

 

[Marked]

I think your "Glen Willis" in Victoria may actually be "Glen Wills"...well, according to the old sign I have hanging in my shed anyway

 

[BigSam]

good work, thanks mate

 

[rpoll17]

Who would you contact to where and if you are allowed to detect in the area.

 

[Qlden]

Yeah thanks for that!

Unfortunately you seem to have omitted the list of coordinates!!

 

[bugadifino]

Pstt - In South Australia a small country town is listed --> Euchunga

But, there's no 'U' at the beginning. It's Echunga, the historical Gold Diggings are in an area called Jupiter Creek. A beautiful place - I grew up there on a farm.

 

[Goldagettin]

QLD also has a gold history at Jimna, Imbil and North Arm. kilkivan.