The Victorian Goldfields is filled with fascinating ruins and relics, where abandoned mines, old diggings, boilers, machinery foundations and gold puddlers are scattered in abundance throughout the region.
I’ve gathered together this list of the best abandoned mine sites, where you can safely explore and learn a bit about this remarkable aspect of our local heritage!
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0:24 Jubilee Mine, Staffordshire Reef
1:01 Garfield Water Wheel, Chewton
1:43 Alma Lead Cyanide Works, Bowenvale
2:06 Red, White and Blue Mine, Muckleford
2:28 Forest Creek Historic Gold Diggings, Castlemaine
2:58 Grand Duke Mine, Timor
3:27 Boxing Reef Mine Shafts, Steiglitz
4:00 Central Nell Gwynne, Bendigo
4:30 Old Tom Mine, Whipstick
4:53 New Australasian No. 2, Creswick
5:27 Beehive Mine, Maldon
5:54 North British Mine and Quartz Kilns, Maldon
6:28 Mount Tarrengower Tunnelling Company, Maldon
6:54 Battery Dam and Distillery, near Maryborough
7:22 Tunnel Hill Mine, Talbot
7:38 Pink Cliffs Geological Reserve, Heathcote
8:18 Eureka Reef, Chewton
8:41 Porcupine Flat Gold Dredge and Dragline, near Maldon
9:07 Deborah Company Historic Area, Bendigo
9:39 Victoria Hill Mining Reserve, Bendigo
For more information, images and locations for these mine sites, check out: www.goldfieldsguide.com.au/bl...
Visit the Goldfields Guide website to discover more amazing places to explore, along with lots of interesting history of the Victorian Goldfields.
www.goldfieldsguide.com.au/
Before you head out to any of these places, please note that there are many deep open mine shafts remaining in the bush throughout the Victorian Goldfields. For our own safety, do not venture off the track or enter any mine tunnels you come across while exploring any of the region's many abandoned mine sites.