The Goldfields region of central Victoria covers many areas where gold was discovered and sparked the gold rush of the 1850's and 1860's. Many relics from the gold rush days remain today and are protected by the state and national parks, including old mines, tunnels, diggings sites, abandoned machinery and mine building ruins. Tourism is now a very important industry to many former gold mining towns where the old mining relics allow visitors to reconnect with our gold mining past.
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The Duke Of Cornwall Engine House
Porcupine Flat Dredge |
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| Poppet Head |
North British Mine
The North British Gold Mine is of historical, archaeological and scientific importance to the State of Victoria.
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| Quartz Kilns |
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Cyanide Pits
The historic old BeeHive mine site
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| Beehive Chimney stands 30 metres high c 1862 |
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