Packs contain, waypoints for GPS, Oziexplorer and Google earth, & PDF printable maps plus some bonus material.

Packs contain, waypoints for GPS, Oziexplorer and Google earth, & PDF printable maps plus some bonus material.

Packs contain, waypoints for GPS, Oziexplorer and Google earth, & PDF printable maps plus some bonus material.

This pack cover many smaller gold bearing areas From Bris-bane to Gympie. Maleny, Brooloo, North Arm, Yandina and Conondales are covered. Gold in these areas was generally discovered by out of work miners in the 1870’s after the ma-jor mines in Gympie were flooded.

Scrubby Padock is about 38km NNE of the town of Nanango. Gold was found in this area by some german prospectors around 1863. nuggets up to 13oz were found “laying about in the sun”  and alluvial gold was found in the two major gullies. the gold is thought to be mainly from greenstone, although it has been found in quartz as well.

Get some gold from within brisbane. 

GPS waypoints (Oziexplorer) 10 newspaper extracts about mining in the area (good for locations) 3 PDF maps of area one small map circa 1870's Aerial photos of some areas

The Palmer River is a river southwest of Cooktown in northeastern Australia. It was the site of a rich gold rush in the late 19th century which started in 1872. The Palmer River flows west across Cape York to the Gulf of Carpentaria, via the Mitchell River. Its headwaters are the Sussex Range, near the Palmer River Roadhouse, south of Lakeland.Palmer River was one of Australia’s major gold rush locations. William Hann and geologist Norman Taylor found gold in a sandy bed of the river in 1872. Hann maned the river after Arthur Hunter Palmer the then Premier of Queensland.The main settlement of the gold field was Maytown. 

 PDF printable maps) 
Google points 
Ozi waypoints 
GPS waypoints

Queensland’s first gold discovery was at Kilkivan in 1852 and subsequent findings escalated into a gold rush in the 1860s.  Thousands of prospectors descended on the area when payable quantities of gold were discovered in July 1868 near the site of the present-day Prophet Gold Mine. The first Kilkivan township was actually built on the gold fields several kilometres from where it exists today (when gold was dis-covered under the original township it had to be relocated!

Packs contain, waypoints for GPS, Oziexplorer and Google earth, & PDF printable maps plus some bonus material.

Located 536 km north of Brisbane and only 21 km from Gladstone (2 km west of the Bruce Highway), Calliope is a small settlement ideal for some quiet fishing and boating. It came into existence as Queensland's first officially proclaimed goldfield, The town was surveyed and alluvial gold was found in the early 1860s. 

Calliope still attracts gold fossickers and there are local deposits of petrified wood and chalcedony as well.

The Diggers Arms was built during the gold boom and stands today as a reminder of the town's colourful past

This is a custom pack centred on Collinsville, west of the whitsundays. It covers from the whitsundays to the south of Charters Towers.

Also has a few Townsville maps thrown in for free!

Talgai state forest fossicking area!

This gold map set shows you how to get to the new Talgai state forest fossicking area, the areas you can fossick and detect and where the best spots are. This area was explored by Saracen Minerals in the 1980's and these maps are based on their results. There are some other gold diggings as well.

There is not much water on site, but after rain a few puddles will hold- enough for a small sluice.

Be aware that there is an Exploration permit area over the hill that the fossicking area wraps around- people found fossicking there will be prosecuted.

free pack for Thanes creek public fossicking area.

 Map of how ot get there, and map of the public fossicking area, with hints.

Beaufort historic gold maps