Online Resources for Researching Gold Locations

There are lots of brilliant resources available online for researching gold prospecting locations and local gold history in the Victorian Goldfields, and in this video, we're going to take a look at some of the most useful online resources, where you can explore old maps, mining plans and reports, bore data, newspaper articles, local knowledge, and more.
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LINKS TO RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO
Goldfields Guide - www.goldfieldsguide.com.au/
Historical Gold Maps - historicalgoldmaps.com.au/
Prospectors and Miners Association of Victoria - pmav.org.au/
Trove - trove.nla.gov.au/
State Library of Victoria - www.slv.vic.gov.au/
State Library of Victoria Research Guides - guides.slv.vic.gov.au/
Geological Survey of Victoria - gsv.vic.gov.au/searchAssistan...
The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria, R. Brough Smyth - gsv.vic.gov.au/searchAssistan...
Geological Survey of Victoria - Reports - earthresources.efirst.com.au/p...
Geological Survey of Victoria - Bulletins - gsv.vic.gov.au/searchAssistan...
Geological Survey of Victoria - Memoirs - gsv.vic.gov.au/searchAssistan...
GeoVic - resources.vic.gov.au/geology-...
How To Use GeoVic video - • How to use GeoVic to F...
Visualising Victoria's Groundwater - www.vvg.org.au/vvg_map.php?ag...
Victorian Heritage Database - vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/
Victorian Heritage Database - reports and publications - www.heritage.vic.gov.au/resou...
Prospecting Australia forum - www.prospectingaustralia.com/
Gold Detecting and Prospecting Forum - golddetecting.forumotion.net/
Earth Resources - resources.vic.gov.au/licensin...
Parks Victoria - www.parks.vic.gov.au/things-t...
eGold - www.egold.net.au/
Eurekapedia - www.eurekapedia.org/Main_Page
Sovereign Hill's educational blog - sovereignhilledblog.com/
Dunolly Museum website - dunollymuseumsite.wordpress.com/
Coiltek blog - coiltek.com.au/blog/
Miners Den blog - www.minersden.com.au/blog/our...

[@gardnep]

You are a very good narrator, clear, concise pronunciations. Your voice is a rare gem, worth bottling and almost non existent on yt. Great for us older Ozzie’s who are hearing impaired I did not miss a word, you were superb.. In NSW we have the nsw govt DIGS site that has much the same details.

[@goldfieldsguide]

Thank you, much appreciated! 🙂

[@lanehorsey5053]

You are just Awesome!! thank you Michelle. Best wishes to you for 2024.

[@goldfieldsguide]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video! Same to you, hope you had a great Christmas and New Years 🙂🥳

[@paulpanther498]

Love your work. ❤

[@stewartcorkill8144]

Thanks Michelle for another incredible video. Always so informative and put together so beautifully. Cheers

[@goldfieldsguide]

Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed the video 🙂

[@22degrees53]

Fantastic video, extremely helpful. Keep up the great work

[@goldfieldsguide]

Thank you 🙂

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I could be wrong but I live in Oregon and it seems to have everything needed for good gold deposits BUT i think the reason there wasn't as big of a gold rush here might be related to the ancient MASSIVE floods that brought in a vast layer of overburden in a ton of areas. Possibly making gold mining much more of a pain in the ass compared to other areas. Oregon definitely has gold. You can find flower gold in our rivers but I'm hoping to see some new gold deposit discoveries someday soon. I'd love to see some hard rock gold deposits. We have the Cascade mountain range, Siuslaw coastal mountain range and the Willamette valley in the middle of them. Which is where i live. All the geological activity is here, i just don't think it's been fully figured out yet. Hopefully there is much more to be found and discovered.

[@wimmeraparanormal6581]

Outstanding work as usual Michelle, keep it up

[@goldfieldsguide]

Thank you! 🙂⚒

[@shaneozgoldrush.4549]

Awesome as usual happy new year Michelle have a great one 👍😎🇦🇺

[@goldfieldsguide]

Thank you! Happy NY to you too 🙂🥳

[@PeterMoore350]

Happy New Year ! Another great, informative video and awesome music soundtrack 😎 Im looking fwd to more videos from you in 2024 Cheers from NZ 😎🎸🤘

[@goldfieldsguide]

Thank you, much appreciated 🙂 cheers, many more videos to come. All the best for the new year 🙂

[@justinallen5231]

these videos are so awesome thanks so much for making them. would you know of any resources that cover or include NZ gold field information?

[@gcg2927]

Thank you so much, great information and thanks for your website, can you do a section of the Braidwood gold fields

[@bradpacker8370]

Great work and happy new year 😊

[@goldfieldsguide]

Thanks, hope you had a great holiday season 🙂🥳 cheers ⚒

[@Womble1252]

Great vids. Would be great if you made a video on responsible prospecting. Us living in these old gold towns & areas get so upset by prospectors not simply backfilling their holes, digging up our walking tracks and destroying the already recovering natural habitat through clearing. So selfish these bad apples..😢

[@paulconnell2385]

Another awesome vid Chell..!! If you were me how would i look at Heathcote, I've done so much work in this area but seems no gold to find there anymore..... What's your suggestion?? Cheers Paul.

[@goldfieldsguide]

I haven’t spent much time in the Heathcote area, sorry I can’t be of much help with this ⚒ thanks I’m glad you enjoyed the video 🙂

[@stevewelchcinematographer4552]

Informative as always. Hope the Bobber is going ok 🤙

[@goldfieldsguide]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video 🙂 Bobber doing fine, although I haven’t been out for a while! I better amend that soon 😎 cheers

[@chuxxsss]

How do you put your cards in the top, right, please? Very well put together show as always. I'm on the coiltek blog myself. 😊

[@goldfieldsguide]

Hi, there is an option for adding cards/end screens/etc during the upload process, keep an eye out for it on the pages you click through during upload 🙂⚒

[@bono1961]

👍

[@michaeljoshualewis538]

What about NSW?

[@edwardhellwig4501]

What about general information on locations in the United States or in specific states?

[@donaldperson948]

We’re looking for easy gold!

[@stevennecic2106]

Hi good afternoon from adelaid can i get all maps off gold fields of Victoria if you can get it for me iff possible

[@jasonCornish-li3br]

That’s a lot of maps. Old parish maps, topographical, geological, modern prospecting maps - take your pick! Majority are available for downloading on those sites listed in video

[@goldfieldsguide]

Hi, I’ve got a big directory of free online gold/geological maps over at www.historicalgoldmaps.com.au 🙂⚒ have a look, if you can’t find maps that cover the area you’re looking for get in touch and I’ll see what I can find - maps are still being added to the site over time. Cheers 🙂

[@narendramakwana8429]

Have I get any information about resources of india

[@brendanl8177]

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[@goldfieldsguide]

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