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Fossickers Way is a series of country roads located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia that form a 379-kilometre (235 mi) [1] scenic and tourist drive.
As at 26 November 1999, Golden Gully and Archway is a major site on the Hill End-Tambaroora goldfield where large scale alluvial fossicking was undertaken by European and Chinese miners. The gully is evidence of the onset of the 1851 goldrush. It displays the difference between European and Chinese mining techniques during the 19th century.
In Australian English and New Zealand English, the term has an extended use meaning to "rummage". Though the term has been argued to come from Cornish, it likely originates from the Latin fossa, meaning “ditch”, “trench”. In Australia, "fossicking" is protected by a number of laws, which vary from state to state.
Australia. ClickForAustralia.com: Fossicking and gold panning in the Northern Territory, retrieved 7 January 2009. New Zealand. Find Gold In New Zealand: "Where to Find Gold in New Zealand", retrieved 7 January 2009; Ministry of Economic Development, NZ Petroleum & Minerals: "Gold fossicking (recreational gold panning)", retrieved 9 January 2009
The area is rich in minerals, and from the 1880s until 1960 the Harts Range area produced most of Australia's mica and one of these mines was the Spotted tiger mine. [3] [4] Many of the miners who arrived after the First World War (1918) were Italian, with no experience of mining. After 1945 Italian immigration to the area increased, many of ...
Arltunga Historical Reserve, known also as Arnerre-ntyenge is a deserted gold rush town located in the Northern Territory of Australia in the locality of Hart [1] about 110 kilometres (68 mi) east of Alice Springs. It is on the lands of the Eastern Arrernte people, who are the traditional owners. [2]
Tomahawk Creek Fossicking Area, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Rubyvale, north-west of Emerald, is the most remote part of the Central Queensland Gemfields.It is about 2,340 hectares (5,800 acres) in area, excised from a Grazing Homestead Perpetual Lease.
Mineral Resources Tasmania have designated a 2 km 2 area of Moorina, to the east of the Tasman Highway, as the Weld River Fossicking Area. The collecting area is known for its sapphire , topaz and zircon specimens.