Maryborough: Fossicking in Victoria
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Maryborough is a mapped fossicking spot in Victoria, Australia. Reported finds include gold. Below: coordinates, licence notes, and nearby spots.
About Maryborough
Maryborough is one of the great alluvial goldfields of Victoria's Golden Triangle, rushed in 1854. Rich shallow leads and surfacing grounds at Chinaman's Flat, Alma, Craigie, Timor and Betley yielded coarse nuggets from drift terraces, while deep leads beneath the basalt later produced large quantities of fine gold from ancient buried river channels. Detectorists still recover nuggets from the ironstone gravels and sandy flats where early miners left ground undisturbed. Prospecting requires a Victorian Miner's Right and is allowed on Crown land and State forest around the town, including Craigie State Forest.
Plan your visit
Permission required before fossicking
- State / territory
- Victoria
- Nearest road
- Nolan Street
- Postcode
- 3465
- Coordinates
- -37.05011, 143.73982
Coordinates are approximate. Confirm the exact ground and access before you head out.
Land & fossicking status
Permission required before fossicking
Requires landholder, operator, or agency permission before any fossicking. Do not enter without explicit authorization.
Carry a Miner's Right, check whether the land type allows fossicking, avoid parks unless specifically allowed, and get landholder permission on private land.
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