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New South Wales

Ophir goldfields reserve

Gold ground Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Alluvial

Site of Australia's first payable gold in 1851; a public panning reserve.

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