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Northern Territory, Western Australia

Tanami goldfield

Gold ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold

Also reported: eyes-only otherwise.

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

Why this spot

Desert goldfield rushed in 1909, now home to major underground mines on Aboriginal freehold

Documented in Territory mining history and modern operations reporting.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

extreme desert remoteness

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