Australia, New South Wales
Ophir NSW
First payable gold
Old dump ground Inferred from historyPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Old bottlesPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Site of the first payable gold in Australia, at the Summer Hill-Lewis Ponds junction
Historical inference; no documented digs found.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Old mine shafts and workingsRemote ground, heat.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.