State register · VIC
Victoria
The goldfields that built Melbourne, brown coal in the Latrobe Valley, and mineral sands in the west.
20
sites in the register
15
operating
4
care & maintenance
1
in development
The districts
Victorian goldfields
Bendigo, Ballarat and the quartz reefs that made 1850s Victoria.
Latrobe Valley
Brown-coal country east of Melbourne.
western Victoria
Mineral-sands strands and goldfields toward the SA border.
Most-recorded commodities
Operating · 15
Anglesea Coal Augusta Gold, Antimony Ballarat Gold Project Gold Costerfield Mh Zone Antimony, Gold Costerfield Project Gold, Antimony Costerfield Project Gold, Antimony Douglas (Bondi) Mineral sands Fosterville Gold Fosterville Project Gold Hazelwood Mine Coal Loy Yang Coal Loy Yang Mine Coal Maddingley Coal Stawell Project Gold Yallourn Coal
Care & maintenance · 4
In development · 1
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Sources for this page
- Geoscience Australia — OZMIN (EarthResourceML-Lite WFS) — licensed CC BY 3.0 AU , retrieved 2026-08-24
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