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.

Gippsland

From historic Walhalla gold to modern energy country.

Most-recorded commodities

Gold · 11Coal · 6Antimony · 4Mineral sands · 1Bauxite & alumina · 1Iron ore · 1

Operating · 15

Care & maintenance · 4

In development · 1

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