Sites that support our goal

Below are links to the websites of companies and organizations that support the PMAV’s endeavours to represent the prospectors and small mine operators of Victoria. The PMAV thanks them for their ongoing support in the struggle to uphold the rights and privileges won by the miners at Eureka in 1854.
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Minelab produce a complete range of the worlds most advanced gold, treasure, coin and relic detectors.
Web: www.minelab.com

Your Minelab dealership for Geelong and the Surf coast.  Prospecting Supplies and Detector Hire – Geelong – Minelab Detectors –  Online Sales.
web: www.luckystrikegold.com.au

Located in Creswick in the middle of the Victorian goldfields. The only tourism accredited gold prospecting tour operation in Australia as well as being accredited trainers. They offer training to the highest standard and you can choose from a half day tour to a 10 day tour with a combination of tagalong and all inclusive tours offered..

web: www.goldandrelics.com.au

Coiltek Gold Centre, Maryborough, Victoria for sales, service and hire of Minelab detectors and Coiltek search coils, as well as a wide range of electronic prospecting essentials. Staff are both friendly and helpful.
web: www.marybroughgoldcentre.com.au

The best informative website on all things related to the Victorian goldfields, this website has information relating to the history of gold in Victoria, travelling around in goldfields and other useful links. Find them on Youtube for some amazing documentaries and clips!

web: The Goldfields Guide

Peter W Beck. Buyer & Refiner of Gold Nuggets & Alluvial Gold as well as scrap gold jewellery and other precious metals.
web: www.pwbeck.com.au

Coiltek Metal Detector Coils.
web: www.coiltek.com.au

Nugget Finder website. Professional Gold Search Coils.
web: nuggetfinder.com.au

Central Goldfields Shire website.
web: centralgoldfields.com.au/

steelPHASE website. Helping you find gold.
web: https://www.steelphase.com.au

The Outback Prospector website. Leaders in the art of finding gold.
web: https://outbackprospector.com.au

Central West Prospecting Supplies website. For all your prospecting needs.
web: https://cwpsupplies.com.au

Doug Stone Maps website.
web: https://www.dougstonegoldmaps.com.au/

Lodden Valley Shire website.
web: http://www.loddon.vic.gov.au/Home

Gold Ballarat website.
web: https://www.goldballarat.com.au/

State Mines Departments

Listed below are the Links to the various Australian State and Territory Mines Departments.

Tasmanian Government Mineral Resources website.
web: www.mrt.tas.gov.au

Department of Mines and Energy website.
web: www.nt.gov.au/d/Minerals_Energy/

Energy & Earth Resourses website.
web: www.energyandresources.vic.gov.au

Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines
web: www.dnrm.qld.gov.au/our-department/contact-us

Western Australia, Department of Mines & Petroleum website
web: www.dmp.wa.gov.au/

South Australian Dept of Primary Industry & Resources website
web: minerals.statedevelopment.sa.gov.au/

NSW Dept of Primary Industries- Minerals & Petroleum website
web: www.resourcesandenergy.nsw.gov.au/

Valuable Research

Other websites that may prove useful to those interested in prospecting or mining in Victoria are listed below.
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Victorian Online Gold Maps is an easy to use mapping package to help gold prospectors discover gold bearing ground in Victoria.
web: VIC ONLINE GOLD MAPS

Website ideal for creating your own goldfield maps.
web: GEOVIC
Here is a PMAV ‘Beginners guide to GEOVIC‘

Website ideal for research on the history of gold areas, maps, images etc
web: TROVE

Applying geoscience to Australia’s most important challenges.
web:  www.ga.gov.au/

This site has wealth of information regarding the collection and trading of gems and minerals.
web:  www.mineral.org.au/

Shows the daily price of Gold in Australian Dollars. (AUD) .
web:  www.goldprice.com.au/

Prospecting Clubs

Below are links to the prospecting clubs.

Facebook: Facebook Page

Victorian Seekers Club. ‘Seek, but don’t destroy!
web:  www.victorianseekersclub.org.au

Sunbury detecting club.
web:  www.sunburymetaldetectingclub.org/

Accommodation for Prospectors

Below are links to accommodation for prospectors.

When prospecting around the Dunolly Tarnagulla area why not base your camp at the Dunolly caravan park.
web:  www.dunollycaravanpark.com.au//

Laancoorie lakeside caravan park catering for all prospecting accommodation close to the goldfields of Tarnagulla, Dunolly, Maryborough.
web:  http://www.laanecoorie.com.au/

Maryborough Caravan website.
web: http://www.maryboroughcaravanpark.com.au/

What’s on

What’s on in Victoria

Listing of functions & events in Victoria.
web:  www.whatsonvictoria.com.au