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In Queensland, fossickers must obtain a licence, but no licence is required in New South Wales. In South Australia, fossicking is defined as "the gathering of minerals as (a) a recreation; and (b) without any intention to sell the minerals or to utilise them for a commercial purpose", and these activities are considered as not being affected by ...
Tomahawk Creek Fossicking Area, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Rubyvale, north-west of Emerald, is the most remote part of the Central Queensland Gemfields.It is about 2,340 hectares (5,800 acres) in area, excised from a Grazing Homestead Perpetual Lease.
The site became well known for fossicking and gem-stone collecting, and numerous relics are held in the Cloncurry/Mary Kathleen Memorial Park and Museum in Cloncurry. [2] The site, now only roads and concrete pads, can be accessed, as an overnight camp, from the Barkly Highway at -20.780837,139.9734. [8]
Within Japan recreational gold fossicking can be carried out in Hokkaido, Yamanashi and Michinoku. [4] Within Hokkaido, placer gold can be found in the Usotan River, the Peichian River, the Yūbari River, and the Rekifune River. [5] The traditional gold pan used in Japan is a rectangular concave shaped pan called the Yuri-ita (揺り板). [6]
The Miner's Right was introduced in 1855 in the colony of Victoria, replacing the Miner's Licence.Protests in 1853 at Bendigo with the formation of the Anti-Gold Licence Association and the rebellion of Eureka Stockade in December 1854 at Ballarat led to reform of the system with a lower annual fee of five shillings for the right to mine gold, the right to vote, and the right to own land.
This Wikipedia article contains material from Mount Oxide Mine Remediation Project, published on 31 May 2018 by The State of Queensland under CC-BY-4.0 licence, accessed on 21 December 2020, archived on 21 December 2020.
The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage. The Pyrites Chlorination Works is a rare, if not unique, survivor of its kind, exhibiting in its layout and foundation the latest chlorination process technology before the introduction of the cyanide process; then its takeover and adaptation to the ...
Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning; Queensland Treasury and Trade; [4] Department of Education, Training and Employment; Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; Department of Natural Resources and Mines; Department of Energy and Water Supply; Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the ...