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| australia:vic:gemfields [2024/12/17 08:20] – [Eldorado Reedy Creek Beechworth area] gary1 | australia:vic:gemfields [2026/10/05 14:23] (current) – [Introduction] gary1 |
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| *if you have a [[https://www.service.vic.gov.au/services/earth-resources|Miner's Right $28pp and lasts 10 years]], you can fossick in the areas outlined in [[https://resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-approvals/fossicking/where-you-can-prospect-and-fossick]] note that there are a LOT of rivers and streams where you are NOT allowed to fossick according to [[https://resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-approvals/fossicking/where-you-can-prospect-and-fossick/rivers-and-streams-where-you-cant-fossick]] and [[https://www.goldfieldsguide.com.au/blog/50/gold-bearing-creeks-and-rivers-in-victoria]] | *if you have a [[https://www.service.vic.gov.au/services/earth-resources|Miner's Right $28pp and lasts 10 years]], you can fossick in the areas outlined in [[https://resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-approvals/fossicking/where-you-can-prospect-and-fossick]] note that there are a LOT of rivers and streams where you are NOT allowed to fossick according to [[https://resources.vic.gov.au/licensing-approvals/fossicking/where-you-can-prospect-and-fossick/rivers-and-streams-where-you-cant-fossick]] and [[https://www.goldfieldsguide.com.au/blog/50/gold-bearing-creeks-and-rivers-in-victoria]] |
| * fossicking and prospecting for gold or gems is also banned in many areas under Section 7 Exemptions law of the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 (([[https://content.legislation.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-06/90-92aa126%20authorised.pdf]])) which grants Ministers powers to ban these activities even if you own that land (includes much of the main gold mining cities such as Ballarat and Bendigo) -see GeoVic; a Miner's Right is regarded as an "Other Authority" as part of Section 55 of this Act. | * fossicking and prospecting for gold or gems is also banned in many areas under Section 7 Exemptions law of the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 (([[https://content.legislation.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-06/90-92aa126%20authorised.pdf]])) which grants Ministers powers to ban these activities even if you own that land (includes much of the main gold mining cities such as Ballarat and Bendigo) -see GeoVic; a Miner's Right is regarded as an "Other Authority" as part of Section 55 of this Act. |
| | * **fossicking and prospecting are generally banned from National Parks and Conservation Parks** |
| *unfortunately it seems you are not permitted to fossick in some streams known to have gemstones in the past such as Lerderderg River west of Blackwood, King River near Edi Cutting, Cardinia Creek, etc. | *unfortunately it seems you are not permitted to fossick in some streams known to have gemstones in the past such as Lerderderg River west of Blackwood, King River near Edi Cutting, Cardinia Creek, etc. |
| *the usual gemstones and similar geologic interests found are: | *the usual gemstones and similar geologic interests found are: |
