New South Wales Mining
Cadia-Ridgeway mine
Discovered
1990
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Cadia Mine is a large open cut gold and copper mine located about 20 kilometres south of the regional city of Orange, New South Wales, Australia. The mine has been developed throughout the 1990s and is a major employer in the region with an expected lifespan of several decades.
Hillgrove mine
Discovered
1877
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Hillgrove, is a Northern Tablelands (New South Wales) village with population of about 95. The village is located approximately 30 km east of Armidale and is 5 kilometres south of the Waterfall Way. Hillgrove is part of the Armidale Dumaresq Council Local Government Area and is in Sandon County, New South Wales.
Mitchells Creek mine
Discovered
1848
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Mitchells Creek Goldfield is claimed to be Australia's first goldfield. It is located at Bodangora near Wellington, New South Wales.Gold was apparently first found in this area by a shepherd called McGregor in Mitchell’s Creek on the Montefiore's squatting run, Nanima in 1848 (about four years before the “official” discovery of gold in Australia).
Niangala mine
Discovered
1836
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Niangala is a village located on the south-eastern edge of the Northern Tablelands area of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Moonbi Range which is part of the Great Dividing Range, at approximately 1,300 metres (4,265 ft) above sea level. The village is in Walcha parish in Parry County.
Rocky River mine
Discovered
1851
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Rocky River is a locality in northern New South Wales, Australia near the town of Uralla on the Northern Tablelands plateau.About two kilometres west of Uralla, was the gold mining area and associated village also called Rocky River. In 1851 W.F. Buchanan and J. Lucas reported to the Maitland office that gold had been found at Rocky River.
Timbarra mine
Discovered
1990
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The Timbarra Gold Mine was a highly controversial gold mine located on the Timbarra Plateau, at the head waters of the Clarence River, near Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia. The gold ore body consisted of a greisen type granite.
