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Rockhounding in Australia
77 researched sites, each with an access tier, evidence tier and site history.
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- Agate Creek QLD: agate · agate · Permission required
- Agate Creek, Queensland · gem · Permission required
- Anakie, Queensland · gem · Open / legal
- Andamooka SA: opal · opal · Permission required
- Andamooka, South Australia · gem · Permission required
- Argyle, Western Australia · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Bingara, New South Wales · gem · Permission required
- Broken Hill, New South Wales · mineral · Permission required
- Castlemaine, Victoria · mineral · Open / legal
- Chinchilla QLD: petrified wood · fossil · Permission required
- Chinchilla, Queensland · petrified · Permission required
- Clermont QLD: Black Ridge gold fossicking area · gold · Licensed / permit
- Coober Pedy SA: opal · opal · Permission required
- Copeton, New South Wales · gem · Permission required
- Dundas, Tasmania · mineral · Permission required
- Durikai State Forest QLD: gold fossicking area · gold · Licensed / permit
- Echunga SA: Jupiter Creek diggings · gold · Open / legal
- Emmaville NSW: tin & topaz · gem · Permission required
- Emmaville, New South Wales · mineral · Permission required
- Gemtree NT: garnet & zircon · gem · Permission required
- Gemtree, Northern Territory · gem · Open / legal
- Gladstone, Tasmania · gem · Open / legal
- Glen Innes, New South Wales · gem · Open / legal
- Gogo Station, Western Australia · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Harts Range, Northern Territory · gem · Permission required
- Hill End, New South Wales · mineral · Gray area
- Inverell / Glen Innes NSW: sapphire · gem · Permission required
- Inverell, New South Wales · gem · Open / legal
- Killiecrankie TAS: Flinders Island topaz bay · gem · Open / legal
- Killiecrankie, Flinders Island, Tasmania · gem · Open / legal
- Kingsgate, New South Wales · mineral · Permission required
- Koroit, Queensland · gem · Permission required
- Kununurra, Western Australia · mineral · Permission required
- Lightning Ridge NSW: black opal · opal · Permission required
- Lightning Ridge, New South Wales · gem · Permission required
- Lune River TAS: fossil fern and agate beds · fossil · Open / legal
- Lune River, Tasmania · petrified · Gray area
- Marble Bar WA: jasper · agate · Open / legal
- Marlborough, Queensland · gem · Permission required
- Meekatharra, Western Australia · mineral · Permission required
- Mintabie, South Australia · gem · Permission required
- Moliagul VIC: Golden Triangle nugget country · gold · Licensed / permit
- Moliagul, Victoria · mineral · Permission required
- Mooka Station, Western Australia · gem · Permission required
- Moonstone Hill QLD: designated fossicking area · crystal · Licensed / permit
- Moonta, South Australia · mineral · Permission required
- Mount Brockman, Western Australia · mineral · Permission required
- Mount Garnet, Queensland · gem · Permission required
- Mount Hay QLD: thunderegg fee dig · agate · Licensed / permit
- Mount Hay, Queensland · geode · Permission required
- Mount Magnet WA: Murchison detecting country · gold · Licensed / permit
- Mount Surprise QLD: O'Briens Creek topaz · gem · Permission required
- Nullagine, Western Australia · gem · Permission required
- Nundle NSW: Peel River & Sheba Dams gold · gold · Open / legal
- O'Briens Creek (Mount Surprise), Queensland · gem · Permission required
- Oberon NSW: Vulcan State Forest sapphires · gem · Open / legal
- Opalton, Queensland · gem · Open / legal
- Ophir, New South Wales · mineral · Open / legal
- Quilpie, Queensland · gem · Permission required
- Richmond, Queensland · fossil · Permission required
- Rubyvale & Sapphire QLD: sapphire · gem · Permission required
- Rubyvale, Queensland · gem · Open / legal
- Sapphire, Queensland · gem · Open / legal
- The Willows Gemfields, Queensland · gem · Open / legal
- Tibooburra, New South Wales · mineral · Open / legal
- Torrington NSW: topaz & emerald · gem · Permission required
- Tumbarumba NSW: Burra Creek, Henry Angel Trackhead · gold · Open / legal
- Uralla NSW: Rocky River gold diggings · gold · Open / legal
- Warrandyte VIC: Andersons Creek panning area · gold · Licensed / permit
- Wave Hill, Northern Territory · mineral · Permission required
- Weldborough TAS: Weld River sapphire gravels · gem · Open / legal
- White Cliffs NSW: opal · opal · Permission required
- White Cliffs, New South Wales · gem · Permission required
- Winton, Queensland · gem · Permission required
- Wodgina, Western Australia · mineral · Permission required
- Yowah QLD: Yowah nut opal · opal · Permission required
- Zeehan, Tasmania · mineral · Permission required