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This list of gold mines in Australia is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines in the country organised by state.
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This list of gold mines in Australia is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines in the country organised by state.
| Mine | Owner | Location | Region | Production | Years active | notes |
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| Barossa Goldfields | N/A | Near Williamstown | Adelaide Hills | 778kg | 1868–1930s | |
| Carrapateena | OZ Minerals | West of Lake Torrens | Far North | Under construction since 2016 | ||
| Challenger | Kingsgate | Far North | 2001–present | |||
| Hillside | Rex Minerals | South of Ardrossan | Yorke Peninsula | 0 | Proposed | |
| Olympic Dam | BHP | Far North | 1998–present | |||
| Prominent Hill | OZ Minerals | Far North | 2009–present | |||
| Bird-in-Hand mine | Terramin Australia Ltd | Woodside | Adelaide Hills | 1880–1889 | Application to reopen mine in 2019 [1] |
Queenstown is a town in the West Coast region of the island of Tasmania, Australia. It is in a valley on the western slopes of Mount Owen on the West Coast Range.
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