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local town council asked me to leave a public park..... can they?
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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 55703" data-attributes="member: 981"><p>Can they tell you to leave? I can only speak from the Victorian experience. I would start by checking the Council's by-laws on such matters. If these exist, then yes, you can be told to leave. For example, around Bendigo, several Council maintained areas are covered under 'no prospecting' by-laws. Lake Weeroona recreational area is an example. Further, prospecting in such areas, if covered in by-laws, can lead to Police prosecutions; for example a Queensland prospector was fined for prospecting and digging at the Maryborough (Vic) footy ground. I have seen several people pulled up for digging on foot-paths etc on known leads in goldfield towns. Vic Miners Rights do not cover these areas in Victoria - the legal precedent for Victoria was set at Clunes Vic during the early stages of the gold rushes regarding prospecting on private land (which council land technically is) which stopped the old diggers doing so without permission.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 55703, member: 981"] Can they tell you to leave? I can only speak from the Victorian experience. I would start by checking the Council's by-laws on such matters. If these exist, then yes, you can be told to leave. For example, around Bendigo, several Council maintained areas are covered under 'no prospecting' by-laws. Lake Weeroona recreational area is an example. Further, prospecting in such areas, if covered in by-laws, can lead to Police prosecutions; for example a Queensland prospector was fined for prospecting and digging at the Maryborough (Vic) footy ground. I have seen several people pulled up for digging on foot-paths etc on known leads in goldfield towns. Vic Miners Rights do not cover these areas in Victoria - the legal precedent for Victoria was set at Clunes Vic during the early stages of the gold rushes regarding prospecting on private land (which council land technically is) which stopped the old diggers doing so without permission. [/QUOTE]
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local town council asked me to leave a public park..... can they?
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