Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Charts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Gold Prospecting
Gold localities & information
Researching old gold historic claims and leases in NSW
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support Prospecting Australia:
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Dron" data-source="post: 366976" data-attributes="member: 7074"><p>Does anyone know how it is possible to find the records of old gold claims/leases in NSW?</p><p></p><p>According to <a href="https://search.geoscience.nsw.gov.au/report/R00052099" target="_blank">this book</a> page 122, once the miners found payable gold they used to have to hoist a red flag on their claim and file a report with the Mining Registrar giving the full particulars of "yield of gold, place of discovery and other general information".</p><p></p><p>Does this information still exist anywhere?</p><p></p><p>The <a href="https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/gold-mining-guide" target="_blank">state archives </a>seem to keep information on the gold leases (which are sometimes also on <a href="https://search.geoscience.nsw.gov.au/" target="_blank"> DIGS</a>) on Microfilm, available in their reading room only. Has anyone actually been there and seen what sort of information is available on these microfilms?</p><p></p><p>The year I am interested in is 1896 and I have the name of the miner and the size of the lease, a vague description of the general location obtained from old newspaper clippings on Trove.</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance for your help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dron, post: 366976, member: 7074"] Does anyone know how it is possible to find the records of old gold claims/leases in NSW? According to [url=https://search.geoscience.nsw.gov.au/report/R00052099]this book[/url] page 122, once the miners found payable gold they used to have to hoist a red flag on their claim and file a report with the Mining Registrar giving the full particulars of "yield of gold, place of discovery and other general information". Does this information still exist anywhere? The [url=https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/gold-mining-guide]state archives [/url]seem to keep information on the gold leases (which are sometimes also on [url=https://search.geoscience.nsw.gov.au/] DIGS[/url]) on Microfilm, available in their reading room only. Has anyone actually been there and seen what sort of information is available on these microfilms? The year I am interested in is 1896 and I have the name of the miner and the size of the lease, a vague description of the general location obtained from old newspaper clippings on Trove. Thanks in advance for your help. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Gold Prospecting
Gold localities & information
Researching old gold historic claims and leases in NSW
Top