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“Located in a quaintly restored coffin factory, the museum reflects the glory of the old goldrush days. There is a 120-m underground mining tunnel, an old shaft, mining memorabilia, arts, crafts and antiques for sale. Gold panning equipment can also be hired here, but tread warily the ghost of Cranky Jack waits for visitors. Reportedly,…

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“Tin was first discovered at Vegetable Creek in 1872, which started an influx of people to the town. It was estimated that in the early 1900s the population was around 7,000, including 2000 Chinese people, who formed a large part of the mining community. In 1872 the name of the town was changed to Emmaville…

“Bathurst Goldfields, a reconstruction of a gold mining village which has a mine, a working stamper battery crushing ore, operative steam engines, a miner”s hut, a blacksmith”s forge and gold panning as water cascades down through the ponds. A visit takes the form of a guided tour starting in our indoor museum, explaining the history…