Goldfields’ World Heritage Won’t Hit Modern Prospectors

Goldfields’ World Heritage Won’t Hit Modern Prospectors
A general view of Sovereign Hill during the 2022 Victorian state election campaign in Ballarat, Victoria, Nov. 25, 2022. AAP Image/James Ross
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Victoria’s historic goldfields allowed many to strike it rich in the 19th century and a coveted World Heritage status won’t stop modern-day recreational prospectors mining for gold in Australia.

The discovery of gold at Ballarat in 1851 sparked a gold rush, enticing more than 6000 miners from across the globe to make their way to the area every week.