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Date Archives → September 2017

Moina: Bell Mount and Middlesex goldfields

posted in Where to go on 6 September 2017 by TasProspector
The Cradle Mountain area was home to a few rich alluvial goldfields.
Cradle Mountain. By Dhx1 (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Most visitors driving through Moina today are on the way to Cradle Mountain. They would probably be surprised to know that the area, especially Bell Mount, was a bustling alluvial and hard rock mining field in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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