Adventure Gold. Ophir Reserve. The location of the first payable gold found in Australia
In this video we take a look at Ophir. This was the location of the first payable gold discovered in Australia back on the 7th of April, 1851 by John Lister & William Tom. At it's peek mining period there were around 10,000 people working the area. One of the nuggets found in the area weighed in at 63 oz (1.8 kg).