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Prospectors & Miners Association ORS’ & CT M E I THE P N S E R O S R ’ P A S N Eureka Echo S OCIATIO The Official Journal of the Prospectors and Miners Association of Victoria ‘PMAV ’REG No A0000422H VICTORIA Volume 30 No 3 - Winter 2011 Print Post Approved PP334385/00074 Ausrox in Melbourne The Ausrox gold nugget, which weighs Photo B. Healley, Museum Victoria 23.26 kg (748 troy ounces), was found by a very lucky prospector detecting in the eastern goldfields of Western Australia in April 2010. The nugget will be on display at the Melbourne Museum until October 2011 as part of the gold section within the long term ‘Dynamic Earth’ exhibition. Don’t miss this chance to see one of the biggest nuggets in existence. The nugget’s display was facilitated by Ausrox Gold and is on loan from the Pinnacle collection. The PMAV has been busy! The past quarter has been exceptionally busy for your Association. We are The Diggers Oath moving closer to gaining access to more national and state parks for prospectors. We swear by the Southern Cross to stand Take a look inside this Echo for more reasons to maintain your membership or truly by each other perhaps to join up. Go to page 7 for more information. and fight to defend our rights and liberties. We need you and we need you now! ORS’ & CT M E I P N S E R O S R ’ P A The Eureka ECHO — Winter 2011 PAGE 1 SS N OCIATIO VICTORIA Central Victorian Branch (Maryborough): Officers of the PMAV: Contact Vacancy – volunteer required. President Rita Bentley 0408 328 640 South West Branch (Ballarat): In recess Vice President Peter Maffey (03) 9801 7430 Secretary Wallace Young (03) 9850 6961 PMAV Historian: Contact Steve Barnham (03) 5468 1405 Treasurer Geoff Strang 0408 176 496 [email protected] Committee Tony Mills 0427 615 067 The postal address of the PMAV is: Bruce Brown 0407 806 981 GPO Box 1706, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 Don Brereton (03) 9716 3932 Fax No: (03) 9553 1032 Email: [email protected] Mark Craig (03) 9725 2797 General inquiry number: 0408 176 496 Peter McCashney (03) 9789 9749 The PMAV website is: www.pmav.org.au Darren Kamp 0439 453 884 The Echo is published quarterly. Submission of material East Gippsland Branch (Stratford): for content is welcome. For issue deadlines contact the President Brian Bateson 0488597098 editor, Rita Bentley on 0408 328 640. Vice-President Anthony Habben (03) 5152 2244 The Eureka Echo is distributed to PMAV members and Secretary Colin Seton 0400 889 755 other individuals and organisations with an interest in assisting and promoting mining and prospecting in Treasurer Jen Eaton 0427 196 038 Victoria. West Gippsland Branch (Drouin): All editorial material in the Eureka Echo may be reproduced President Alan Ramsdale (03) 5940 2446 without permission, however acknowledgement would be Vice President Alan McFarlane (03) 5625 3216 appreciated. Sec/Treasurer Ken Brown (03) 5623 4513 Disclaimer North East Branch (Yackandandah): Opinions expressed are those of the original authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Editor or the President Bill Gleeson 0418 307 569 Association. Persons acting on any opinion, advice, fact Vice President David Jones (03) 5756 2247 or advertisement published in this issue do so at their own Secretary Anne Gleeson (03) 5744 1263 risk. Treasurer Yvonne Hunter (02) 6025 1230 To Advertise in the Eureka Echo, phone 0408 328 640 Melbourne Branch: Graphic Design by: Grampians Print and Design Ph (03) 5358 3334 or 0417 145 130 Contact Geoff Strang 0408 176 496 Grampians Branch: Printed by: Finer Finish Printing Laverton. Contact John Tottenham (03) 5381 1217 Ph (03) 9360 9219 Get the GPX Depth Advantage find more GOLD and DEEPER! “These GPX detectors are Minelab’s best ever... the new Fine Gold timing in the GPX 5000 will find very small gold grains in difficult ground conditions.” August, 2010 Bruce Candy GPX Inventor and Chief Scientist Minelab Electronics Find out more about the NEW GPX 5000 1800 637 786 or visit www.minelab.com ORS’ & CT M E I P N S E R O S R ’ P PAGE 2 The Eureka ECHO — Winter 2011 A SS N OCIATIO VICTORIA meeting with the Resources Minister’s senior adviser recently. Sarah Leslie requested the meeting to help ensure President’s Report the Minister is kept informed of the PMAV’s concerns. I was missing for much of the past quarter – I took “long- She listened intently and gave positive responses to our service” leave from the PMAV (unpaid of course) and questions. headed overseas. I travelled to Vietnam and Cambodia with Tracee Spiby, a good friend from the timber industry We are to meet directly with Minister Michael O’Brien that I met during the Box and Ironbark Investigation, and shortly. then spent a month in the USA with my children. David We have also been contacted by the Shadow Minister’s stayed home, in his words ‘to pay for the trip’. office, John Lenders, requesting a meeting. This is yet to be organised. More recently, Geoff Strang and I met with the new Parks Victoria Regional Manager for Central Victoria recently. Kate Millar takes over from Chris McCormick who was a good friend of the PMAV. Kate was interested to hear about the PMAV’s relationship with Parks Victoria over the years – the ups and the downs! It looks like our developing working relationship with Parks Victoria will continue to improve. All in all, the future is looking quite bright for Victoria’s prospectors. We have bigger challenges to deal with regarding miners, but are working solidly in this regard. Rita Bentley, PMAV President While in the USA I made the pilgrimage to Las Vegas to see Kevin Hillier’s iconic find – the Hand of Faith nugget. The nugget really is quite beautiful. While I was standing there admiring the nugget, a family from Texas came along and I proudly told them I knew the finder and Maryborough told the story of how it was found. They said to tell Kevin that they thought it was all ‘awesome’. Apparently this is Caravan Park one thing that isn’t bigger in Texas. 7-9 Holyrood Street, Maryborough Vic 3465 The Committee held a very busy fort while I was away. Phone 03 5460 4848 Fax 03 5461 3326 I need to especially thank Geoff Strang who worked his www.maryboroughcaravanpark.com.au butt off for the PMAV, no doubt to the detriment of his Fully self-contained ensuite cabins to suit all budgets. new business. The PMAV owes you a big vote of thanks Powered (some drive-thru) & unpowered sites with caravans & Geoff. Noel Laidlaw has been a boon to the Association motorhomes of all sizes well catered for, with sunny sites and assisted Geoff with many of the projects. The rest of during winter and shady sites in the summer. the Committee helped with other work. Park facilities include free electric BBQ, camp kitchen, Wallace has been busy organising this year’s AGM – children’s playground, coin operated laundry & two clean amenities blocks. Rushworth on 22nd October – note this is a Saturday. Situated on picturesque Lake Victoria and within walking This leaves the Sunday for you to enjoy the rest of the distance to town centre. Rushworth region. Do take your detectors as there are nuggets in the area. Special Rates available for Prospectors Our major focus in the short term will be getting a good Every guest staying at the Maryborough deal for members from the Review of Victoria’s mining Caravan Park is eligible to enter our ‘SHOW legislation. Much of what we are seeking is in line with our Eureka 150 Demands and the Coalition’s pre-election US YA NUGGETS’ Competition commitments. All entries will go into the draw to win the grand prize of $1,000 to be spent at Coiltek Importantly, we are finally making some ground in Gold Centre - Maryborough. achieving a review of the prohibition of prospecting in many national and state parks. It has been a long-time Phone: 03 5460 4848 for more details coming! Additionally that list of excepted rivers and streams is also being investigated. Watch this space. I am hopeful that many, many years of dogged determination (or some may say pig-headedness) on my part with the support of many committee members over those years will produce significant results in the near future. Keep your fingers crossed! Geoff Strang Noel Laidlaw and I had the pleasure of ORS’ & CT M E I P N S E R O S R ’ P A The Eureka ECHO — Winter 2011 PAGE 3 SS N OCIATIO VICTORIA PMAV’s 21st AGM Rushworth – Saturday 22nd October 2011 This beautifully restored and renovated Romanesque- The attractive town of style building is a valuable community asset used Rushworth is the location of for public gatherings, school examinations and film this year’s Annual General screenings. Meeting. This is to be held on a Full AGM details will be forwarded to members Saturday, not the usual Sunday. closer to the date, but keep in mind that we will be Rushworth is about a two hour holding another fund-raising auction and organising drive from Melbourne and is a barbecue for members Saturday evening. accessible by excellent roads. Wallace Young Gold was discovered here in 1853 by miners on the way to the Beechworth diggings. Plentiful alluvial and reef gold in the early days supported a huge army of diggers. The forest industry followed until its partial demise as a result of the Box Ironbark debacle in 2002.
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