History Hill

15/07/2026

14/07/2026

The red brick chimney! Meet me there for a gold panning tour, ask me to recite it's poem and explain it's history 😀

12/07/2026

Who else loves getting out with the family to look for gold!? Killer Prospecting brought he's family to the creek this weekend and we had a great family gold adventure! 💪👊😀

07/07/2026

Want to get your photo taken and find gold this school holidays!? Pm me for details 😊

06/07/2026

our regular reminder that History Hill is open EVERY DAY (inc weekends) of the NSW School Holidays
We can also offer Gold PanningJhob's Gold Panning Tours - so book one before they're all gone!

Come for a drive out to Hill End and take in the Gold Rush history. Winter is a great time to spend in the town.

05/07/2026

Chasing some good family fun this school holidays? Go get it!

28/06/2026

Looks like I mixed up the clip on this last time - The real reason behind the White Australia Policy!
The Real Reason Behind the White Australia Policy — and the Last Emperor's Bottles
Most people think the White Australia Policy was about race. It wasn't — it was about gold.
Chinese miners on the Australian goldfields were smuggling gold back to China instead of selling it through Crown agents. Gold found in Australia was technically the property of Queen Victoria — and that law stayed on the books until 1976.
The Chinese also brought their culture with them — including o***m. The bottles that carried it onto the goldfields were tiny. The o***m pipes weren't much bigger.
But the rich man's o***m bottle? That's another story entirely. Painted from the inside. By hand. Upside down. Scenes so detailed that a visiting expert identified individual figures riding bicycles and could read the date on a flag — with a magnifying glass.
Malcolm has a set of bottles from the last Emperor of China in the museum. Chinese experts have been, to put it mildly, surprised to find them here.
📍 History Hill Museum, Hill End NSW
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24/06/2026

Fantastic to see good gold still being found!

Some gold fom a camping trip myself and Killer Prospecting did. 3 days= 5 grams. Do you think it was worth it?