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Western Australia has about half of Australia's working gold mines.
It is unknown how many actual gold mines there are or where. There where many gold mines during the gold rush and after.
Australia
Western Australia is the state where most of Australia's gold is currently found. It has about half of Australia's working gold mines.
Australia is one of the world's major gold producers. For information on working gold mines in Australia, see the related questions.
See the related links for images of gold mines at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
The most active gold mine in Australia is the Super Pit at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. See the related question for more operating gold mines.
There are too many underground mines to list. Australia is very rich in mining resources.
People came here from around the world in boats, some people who lived in Australia walked all the way to gold mines. People also went to the gold mines in carriages and carts (thousands of Chinese went in boats).
The reason is that many mines have sunk under water and there is gold in mines so that is why .
The mines where you get gold are usually called "gold mines".