About Hill End Historic Site
Hill End Historic Site is a preserved gold rush village near Bathurst in New South Wales, managed by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Once one of Australia's richest goldfields in the 1870s, it retains original buildings, relics and streetscapes from its peak population of around 8,000. The site offers museums, mine tours and heritage walks illustrating 19th-century gold mining life.
Visitors guide
Visitors can explore a largely intact 1870s gold mining village with original and restored buildings including the Royal Hall, Craigmoor House, archaeological remains, and historic churches. The site includes the Hill End Visitor Centre and History Hill Museum, underground mine tours at Bald Hill, walking tracks, lookouts over the Turon Valley, and camping areas. The setting is rural with unsealed streets, open grasslands and surrounding bushland.
Key highlights
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Royal Hall and Hill End Visitor Centre with exhibitions on gold rush history
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History Hill Museum with extensive goldfields memorabilia
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Bald Hill Tourist Mine underground guided tour and lookout
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Craigmoor House and preserved historic cottages and shops
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Beaufoy Merlin's historic photographs of 1870s Hill End