Attractions

• Take a tour of an underground gold mine
• See a gold pour demonstration
• Try your hand at panning for gold.

Venture 36 metres underground with a retired miner.  Experience what it was like for the original miners, who worked with a pick, shovel wheelbarrow and winch during. 

Watch a gold pour demonstrations in the original 1920s Paringa Mine Gold Room.

Exploring the past by wandering through the historic precinct.  Wander into the National Bank, Duketon Hotel and the miners' huts.

Try your luck at finding a nugget at the gold panning ponds.  By the end of the day you may not have struck it rich but you may have got the bug - gold fever. 

Originally pegged in 1893, the same year that Paddy Hannan discovered gold on the Golden Mile.  The Hannans North Lease provides a glimpse into a centruy of mining in the Eastern Goldfields.

Discover the significant contributions of prospectors, miners, investors, scientists, government personnel, suppliers and many other people involved in the Australian Minerals Industry.

Read the biographies of Inductees into the Hall of Fame in the Hall of Fame Database also accessible through the touch screen kiosks in the Hall of Fame.

Find out more about how you can nominate an Inductee to the Hall of Fame.

The Discovery Tunnel to follow the quest for Australia's riches from the finds of ochre and flint by the Aboriginal People to a search for the elusive Lasseter's Reef.

Meet prospectors like James Smith, who discovered the richest tin deposit of the time in 1871 in Tasmania and the modern prospector, Mark Creasy. Listen in on the conversations of prospectors discussing the changing times.

The Minerals Gallery houses one of the finest collections in Australia, with large specimens of copper and silver that can be touched.

Delve into the matters of law and money.  Gain an understanding of the responsibilities of the government and Industry in using and monitoring Australian mineral resources, and the laws, taxes and royalties associated with the workings of this industry and our government.

A gallery for young people aged from 3 to 103.

Enter the first of two zones in the gallery where you can:

• Have fun and be inspired and educated by the workings and the people involved in the minerals industry.
• Be environmentally aware as you drive towards an exploration drilling site.
• Become the mine manager and make your mine work efficiently.
• Experience daily events of mine site employees.
• Explore for minerals from space using maps and geophysics.

The second zone houses a specially designed area where our Education Officers work with school groups and teachers.

Try your hand at games and puzzles and access classroom activities in the Teachers and Students pages.

The fitting out of this gallery is now in progress.

Watch this space for gallery updates.

Also a fabulous venue for functions and special events.

Be inspired by the changing showcase of art reflecting the enormous depth of skill of early and contemporary artists.

The works in this gallery change every two months so there is always something new to see.

The current exhibition is Just Add Water from the National Archives .

Look out over Kalgoorlie and the surrounding bushland from the Observation Deck engineered to reflect the design of headframes, that form outstanding elements of the Goldfields countryside.

Hope, harmony, balance and beauty are the basic elements of the Chinese Garden of Remembrance.

Celebrate the strength of the human spirit that can survive and produce wealth from the harsh environments experienced in the minerals industry.

Navigate the winding pathways, a waterfall, lake and pavilions that follow centuries old traditions of landscape design offering a peaceful and tranquil oasis in the heart of an unforgiving arid landscape.

The Garden is a great place to relax over a picnic lunch or to reenergise at the end of the day. The Garden has become very popular for functions, particularly weddings.

The Construction of the Chinese Garden.

Eremophila commonly known as the Emu Bush

Wander through the Eremophila garden that has many of the 350 species of Eremophila that have been identified in Australia. Look out for emus as the fruit of the bush is one of their favourite foods.

View the garden from the York Grey Granite benches and appreciate the varied habits, from groundcover to small shrubs, of this diverse group of colourful plants. These increasingly popular plants are able to tolerate a wide range of soil types and climatic conditions and many species are of value as horticultural specimens and ornamental plants.