Hot off the press
Sir John Franklin Mines of Woods Point (Book #9)
Includes mines of the Never Mind Spur, North Sir John Franklin and Lady Franklin. Over 300 historic sites and mines documented and mapped.
Over 20km of pack tracks and tramways walked and mapped.
Many great finds forgotten in time including the Lady Franklin battery site and old township site on the Never Mind spur. A2 map included folded inside back cover pocket. It is printed on 157gsm glossy film laminate art paper.
108 pages $29 inc. postage
*COMES WITH A BONUS A2 TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP SHOWING ALL THE MINES AND WORKINGS, TRAMWAYS, PACK TRACKS, HUT SITES, VEHICLE TRACKS, etc
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1864 Map of Wood's Point and District
Map of the Mining District of Wood’s Point. Arranged as a guide for the use of Miners, Vistors and others in which the various creeks, spurs, tarcks, reefs, leases, townships, dwellings, crushings, mills and sawpits are noted. Drawn from actual observation by J. E. Butler, Architect and Surveyor of Wood’s Point in 1864. The map is A2 in size and only comes flat not folded. It is printed on 157gsm glossy film laminate art paper.
$10 plus $10 postage. All maps are posted in a tube not folded.
(No matter how many copies you buy of this map, postage remains at a flat $10)
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GOLD IN THE RANGES
(JAMIESON TO WOODS POINT)
The mining and history of the Wood's Point to Jamieson Region.
The Lloyd Family has kindly given me permission to reprint this excellent publication by the late Brian Lloyd. Hard cover A4 size. This book about gold and people is a story of hard work, great rewards for some and dogged persistence by many. In 140 years, the mines from Jamieson to Woods Point produced 43 tonnes of gold, worth about $760 million in the values of 2002. Special features of the book are stories of the harmonious mix of families from many places. They showed great ability in organising their mines, local government and transport, courts, schools, and churches, mail, telegraph and supplies. It is a story of devasting bush fires and of communities determined to survive.
316 pages $70 inc. postage
REVISED 2025 EDITION
Blue Jacket Mines and Settlement- The Hidden Gem of the Jordan Goldfields (Book #5)
Like all our expedition publications, many discoveries and comprehensive mapping and documentation with many vivid photos.
NOTE: This new edition has an additional 4 pages dedicated to the great find of the 1865 child grave of Kitty Bell. After 20 years of searching we found it.
76 pages $25 inc. postage
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REVISED 2025 EDITION
Combined Books 1 & 2 in one publication
Gippsland Revisited - A pilgrimage to a mother’s grave at Edward’s Reef (Donnelly’s Creek) (Book #1)
This publication is about the only marked grave at the Edward’s Reef Burial Ground. This is a diary written by Alex Shaw, Christina ’s son and is an account of a fourteen-day journey made by Alex in 1930 from Ballarat to Donnelly’s Creek as a pilgrimage to his mother’s grave.
Fulton's Creek- The Diary of Gilbert Smith (1883-1884) (Book #2)
This is a personal diary for the entire year of 1883, written by a prospector who lived a solitary life in the Fulton's Creek valley, but travelled across a mountain range on foot every Sunday, to teach Sunday-school to children in the neighbouring Donnelly's Creek valley, in which he later lived at the township of Store Point.
64 pages (2025 Revised Edition) $25 inc. postage
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What is coming out in 2025/26?
The Fear Not Mines of Walhalla
Coming out 2025-26
The Royal Standard Mines
Inc. Standers Creek and Champion Village Townships near Mount Selma btw. Aberfeldy & Woods Point
COMING OUT 2025/26
The Leviathan Mines
Includes Leviathan Township and Battery Site.
COMING OUT 2025/26
The Wyeton Township and Mines
The Hidden Gem of Wood's Point, Victoria.
COMING OUT 2025/26
The Mines of Edwards Reef to Store Point
Donnellys Creek, Victoria.
COMING OUT 2026
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Expedition Book Series
Many authors publish books by just researching. I, together with my learned colleagues, have published these series of books by both researching and going out in the field to find the historical sites and mines, this is why is takes many years to put together.
Many years and countless hours of research have been spent into this region called the “Walhalla-Woods Point Gold Belt. I have pieced together and found many mines, hut sites, hotels, old townships and lone graves. Much of this research has gone into my already published maps and books. I have ran countless expeditions in this area over the last 20 years, and continue to do so year after year. To date, I have recorded housands of historical sites.
These publications are primarily based on my finds rather than a detailed historical paper, although there is still plenty of historical information. Decades of research and ground work goes into finding all these sites, and this publication is for those who wish not to pursue such a task, but rather use this as their guide to re-visit and explore the rich history that our pioneers had created.
I have included much evidence as possible in these publications in conjunction with my expeditions in the area. I try to cover an area as thoroughly as possible, with historical documents and data, maps, photos and some great stories.
There is nothing like this series of publications out there, and I hope you take pleasure in reading them, as much as I had compiling them.
The Landy's Dream Group of Mines of Walhalla- includes Wealth of Nations and Perseverance and Kitty Hawk Plane Crash
(Book #4)
(2024- 2nd Edition)
$25 inc. postage
The Star and Thomson Mines- Includes Brohans and Lone Star Reefs of Aberfeldy. Victoria
(Book #6) (2022)
$25 inc. postage
Scrat-A-Bit and Shamrock Mines of Walhalla, Forgotten mines, tramways and a township lost in the Deep Creek Catchment
(Book #7) (2024)
$25 inc. postage
Victor's Quartz Mines- includes Holy Terror, Klondyke and the Ross Creek Mines of the Jordan Valley
(Book #8) (2022)
$25 inc. postage
more books available
My Walhalla
$20 inc. postage
The Switzerland of Australia
$25 inc. postage
Tracks to the Woods Point and Jordan Goldfields
$25 inc. postage
Grant Historic Area Research Report
RRP $13 inc. postage
PACKAGE SPECIAL...this publication and our Grant Historic map $20 inc. postage. (see bottom of this page to order package book and map).
The History of the Jordan Valley in Pictorial Form
$55 inc. postage
Mountain Gold by John Adams
$30 inc. postage
Discovering Briagolong
$20 inc. postage
Donnelly's Creek- From Rush to Ruin of a Gippsland Goldfield
$20 inc. postage
Recollections of Early Gippsland Goldfield
$20 inc. postage
The Victorian Prospectors Guide and Handbook
$20 inc. postage
The Long Tunnel Extended Gold Mine- Walhalla
$8 inc. postage
Butler's Wood's Point and Gippsland General Directory 1866
RRP $20 inc. postage
maps available
Adventurer Maps - The Ghost Town Series
Now you can purchase all my maps in one easy to handle A3 Spiral Bound Booklet.
45 pages covering all my 21 maps of the Walhalla to Jamieson Gold Belt.
Stain and water proof cover. Durable smudge resistant pages. Writable pages, so you can make those precious notes, GPS points, additions, memos, etc.
$60 inc. postage
(A3 size)
Grant Historic Adventurer Map
1: 25,000 scale map of the Grant Historical Area covering Talbotville, Hogtown, Grant, etc. in Victoria's High Country. Field checked in March 1998.
$10.00 inc. postage
PACKAGE SPECIAL...this map and our Grant Historic Area Research Report publication $20 inc. postage. (see above for details on this book).
OZI EXPLORER CD or DOWNLOAD LINK
All 23 Adventurer Maps on one CD. Already configured for oziexplorer and ozi android. CD also has separate JPG files to view the legend and information contained on each map. The 23 maps are also saved in JPG files to view & print on any computer. Also comes in a hard plastic DVD case for protection.
Instead of a CD you can request a download link in which we can email, please note that when purchasing.
$80 inc. postage
Walhalla Adventurer Tourist and 4wd Map
1:20,000 scale map. It is a huge 1000mm x 700mm in size and covers areas in which you need three 1:25,000 topograhical maps for. It features colour coded tracks, contours, historical features & information, colour photos, tourist info, fishing spots, shows all 4wd, walking, horse & motorbike tracks, enlarged township map of Walhalla, suggested walks and attractions, canoe notes, 4wd trek notes, colour shaded boundaries, accurate, field checked and up to date.
Field checked May, 2001. $10.00 inc. postage
Ghost Town Series Adventurer Maps
1: 20,000 scale maps in a series covering Walhalla to Jamieson in Victoria's High Country. 20 maps in complete set. Field checked between 1995 to 2016.
$7 each inc. postage
GHOST TOWN SERIES OF MAPS