Exploration to Exhilaration
Discover what the Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame. For the family we are a great fun day out, for the teacher and student we offer an extensive range of information, program assistance and tours catered to your specific requirements, for the Mining Industry we offer a space to tell your story and to honor and acknowledge Australias mining heroes.
Discover the Mining Hall of Fame. The Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame offers the unique experience of combining a historic gold mine, including underground tour and gold pour with interactive galleries, changing displays of art and unique gardens.
The Mining Hall of Fame has a lot to offer visitors, find out prices, opening hours and tour times.
Be inspired, be educated. Discover the wide variety of galleries and gardens. Learn about mining history and then be propelled into the future. The exhibit spaces are ever changing so there is always something new to inspire.
The Cafe is a great place to sit down a recharge. Find out what is on the menu!
Looking for a gift or souvenir to take home with you. Look no further than the Mining Hall of Fame s giftshop. Discounts are available for members.
Book a truly unique venue for your next function. You will have a choice of 10 different sites, indoor or outdoor, intimate or large, BBQs to a la carte. Anything is possible.
Do you know someone who should be included in the Hall of Fame? Find out how to nominate.
The Home in WA team show what you can see and do at the Mining Hall of Fame.
Inside MHoF.
Heritage precinct and tours at the MHoF.
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Get into the Zone! Play, explore and learn.
In Perth and cant make the journey to the Mining Hall of Fame or want to learn more before or after your visit.
Why not bring your class to Kalgoorlie??
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Find out about the many careers available.
Prospectors are people who search for valuable mineral deposits.
Exploration is one of the riskiest sectors within the minerals industry.
Ore is extracted from the ground using one of two basic forms of mining - open cut (or open-pit) and underground mining.
Extraction processes vary according to the type of mineral being processed.
Sustainability is most important.
Reflect on how communities and the minerals industry interact.
One of the most important parts of mining today is keeping everyone safe.
Fun and interesting worksheets and lesson plans perfect for the teacher looking for something to inspire.
Other useful websites.
The movers and shakers of the Australian Mining Industry.
Find out what is happening at the Mining Hall of Fame.
Current Exhibitions
Media Releases
Barrick and the Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame announced today they have joined forces in a partnership valued at $200,000 to further expand the existing education program in the Goldfields area.
Find out who was inducteed into the Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame in 2007.
Created to educate and inspire, the Mining Hall of Fame is in a unique position to change perceptions about the resources industry and encourage student participation in earth science studies.
Find the answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mining in India from the Ministry of Mines.
The Australia Day 'Kalgoorlie Dawn' Service will be held at the Mining Hall of Fame on January 23, 2006. All are welcome to attend the event which will be broadcast live nationally on Channel 7's Sunrise program and later as part of the National Australia Day presentation from Canberra.
St Barbaras Festival was celebrated in a myriad of events for the Goldfields community and visitors during the first week in December.
At the recent AGM for the Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame the Rio Tinto Education Officer provided a summary of activities for 2004. Read the Education Report for 2004.
Flowers and bees are everywhere this Spring at the Mining Hall of Fame, particularly in the Placer Dome Eremophila Garden.
National Earth Science Week is being celebrated in Kalgoorlie Boulder this week. An interactive display focussing on Earth Science related careers has been placed in the William Grundt Library to raise awareness of the variety of careers available in this area.
A very successful Earth Science Career display was put together by the Mining Hall of Fame and the Geological Survey of WA as part of the Careers Expo for the Kalgoorlie Boulder Science Awareness Festival.
The Mining Hall of Fame has joined with the (WA) Department of Industry and Resources to provide a booth at the Careers Expo for secondary school students held on 16th & 17th September as part of the Kalgoorlie Science Festival. The Science Festival is a pilot event organised by the Kids Science State program, a joint initiative of Scitech and the Rio Tinto WA Future Fund.
Australia's famous Mining Hall of Fame has a new look website - and much, much more to offer visitors.
The faces behind the Mining Hall of Fame.
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The Australian Prospectors and Mining Hall of Fame acknowledges all its valued supporters and sponsors.
Government supporters
Heritage Reserve supporters
Major Sponsors.
Life Members
Gallery and Exhibit supporters
The foundation was established to provide the capital to maintain and develop the facility.
View the Australian Prospectors & Miners Hall of Fame Annual Reports.
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