Following is a list of locations of where gold processing batteries once stood. Note that all locations are provisional and approximate only.
Batteries have been marked on Google Earth using the following references:
- Hackett, T.R. 1870. Map of Gympie gold fields, Southern Queensland. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231571899/view
- Dunstan, B. 1911. GSQ PUBLICATION 221A TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF GYMPIE (WITH EIGHTEEN SHEETS); GSQ PUBLICATION 221B GEOLOGICAL MAP OF GYMPIE (WITH EIGHTEEN SHEETS). https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/data/report/cr055377
- Barker et al 1993. GSQ RECORD 1993/14: MINERAL OCCURRENCES GYMPIE AND LAGUNA BAY 1:100 000 SHEET AREAS. https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/data/report/cr041113
- Ferguson, John and Brown, Elaine 2009. The Gympie Goldfield 1867-2008. Gympie Regional Council. https://library.gympie.qld.gov.au/files/assets/library/v/1/documents/local-history/gympie_goldfields_book__pdf_.pdf
- Mr Allan Blackman, historian, Gympie Gold Mining & Historical Museum, pers comm.
Satellite image showing battery locations; most battery names obtained from Ferguson and Brown 2009. Satellite image from Apple Maps.
Base map: Apple Maps satellite imagery (Apple MapKit, via the WordPress Jetpack Map block). Imagery date and source vary by location.
| Site | Latitude | Longitude | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer | -26.199161 | 152.664340 | Early public crushing machine, located on Mary River |
| Threldkeld’s | -26.195136 | 152.659142 | |
| Victoria Mill | -26.205039 | 152.670627 | |
| Enterprise | -26.204730 | 152.670024 | |
| United = Lady Mary | -26.201014 | 152.666624 | |
| Central | -26.206205 | 152.672177 | |
| Gympie or Big Mill = Gympie Crushing Battery = The Qld Quartz Crushing Company | -26.204289 | 152.677090 | |
| Victoria; Small Mill or Old Victoria | -26.207019 | 152.678634 | |
| New Zealand PC ‘Old Maori’ | -26.193572 | 152.670878 | |
| Perseverance (approx) | -26.198555 | 152.666637 | |
| Golden Crown = Old Crown | -26.197472 | 152.672421 | |
| Phoenix PC = Phoenix | -26.200257 | 152.674034 | |
| 1 North Phoenix | -26.197684 | 152.674045 | |
| 2&3 South Smithfield = Eastern 3 South Smithfield | -26.202816 | 152.679007 | |
| Ellen Harkins = Old Ellen Harkins | -26.203945 | 152.672264 | |
| 2 Great Eastern = 2 Great Eastern | -26.214521 | 152.682476 | |
| South Glanmire & Monkland | -26.213731 | 152.678743 | |
| Scottish Gympie = Scottish Gympie No.1 | -26.215147 | 152.688035 | |
| 1N Glanmire = 1 North Glanmire | -26.208812 | 152.679960 | |
| 2 South Great Eastern Battery | -26.213376 | 152.684881 | |
| Homeward Bound & Hibernia | -26.171450 | 152.647001 | |
| Phoenix, 4 N | -26.189864 | 152.675627 | |
| New Gympie Gold | -26.177092 | 152.650572 | |
| New Enterprise | -26.146991 | 152.721331 | |
| New Dawn | -26.244047 | 152.680556 |
Additional sites of gold ore processing
| Site | Latitude | Longitude | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyanide Works | -26.204066 | 152.675506 | |
| Pyrite Works | -26.181932 | 152.655401 | |
| Cyanide Works | -26.206742 | 152.680650 | |
| Cyanide Works | -26.201167 | 152.678021 | |
| Pyrites Works | -26.204128 | 152.676764 | |
| Cyanide Plant | -26.206855 | 152.672828 |
