Turon River

The Turon River is located in New South Wales. The Turon River is well renowned because it was the site of one of Australia's first alluvial gold rushes.^[1] During the gold rush Chinese migrant workers built a Water Race to bring water to mining operations along sections of the Turon River. Many parts of the Race can still be seen today from places like Turon Gates. The Turon was the site of violence between miners and licensing authorities during the gold rush.

Today the Turon River falls partly in the Turon National Park.

Activities

The Turon River is ideal for many family activities with many small businesses operating tourist activities including:

• horse riding
• gold panning
• canoeing
• camping- Coles Bridge
• seasonal fishing

See also

• Sofala, New South Wales

References

1. ^ "Mining Heritage - Profile 3 - Alluvial Gold". Australian Heritage Council. http://www.ahc.gov.au/publications/generalpubs/mining/profile3.html. Retrieved 2007-11-11. 

• Australian Heritage Council