gold field

an area or district where gold is mined.

Origin of gold field

First recorded in 1850–55

Committees were formed and rewards were offered for the discovery of a gold-field in Victoria.

A Source Book Of Australian History |Compiled by Gwendolen H. Swinburne
He also received a grant of a piece of land on the site of the first gold-field.

Australian Heroes and Adventurers |William Pyke
He was as singular a man, as was to be met amongst the many incomprehensible characters found on a gold-field.

Lost Lenore |Charles Beach
Licences to occupy land upon a gold-field, for the purpose of cultivation, are issued under the Waste Lands Acts.

Getting Gold |J. C. F. Johnson

For the present, and pending further proof of the extent of the Gold-field, the License fee has been fixed at £1 10s.

A Source Book Of Australian History |Compiled by Gwendolen H. Swinburne