Hill End's gold rush brought to life!
Tours
Booked bus group tours available 7 days a week for groups of more than 20. However, these must be booked in advance.
General day tripping public tours are self-guided and available on a walk-in basis, weekends & NSW public school holidays from 10 am until 3 pm.
Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
History Hill holds for public viewing over 10,000 gold rush artefacts, steam engines, stamper batteries, items of colonial history, convict history relative to the year 5/6 history curriculum.
For the adventurous there is 175 metres of underground mine experience to explore, electrically lit and frequently inspected.
(Pictured: Holtermann in pose with the world’s largest piece of gold – the tip of which is in the History Hill Museum.)
School Excursions
The main focus of the museum is Australian Goldrushes from year 1851 to 1900. Our theme is if it was on the land of a goldfield during the time of a gold rush then it had a part to play in our museum. Catering available for book bus groups.
Group Visits
Have a club or special interest group looking for an exciting and educational place to visit? Look no further than History Hill!
Day Trippers
Spend time exploring our museum and mine at your own pace. There is enough history on display to keep you fascinated for a few hours or an entire day.
Over 10,000 gold rush artefacts
Popular with tourists and school excursion groups the History Hill Museum is constantly being updated with new and interesting material from the gold rush days of Hill End and Australian colonial history.
1.5km from Hill End
History Hill is located at 3458 Hill End Road, Hill End, NSW, 2850. Entering from the Mudgee end just prior to the Royal Hotel and General Store there is a signposted turn to the left towards Bathurst/Sofala. We are located 1.5 kilometres towards Bathurst/Sofala.
Book a guided tour or while you are at the museum we can tell you all the historic Hill End sites to visit and even provide you with a self guide tour map.
Latest Books
The Monster Specimen
146 pages looking back into the past to recreate and logically explain the many questions asked about the Beyers and Holtermann Specimen.
The German-Australian called Holtermann
194 pages of new information about Holtermann.
Hill End Gold
A complete history of gold, complemented by geology, mining methods and photographic records, using Hill End as an example.