Emmaville Mining Museum

Mar

2026

Our Local History – Wealth Under Our Feet.

Local NewsEmmaville Mining Museum, Land of the Beardies Museum, Minerama

Our Local History: Wealth Under Our Feet. ‘Nowhere else in the whole of Australia can so wide a range of minerals and precious stones be found as in New England. Within a 50-mile (81 kms) radius of the town of Glen Innes exists an amazing extent of mineral wealth …’ wrote EC Sommerlad in the 1922 history ‘The Land of the Beardies’. Emeralds, Sapphire, Topaz, Ruby, Garnets, Zircon, Silver, Gold, Tin, Molybdenite, Bismuth, Tungsten, Wolfram, Quartz crystals, & more … even Arsenic! Researching miner’s lives can be exceedingly difficult - often they didn’t stay around long enough to get on…

Dec

2024

By David Scott

Emmaville Mining Museum Hours Change, A Callout For Volunteers

Local NewsEmmaville, Emmaville Mining Museum

The Emmaville Mining Museum is a true gem (if you’ll pardon the pun) of the tourist experiences that are offered in the Glen Innes area. The dream of the late Mr and Mrs Jack Curnow, who bequeathed a vast mineral collection to the Emmaville community, was the hope of opening a museum in the town. These days the museum is also home to the Jillet, Gilbey, Ellis, Schumacher, Trethewey, Hermann and Maskey collections. In all, there are over 4,000 mineral and gem specimens as well as a General Store museum, a replica blacksmith’s shop, and an old wood-fired bakery. The…