Particularly significant areas today include the Goldfields, Peel and Pilbara regions of Western Australia, the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, the Bowen Basin in Queensland and Latrobe Valley in Victoria and various parts of the outback.
Today's prominent mining regions include the Goldfields, Peel and Pilbara areas of Western Australia, the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, the Bowen Basin in Queensland, and Latrobe Valley in Victoria, as well as other remote areas of the Australian outback.