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Private land |
Crown land |
Museum to contact |
Keep these rules in mind |
ACT |
Need permission from the land owner or native title representative. |
Check with the national museum. |
Geoscience Australia |
Nature Conservation Act (2013) prohibits the damage, destruction, or removal of materials, including clay, gravel, rock, sand, soil or stone, from reserved areas. |
NSW |
Need permission from the land owner or native title representative. |
Permission required if land is leased. |
Australian Museum, Sydney |
No machinery allowed (manual digging only). |
NT |
Need permission from the land owner or native title representative. |
Check with the territory museum. |
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory |
No vertebrates can be collected. |
QLD |
Need permission from the land owner or native title representative (and a fossicking licence). |
Need a fossicking licence. |
Queensland Museum, Brisbane |
Check the Queensland Museum website. |
SA |
Need permission from the land owner or native title representative. |
Need a scientific research permit. |
South Australia Museum |
All fossils belong to the Crown. |
TAS |
Need permission from the land owner or native title representative. |
Need a fossicking permit if not in area marked for fossicking. |
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery |
Uncommon fossils must be referred to Mineral Resources Tasmania. |
VIC |
Need permission from the land owner or native title representative. |
Need consent to collect from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. |
Museums Victoria, Melbourne |
Only surface collecting permitted. |
WA |
Need permission from the land owner or native title representative. |
Need to obtain a miner's right. |
Western Australian Museum, or Edward de Courcy Clarke Earth Science Museum |
No machinery allowed (manual digging only). |