![]() Chris Doumitt (Season 1- ) - Originally a key member of Todd Hoffman's crew, he went on to join Team Parker in Season 4.Tony Beets (Season 2- ) - Owner of the Tamarack Mine and Parker's one-time landlord turned nemesis when he leased out the Scribner Creek claim.Rick Ness (Season 2- ) - Rick was Parker's right-hand man until he left to become his own boss in Season 8.Parker Schnabel (Season 2-) - Parker inherited the Big Nugget mine from his grandfather and has also been featured in Gold Rush: Parker's Trail.Gold Rush: White Water takes place in Haines Borough, Alaska. ![]() Since the early seasons, cameras have also traveled with their famous gold miners as they try their luck abroad in remote locations such as Guyana, Papua New Guinea, and Peru. Season 1 of the series took place in Alaska, but since Season 2, the action has mostly taken place in the Klondike, near Yukon, Canada. The popularity of the show has also inspired several spinoffs such as Gold Rush: Parker's Trail, starring Parker Schnabel, Gold Rush: White Water, Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Mine, and Gold Rush: The Jungle. ![]() Since its debut in 2010, fans have been introduced to several prospecting families including the Schnabels, the Hoffmans, and the Beets. “We’re doing what we set out to do and what better way to do this than through opening up the museum, looking after our museum and being part of a story that shows a different perspective of the Goldfields in the 1850s.The Discovery reality series Gold Rush follows crews of miners as they attempt to unearth the valuable element from sites in locations ranging from North America to the southwestern Pacific. “This partnership with SBS enables us to do this and from a museums perspective, that’s really important. “Part of what we try to do as a museum is focus on those hidden perspectives of history, we try and portray the stories of women on the Goldfields, the stories of the Chinese on the Goldfields,” Mr Flamsteed said. The limited series plans to explore the gold rush through the perspective of Chinese miners, those who risked everything at the opportunity of wealth in a new country and culture. “When the production is released later next year, you will see the streetscapes of Sovereign Hill and some of the buildings that a lot of our locals will know and a few characters that are familiar to a lot of people in Ballarat.” “We have a great asset onsite with our main street and buildings, also our historians who enable the accuracy of the shoot and a lot of Sovereign Hill staff were also commissioned as extras. “It’s a story of a Chinese immigrant in Australia in the Gold Rush during the 1850s and, as everyone would know, Sovereign Hill is synonymous with that period of history,” he said. While the crew are planning to shoot at several other locations around Ballarat as well, Mr Flamsteed said the sites infrastructure and staff re-enactors fit into the scenes seamlessly. “It’s bringing people to the region in a time of economic uncertainty, it’s great for our city.”īoasting a mix of local and international cast members including Yoson An, Alyssa Sutherland, Christopher James Baker and Dan Spielman, the SBS murder mystery based in the gold rush will make the most of Sovereign Hill’s historically accurate settings. “All of the cast are staying in local hotels for the two-week period, they are dining and eating in Ballarat, buying coffee and petrol in Ballarat,” he said. ![]() Sovereign Hill’s chief operations officer Will Flamsteed said this is an opportunity that is great for the living museum, great for the region and great for tourism. AFTER a challenging year at the park, Sovereign Hill have not only opened its doors back up to visitors, but is also currently hosting a national television set.Īcting as the backdrop for SBS’s new drama series New Gold Mountain, the cast and crew will be in Ballarat and filming on site for two weeks, shooting only during the weekdays. ![]()
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