Gold Wars Downunder: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Gold Wars Downunder follows three hardcore mining teams as they battle it out on the one patch of gold-rich-land to see who can unearth the biggest nuggets and the most gold in an epic made-for-television gold hunting season. 

The sale of gold is an important source of income for hundreds of thousands of Australians, including the men and women willing to risk it all, as they venture into some of the most dangerous and inhospitable territory on the planet - hoping to strike it rich.

The miners are our narrators and through them, and their specialist mining skills, we're drawn into the wider world of remote-area alluvial gold mining. The town of Clermont has estimated gold reserves of $A750 million and the gold price is trading at 10-year historical highs. There's a modern-day gold rush going on in the town of Clermont.

Series details

• Title: Gold Wars Downunder
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2026-01-05
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Sky History
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 89548
• TVDB ID: 472436

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-01-05; final listed air date 2026-03-02; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Gold Wars Downunder on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.