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‘Like Sovereign Hill on steroids’: Meet the Victorian Historical Mine Shaft Chasers – ABC News
Nobody knows exactly how many thousands of old mines litter Victoria, but this group is happily spending many hours underground trying to find out.
Every few years something happens in Victoria’s goldfields a sinkhole in a backyard, the discovery of a gaping hole next to a primary school to remind residents of the history waiting to reappear beneath their feet.
Nobody is quite sure how many old mines are littered across Victoria, but the conservative estimate is 19,000.
However Ray Shaw, founder of Victorian Historical Mine Shaft Chasers Inc, believes the real number is significantly higher, and the state government agrees.
Members of the Victorian…
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