A decade since the Ballarat Goldmine rockfall and a dramatic rescue

Caleb Cluff
Updated November 26 2017 - 1:50pm, first published 1:00pm
All rescued: miners brought to the surface via a ventilation shaft at the Ballarat Goldmine. Picture: Ian Wilson.
All rescued: miners brought to the surface via a ventilation shaft at the Ballarat Goldmine. Picture: Ian Wilson.

At half-past three on the morning of November 19, 2007, the accident every miner dreads took place in the access tunnel of the Woolshed Gully operations of Ballarat Gold.

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Caleb Cluff

Caleb Cluff

Senior Journalist, The Courier

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