Sovereign Hill built on vision and expansion

Updated December 20 2012 - 4:35pm, first published 4:29pm

Ballarat's miners used to shout "magpie" when the dreaded licence hunt troopers were inspecting the goldfields, and unlicensed prospectors would bolt.

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