Newly unveiled map at Sebastopol Library is a mine of information

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Updated November 13 2019 - 9:54pm, first published 5:52pm
FINE DETAIL: Paul Jenkins stands alongside a map that hints at the area's rich mining heritage. Picture: Adam Trafford.
FINE DETAIL: Paul Jenkins stands alongside a map that hints at the area's rich mining heritage. Picture: Adam Trafford.

Now on the wall of Sebastopol Library is a snapshot of the unique history of Ballarat. A copy of a drawing made in the 1970s, the map shows mine shafts dotted around Sebastopol and Buninyong along with other fine details of the area.

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Jolyon Attwooll

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Reporter at the Ballarat Courier. Ex-Londoner and former commissioning editor at The Telegraph (the UK broadsheet, not the Sydney tabloid).

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