Address & Contact
Reedy Lake Rd
Whroo VIC 3612
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Web: https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/sites/balaclava-mine
The Balaclava
Mine was an open-cut
mine in the Australian ghost town of Whroo, Victoria. It opened in October 1854, one year after gold was found at the nearby Rushworth. By 1881 the number of employed miners in the area had dropped to 150, and mining in the Balaclava
Mine ceased in the 1920s.