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    Herons Reef Hut, Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park

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Herons Reef Hut, Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
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The remnants of the hut shown in this photograph provide a remarkably intact example of a miner’s residential area, surrounded by a stone fence. The site has remnants of fruit trees planted by past occupants. This hut was last lived in by a fossicker nicknamed ‘Foxy’ who had a horse called Maude. The site is now managed by Parks Victoria

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Courtesy of Parks Victoria

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