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110 years ago this month, Australian miners took over the claustrophobic tunnels beneath Hill 60

110 years ago this month, Australian miners from all over Australia – from Ballarat, Bendigo, Broken Hill, Newcastle, North Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania and beyond – took over the claustrophobic tunnels beneath Hill 60 in Belgium, and began one of the Great War’s most secret fights.  The 1st Australian Tunnelling Company arrived near Ypres in…