hi all I've got 2 short by law books on laws on different claims etc. for Victoria the act/laws should be still current as its the 1958 mining act I will upload photos here for anyone interested also states what you can and can't do the laws are in writing so they should be still current and apply. as there's a lot of confused people of what your aloud to do on a miners right here's the laws on the whole lot. now this may open a whole lot of can of worms hopefully its not too bad I have more info pm me if you would like certain info I may post it on here on request.