Australia’s historic opal industry dying off By Brigid Andersen Updated March 22, 2012 01:40:41 Photo: Opal miner Branko Brankovic checks the conveyer at his opal mine in the Queensland outback town of Opalton. (Mick Tsikas: AAP) Map: Opalton 4735 As the mining boom roars on, a small, historic part of the industry has been forgotten. […]