The 700-year-old Polish salt mine is a World Heritage Listed attraction with about 1.7 million tourist heading underground there each year.

Bendigo Heritage Attractions chief executive Peter Abbott said with the Central Deborah Gold Mine being one of Australia's last underground tourist mines the opportunity to learn from the Wieliczka Salt Mine was valuable.

Thirteen local councils in Victoria, including Greater Bendigo, have made a combined effort to see the Victorian Goldfields listed as a World Heritage Site.

"It's interesting from our point of view because the World Heritage Listing for the Goldfields is of interest to us at the moment," Mr Abbott said.

"World Heritage gives a stamp of authenticity and experience. Wieliczka's mine has operated continuously for 700 years, so the scales of heritage are different.

"But we know gold built Victoria and with that unique cultural experience, hopefully our mine (and the Goldfields) will be considered in that (world heritage) role.

"We don't know what sites will be offered forward. We're one of last remaining mine operators in Australia that takes people underground."

In June, City of Greater Bendigo mayor Margaret O'Rourke met with City of Ballarat mayor Samantha McIntosh to discuss the World Heritage Listing bid with central Victorian heritage advisory groups.

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The 13 councils involved in the bid are now seeking state government funding to assist in mapping and understanding what sites would suit the Goldfields World Heritage Listing.

"To get to that next stage we need a concerted effort. That's why we have approached the state government," Cr O'Rourke said.

Wieliczka Salt Mine representative Monika Dziobek said her tour of Bendigo was fantastic.

"We could see the gold in the walls, which is nice, but for me it's impossible to recognise what is fake gold and what is real," she said.

"Every mine is different. You have 15 kilometres of excavations, we have 240 kilomteres of excavations. In our mining town, we have about five shafts, two for tourists, one for machinery and miners and two ventilation shafts, which is crucial for the thousands of tourists in the mine."

Ms Dziobek said they are also creating an international catalog of mining museums and underground tourists routes.

"We have a group of mining museums that collect research and data. It's a long-term project," she said.

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