SYDNEY, Dec 7 (Reuters) - An Australian search and rescue team sent to a mining exploration camp in Papua New Guinea hit by a devastating landslide had found no more dead bodies after the initial 10 dead, an Australian government aid official said on Sunday.

All the local people affected by the landslide in Eastern Highlands province in the vicinity of a gold mine had been accounted for, the official, who did not want to be named, told Reuters.

Dozens of people were earlier feared to have been trapped after the landslide struck on Thursday.

The Australia Broadcasting Corporation quoted an AusAid spokesman a saying that headcounts done in nearby villages had indicated everyone was accounted for.

The Australian emergency team of around five, including dog handlers with search dogs, was sent in on Saturday at the request of Papua New Guinea.

"The search and rescue dogs did a grid search and were not able to find any more people," the official said. "So they think the site has now been cleared.

The landslide happened at the Kora exploration camp of the Kainantu gold mine site, east of Goroka, the capital of Eastern Highlands province. The site is operated by Canadian-based mining giant Barrick Gold.Corporation. <ABX.TO>

(Sydney newsroom +61 2 93731800; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

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