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Coal miners and pit ponies
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Bellambi Coal Mine, 1909


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1862 ~

 Mt. Pleasant - Tramway built to Wollongong Harbour

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 Bulli Colliery - coal shipped to Ballarat

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 Bellambi Colliery & Woonona Coal Mine - Thomas Hale becomes insolvent.

1863~

 Bellambi Cove - attempt to build jetty

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 Bellambi Colliery - (aka Hale's Mine & Woonona Mine) closes (bankrupt), (reopens off & on over next 60 years)

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 Old Bulli Colliery - officially commences June 23rd

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 Bulli Bight - major attempt to build jetty - washed away within 12 months

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 Bulli jetty - Schooners "Moselle", "Tiger" & "George" commence operations, Bulli to Port Jackson.
~ Screw Steamer "Woniora" commences making 3 trips per week to Sydney.

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 "Ironside" (June) 790 tons to Shanghai from Bulli jetty.

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 Bellambi Colliery - closes for 25 years ??

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 "A drift is working 4 miles south of Dapto & more than 20 miles south of Mr. Hales" - Gov. Examiner of Coalfields

1864 ~

 Russell Vale Colliery – closed due to depressed market, attempt to reopen fails

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 Bellambi Colliery - reopens ?? by Bulli & Bellambi Coal Co. Merges w/- Sth. Bulli Colliery

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 250' of Sandon Point (Bulli Colliery) jetty washed away in June - mining ceased until repaired

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 Bellambi Cove - jetties abandoned

1865 ~

 Pioneer Kerosene Works - opened, owner John Graham Jnr. Mt. Kembla, American Ck seam

1866 ~

 HM "Tiger" - January, washed ashore at Bulli - loss of 3 lives.

1867 ~

 Mt. Pleasant Colliery – acquired by James & William Byrnes

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 Bulli & Bellambi Coal Co. formed with capital of $60,000 - obtained 600 acres from O'Brien and Messrs Somerville & Black.

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 Osborne-Wallsend Colliery - Messrs. Tulip, Nixon & Jackson sell interest to Messrs. Robson & Spiers.

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 Bulli Colliery - steam locos introduced.

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 "Moselle" - Mar. stranded on beach at Bulli.

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 "George" - May, 22, smashed on beach at Bulli.

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 Bulli Bight - Part of Sandon Point (Bulli Colliery) jetty rebuilt - washed away June 21st. (4 men died), 40 wagons lost

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 "Matador" - lost on Bulli beach - Sept. 7th.

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 "Bright Planet" - lost on Bulli beach - Sept. 7th.

1868 ~

 Wollongong Harbour basin complete.

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 "Barwon" commences coal trade to Sydney from Bulli jetty.

 

 

coal factThe Mt. Pleasant tramway was built to Wollongong Harbour in 1862

Mt. Pleasant CollieryMt. Pleasant Colliery

 

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1870 ~

 Towradgi or Balgownie tunnels reported upon - became Corrimal Colliery in 1883

1871 ~

 Messrs. Robson & Spiers retires, Osborne-Wallsend Colliery reverts to Osborne family.

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 Bulli Jetty in use (fig.11 "History of Coal Mining in Australia")

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 "Barwon" wrecked.

1873 ~

 Mt. Pleasant Colliery - installs self acting incline (fig 13 HCMA) from "Sydney Mail"

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 SS "Bulli" - arrives at Bulli Jan. 22 (500 ton cap.) from Plymouth.

1875 ~

 Pioneer Kerosene Works - operations suspended.

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 SS "Woonona" - arrives Dec. for Bulli - Melbourne - Adelaide trade

1876 ~

 SS "Merksworth" - arrives for Bulli - Melbourne - Adelaide trade

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 Pioneer Kerosene Works - operations reopened

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 North Bulli Coal & Iron Mining Co. formed to open mine on North Bulli Estate see 1902

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 Osborne erects coke ovens near Wollongong using colliery slack coal.

1877 ~

 SS "Bulli" - lost July on voyage to Tasmania.

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