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1888 ~ |
Bellambi Coal Co. established |
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Corrimal Colliery - taken over by Southern Coal Co. |
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The Mt. Pleasant Coal & Iron Mining Company Ltd. Established |
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Helensburgh Colliery - opened in March. |
1889 ~ |
Bellambi - second jetty built |
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Model Colliery - opens Nov 9, on same site as Woonona (Hales) Old Tunnel Colliery - by Bellambi Coal Co.. |
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South Bulli Colliery - reopens (William Wilson, Manager) employing 270 men |
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Woonona Colliery - steam locos introduced |
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Mt. Pleasant Coke Ovens - opens in Nth Wollongong. (next to railway bridge) |
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Coalcliff Colliery - virtually closes |
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Brokers Nose Colliery - closes, Sth Bulli & Brokers Nose Co. combine- renames mine " Corrimal Colliery" |
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Broker's
Nose Colliery was renamed Corrimal Colliery in 1889
Corrimal Colliery
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1890 ~ |
Corrimal Colliery - purchased by Southern Coal Co.(Ill. Mercury. 7/1/90) |
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Sth Bulli Colliery - purchased by Ebenezer Vickery |
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Another Mt. Kembla Mine? - opened in 1887 ( Sthn Coal Co.) - closes |
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Ocean View Colliery - opened by Illawarra Harbour & Land Corp. sth of Mt. Kembla. Connected to the western shore of Lake Illawarra by 10.8km railway - rail crossing opened in 1895 but closed in 1902 - jetty idea abandoned due to problems dredging lake. Decision then made to make Pt. Kembla coal loading point. |
1891 ~ |
Corrimal Colliery - taken over by Corrimal-Balgownie Collieries (subsequently Corrimal Coal & Coke Pty Ltd.) |
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Sth Bulli Colliery - small explosion kills 1 man |
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South Clifton Colliery - opens |
1892 ~ |
Coalcliff Colliery - purchased by Ebenezer Vickery & John Keir Clark |
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South Clifton Colliery - opens |
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Mt. Kembla Colliery - 12.5 km railway to Red Point (Pt. Kembla) |
1893 ~ |
Tongarra Colliery - started by William Brownlee (@ 800' asl) Aug. - 40' into "the purest & best gas coal some 22' thick." |
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SS "Woonona" - wrecked at Fitzroy River |
1895 ~ |
Original Austinmer Colliery - closed |
1896 ~ |
Unanderra Coke Works (Southern Coal Co.) closes. |
1898 ~ |
Wiley Mine - (fig. 66 "History of Coal Mining in Australia") Showing mine in use. |
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A more northerly mine to Austinmer Colliery opened of smaller size |
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The Mt. Pleasant Coal & Iron Mining Co. formed (public company) |
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Nth Illawarra Colliery - closes |
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Bellambi's second jetty destroyed with loss of collier - abandoned. |
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Long Point Jetty - destroyed |
1899 ~ |
Bulli Pass Colliery - (1/2 coke; 1/2 coal) v. little work carried out. Became part of Excelsior Colliery |
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Unanderra Coke Works (Southern Coal Co.) reopens. |
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Coalcliff Colliery - furnace ventilation ceases |
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Mt. Keira Colliery - 8th Nov - purchased by Ebenezer Vickery & Sons from Osborne family |
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Mt. Keira Colliery - 8th Dec - John McGeachie appointed manager. |
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South Clifton installs coke ovens adjacent to railway |
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Excelsior No.1 Colliery - commences - J. S. Kirkton (just north of Bulli Pass) |
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South Bulli Colliery - sold by Ebenezer Vickery to Bellambi Coal Co. |
1901 ~ |
Mt. Keira Colliery - 21st May - John McGeachie replaced by Jacob Carlos Jones (ex manager of Sth Bulli & Austinmer Collieries. |
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Mt. Keira Colliery - purchased by Ebenezer Vickery from the Osborne family |
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