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1901 ~ |
South Bulli Colliery - sold by Ebenezer Vickery to Bellambi Coal Co. |
1902 ~ |
Nth Bulli (new) Colliery - opened immediately above Coledale railway station under the control of Hyde & Cater, on the site of previously abandoned mine |
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Coalcliff Colliery - purchased by E. Vickery & Sons |
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Sth Bulli Colliery - purchased by Bellambi Coal Co. |
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Government takes over Southern Coal Co. |
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Mt. Kembla Colliery - disaster July 31st.- 95 men died - mine reopens 24th Sept. |
1903 ~ |
Tongarra Colliery - Percy Owen takes over from William Brownlee as mine operator. |
1904 ~ |
Tongarra Colliery - in 300' from outcrop. Murray Brownlee manager for Yuill & Co. of Corrimal |
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Coalcliff jetty lost in storm (150') |
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Black Ball Colliery - (Pors. 82 & 83 Woonona) 7' seam dirty. Probably Plunketts Hill or Tongarra seam |
1905 ~ |
Excelsior No.2 Colliery - commences - Ryan (immediately below Bulli Pass Lookout) Combined w/- Excelsior No. 1 |
1906 ~ |
Corrimal Colliery (aka Brokers Nose) - 91' upthrow fault encountered - new entrance established 1.5 km sth - by G. S. Yuill & Coy. Pty Ltd. and to be known as Corrimal-Balgownie Colliery |
1907 ~ |
Bulli Bight - jetty rebuilt - damaged |
1908 ~ |
Corrimal Colliery - 780' x 14' vent shaft (#1) sunk. Fitted with Sirocco, 91" dia. double inlet fan |
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Tongarra Colliery - further development by Percy Owen |
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Sth. Clifton Tunnel Colliery - opened |
1909 ~ |
Coalcliff Colliery - purchased by Coalcliff Collieries Ltd. |
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Balgownie Colliery (Owen's) - commenced near Mt. Pleasant in 4' seam. |
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Bulli Colliery - delay due to basalt dyke encountered |
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Bellambi jetty - rebuilt |
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disaster at Mt. Kembla Colliery on July 31st 1902 claimed the lives of 95 men
Devastation at the pit top of Mt. Kembla
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1910 ~ |
Coalcliff jetty - abandoned |
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Tongarra Colliery (Owen's) - commenced. Operated till early 1920's |
1911 ~ |
Coke ovens erected near Corrimal by Southern Coal Co. moving from Unanderra |
1912 ~ |
Australian Coke Making Co. at Unanderra closes. |
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Sth. Clifton Colliery - tunnels driven to replace shafts. |
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Bulli Bight - jetty rebuilt - damaged |
1913 ~ |
Balgownie Colliery (Owen's) - closed |
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Mt. Kembla Colliery - Mount Kembla Collieries Ltd. takes over. (until 1946) |
1914 ~ |
Tongarra Colliery - 6 ton sample to Sydney w/- prospect of supplying railways - did not succeed in bid. |
1915 ~ |
Wongawilli Colliery - opens in Wongawilli seam |
1916 ~ |
Five Islands Point jetty in constant use till now. |
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Wongawilli Colliery - holdings purchased by G & C Hoskins & Development commenced |
1917 ~ |
Bulli Colliery - coal cutters withdrawn due to concern with dust & gas. |
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Woonona Colliery - closes?? |
1918 ~ |
Part of Brokers Nose collapses in large land slip. |
1919 ~ |
South Clifton Colliery - closes, plus the 32 coke ovens . Remaining coal to be extracted by the adjoining mine at Wombarra. |
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1920 ~ |
Wongawilli Colliery - Washery (first on Sth Coast) installed plus 40 coke ovens |
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Mt. Kembla Colliery - Machines withdrawn - concern with dust & gas. |
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Illawarra Colliery - Illawarra Coal Co. acquires leases & opens colliery (by 1933 known as PK 2 Colliery |
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South Clifton Shaft closes down. |
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Bulli Jetty still in use (fig.97 CMHA) |
1921 ~ |
Metropolitan Colliery - Huddart Parker Ltd. takes over |
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Mt. Kembla Extended Colliery (previously Owen's Balgownie Colliery) opens |
1922 ~ |
Bellambi Colliery - closes (Sth Bulli ???) |
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