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There are many sources of information used to compile this site, including printed publications, brochures, informal documents, photographs, newspaper articles, other web sites etc. and we have attempted to list all published documents below, regardless of the extent of information sourced. 

Many graphics on this site are original, and most photographs have been used with permission. Others have been edited or modified in some way, but may have been "loaned" from other web sites and printed publications. 

Our policy is to credit all sources that have helped in any way in the production of this community project. We are not copyright lawyers so if you believe a credit is missing, or that a copyright has been infringed, please contact the site administrator who will either add the credit to this list, or if requested, delete the offending item immediately.

Bibliography - Printed Publications

Ref. No. Title ISBN Sub-Title Author Date Publisher 
001 A Profile History of Mount Kembla K.C. Stone 1984 Peel Valley Printery 
002 A Railway History of the Illawarra JLN Southern 1978 
003 BHP Collieries Handbook 
004 Black Diamonds History of the Bulli District, N.S.W. William A. Bayley 1956 
005 Blue Haven 0 9597203 0 8 History of Kiama Municipality William A. Bayley 1959 Weston & Co 
006 Dapto Bicentennial Programme History of Dapto Dapto C of Commerce 1988 City & Civic 
007 Dapto Oral History Third Volume 0 646 18347 8 Wayne Davis Ed. 1994 Dapto Senior Citizens 
008 Earliest Illawarra 0 909164 05 3 by its Explorers & Pioneers W.G. McDonald Ed. 1966 Illawarra Historical Society 
009 Early Illawarra 0 949776 11 4 An Australia 1838 Monograph Henderson & Henderson 1983 ANU 
010 Geology & Mineral Resources of the Southern Coalfields L.F.Harper F.G.S. 1915 
011 Green Meadows History of Shellharbour Municipality William A. Bayley 1959 Halsted Press 
012 Growing up in the Illawarra 0 86418 011 X A Social History - 1834 - 1984 Mitchell & Sherington 1984 Woll. University 
013 Illawarra - Australia at its best. 0 949726 0 1 X IRIS 1981 Weston & Co 
014 Illawarra Heritage 0 9592480 0 5 Environmental Heritage Committee Stephen Dovers Ed. 1983 Sth Coast Printers 
015 Land Between Two Rivers 0 9590887 0 9 A historical & pictorial survey of Shellharbour Municipality Derbyshire & Allen 1984 Shellharbour Council 
016 Mine & Quarry Mechanisation 
017 My Balgownie Pers. Mems. of Childhood in Balgownie Frank Ryan 1980 
018 Port of Wollongong 0 9598811 9 0 C.W. Gardiner-Garden 1959 Illawarra Historical Society 
019 Reminiscences of Illawarra Alexander Stewart 1894 Illawarra Historical Publications 
020 The Garden of New South Wales 0 909164 17 7 A History of Illawarra & Shoalhaven Arthur Cousins 1994 Weston & Co 
021 The Mount Kembla Disaster S.Piggins & H. Lee 1992 
022 The Old Dapto Smelting Works Historical Soc. 
023 The Pioneer Kerosene Works 0 909164 00 2 at American Ck (Mt Kembla) A.P.Fleming 1967 Illawarra Historical Society 
024 The Town at the Cross Roads 0 9598373 1 0 A Story of Albion Park Stan Thomas 1975 Weston & Co 
025 Urban Illawarra 0 909752 30 0 Ross Robinson Ed. 1977 Sorrett Publishing 
026 Wollongong History Highlights 0 9591262 0 1 2WL & IMB Soc. 1983 Sth Coast Printers 

Graphics & Photographs from the World Wide Web

Black Diamond-Net Home Page

University of Wollongong Library http://www-library.uow.edu.au/

A German Coal Mining Site (In German) http://www.abenteuer-bergbau.de/
 

Graphics & Photographs from Printed Publications

Wollongong - Spirit of Achievement 1990 Positive Vision Communications Barry Smith

At the Coalface 1998 CFMEU (Mining & Energy Division) Fred Moore, Paddy Gorman, Ray Harrison

The Mt. Kembla Disaster 1992 Sydney University Press Stuart Piggin & Henry Lee

The Collieries Handbook 1993 BHP Steel Collieries Division Compiled by R.Arnold, P. Gosling, L.Griffiths, R.Moore & R. Spence
 

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The region known as the Illawarra lies south of Sydney, Australia.

For the purposes of this web site the region extends from Helensburgh in the north to Gerringong in the south, and includes the regional centres of Bowral, Moss Vale and Mittagong in the west.

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The Illawarra District of New South Wales Australia has a long and interesting coal mining history. Since the very first documentation of the discovery of coal deposits near Coalcliff, south of Sydney, over 200 years ago (by George Bass), the region was destined to develop into a flourishing mining district. Many books and articles have been published dealing with historical aspects of the Illawarra which invariably centre on coal mining in the "early days" in the region. However, when this project was conceived, very little information and historical data was available on the World Wide Web. This web site project sought to address this in providing an historical account, primarily through the collation of existing data, records and publications from respected and reliable sources.

Dedicated to the miners who have laboured long and hard over nearly 200 years in the Illawarra, and especially those who have lost their lives to coal mining

This website is a volunteer based community service, presented for the information and interest of the thousands of coal mining families in the Illawarra, the many companies and businesses involved in coal mining, and for students worldwide. Unlike a text book, it brings the Illawarra coal mining story to a world-wide community of people with an interest in history in general or coal mining in particular.

A project of this nature is optimistic, time-consuming, and difficult. By its very nature, historical research can be sketchy and contradictory, illustrating that facts can easily distort over time.

Coal skips entering the mineWhilst meticulous care has been taken in verifying the integrity of the information, no guarantees of accuracy can be given. As the sub-title of the site suggests, the unofficial nature of the information presented is to be taken as a caution to visitors seeking the definitive, all-in-one "package". Rather than claim infallibility, it is preferred to emphasise the effort taken to ensure a high level of accuracy, with attempts to weed out inconsistencies in published documents, and opening the results to the community for comment (and contribution).

The historical research and gathering of data began in 1997 by Brian Sheldon, a former Geological Surveyor residing in the Illawarra with over 50 years experience in the coal mining industry, and a man with a passionate interest in the Illawarra coal mines. Brian is the principal research coordinator of this project and was also the founder and director of Sheldrill Pty Ltd, a local consulting company specialising in underground gas and mine-site rehabilitation. 

Longwall MiningThe website design and maintenance is managed by Mark McShane, a former coal mine surveyor with over 20 years industry experience who moved on from the coal mines in June 2001 to manage a small home-based web design company as the managing director of inTouch web services. 

Brian and Mark volunteered their resources and skills to create this site as a sort of informal joint-venture or personal hobby, and the project quietly commenced in February 1999, with occasional design updates over the years. The site will always be a "work in progress" and is presented on an "as is" basis, with no guarantees or promises.

In April 2018 the site was again refreshed and relaunched and it is hoped the site content can continue to be regularly revised and expanded as time and other personal commitments allow.

We welcome your feedback, comments, impressions, criticisms, suggestions, and most of all, your support! 

Community donations are requested to support some of the time and ongoing expenses incurred in building and maintaining this site and your contribution will help support the ongoing development of this community project.

Last Updated: 10 February 2023
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