List of collieries in Newcastle (Australia)
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This list contains a List of collieries in Newcastle
(New South Wales, Australia) of the known colleries and mines that existed. It has been categorised into Local Government Areas.
Newcastle, New South Wales
The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...
(New South Wales, Australia) of the known colleries and mines that existed. It has been categorised into Local Government Areas.
Lake Macquarie
- Ebenezer CollieryEbenezer CollieryEbenezer Colliery was a coal mine located at Coal Point, New South Wales, Australia.Reverend Lancelot Edward Threlkeld began mining at the south west point of Coal Point near Toronto in 1840, after the failure of his aboriginal mission....
1840 (renamed South Hetton Colliery in 1906), Coal Point, New South WalesCoal Point, New South WalesCoal Point is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, and is located on a peninsula southeast of the towns of Toronto and Carey Bay, on the western side of Lake Macquarie.- History :...
. - Lochend CollieryLochend CollieryLochend Colliery was a mine located at Speers Point, New South Wales, Australia.William Brooks began mining coal at the foot of the Munibung Hill near Speers Point in 1843. The coal was carried by trolleys on a small gauge tram line to a jetty at Speers Point...
1843, Speers Point, New South WalesSpeers Point, New South WalesSpeers Point is a suburb within, and the location of the council seat of the City of Lake Macquarie Local Government Area in New South Wales, Australia...
. - Murray Brothers Coal Mine 1863
- New Wallsend Company Colliery 1873
- South Waratah CollierySouth Waratah CollieryThe South Waratah Colliery was a coal mine located at Kotara South, in New South Wales Australia.The Waratah Coal Company sank its first shaft in 1873 to mine coal from the Victoria Tunnel Seam...
1873 (known as Raspberry Gully, Charles Pit & The Gully Pit), Kotara South, New South WalesKotara South, New South WalesKotara South is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area. The public school in Kotara South opened in 1960.-External links:*... - Lake Macquarie Coal Co Colliery 1875
- Burwood Colliery 1885
- Great Northern Coal Co Colliery 1886 (renamed Northern Colliery in 1890; Pacific Co-operative Colliery in 1893; and Pacific Colliery in 1914)
- Teralba Colliery 1886 (renamed Borehole Colliery in 1906 Stockton Borehole Colliery in 1908)
- Young Wallsend Coal Co Colliery 1887
- South Burwood Colliery 1888 (renamed Dudley Colliery in 1891)
- West Wallsend Coal Co. Colliery 1888
- Burwood Extended Colliery 1889 (renamed Ocean Colliery in 1903, Burwood Extended 1904 and Redhead Colliery in 1920.
- Wallarah Colliery 1888
- Gartlee Mine 1890 (renamed Northern Extended in 1902)
- Monkwearmouth Coal Co. Colliery 1890 (renamed Seaham Colliery in 1891-92)
- Durham Colliery 1892 (renamed Lambton No. 2 Colliery in 1898)
- West Wallsend Extended 1892
- Seaham No. 2 1905
- Speers Point Gully Mine 1916
- Wattle Glen Colliery 1917
- Oldstan Colliery 1919
- Belmont Colliery 1925
- Cardiff Tickhole 1925
- John Darling Colliery 1925
- Awaba State Coal Mine 1948
- Newstan Colliery 1950
- Myuna CollieryMyuna CollieryMyuna Colliery is a coal mine located at Wangi Wangi, New South Wales, Australia. The colliery was developed to provide coal for the Eraring Power Station, located 5 kilometres to the west. The mine started in August 1979, with coal production commencing in 1982. The Wallarah, Great Northern and...
1979 - Wyee Colliery 1962 (renamed Mannering Colliery 2005)
- Munmorah State Coal Mine 1962 (Closed 2005)
- Newvale Colliery 1962 (Closed 1994)
- Newvale No.2 Colliery 1962 (Renamed Endeavour Colliery 1995) (Closed 1999)
- Cooranbong Colliery 1980 (Reserves Exhausted 2004- Now part of Mandalong Mine)
- Mandalong Mine 2005
- Westside Mine 2003