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Corporate body
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Mount Kembla Colliery
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Description area
Dates of existence
1883 - 1955
History
In 1883 the Mount Kembla Coal and Oil Company opened the Mount Kembla Colliery. Its Chairman was Ebenezer Vickery of E Vickery & Sons Ltd, who owned the Mount Keira Colliery in Wollongong, NSW. In 1913 the mine was taken over by Mount Kembla Collieries Ltd who operated the mine until 1946 when BHP became the owners. In 1955, the Mount Keira and Mount Kembla mines were joined by an underground tunnel, and Kemira Colliery was established incorporating both mines.
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Wollongong, New South Wales
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coal mining
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Entered from deposit description on 3 Jun 2011
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Sources
NSW Minerals Council Ltd website, http://www.nswmin.com.au/Mining-in-NSW/History-of-Mining/Mt-Kembla-History/Mt-Kembla-History/default.aspx (accessed on 3 June 2011)
Wollongong City Council website, http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/library/onlineresources/suburbprofiles/pages/mountkembla.aspx (accessed on 3 June 2011)
Australian Dictionary of Biography, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060355b.htm (accessed on 3 June 2011)
Port Kembla 1770-1992: A brief history of the port from the earliest days