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Katoomba coal mine 1886

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Katoomba coal mine 1886

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Calvert, Samuel

State Library of Victoria

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Katoomba

Built on the traditional land of the Gundungurra people, the settlement on the western road over the mountains was a lonely outpost until the 1870s when it was named Katoomba and became a mining and tourist town. With the advent of the motor car, Katoomba became even more popular with holiday makers and honeymooners, as well as residents willing to commute to Sydney by train.

Katoomba coal tramway

Part of the vanished mine heritage of Katoomba, John Britty North's tramway hauled coal and shale from the Megalong valley along an extensive tramway system of which today's Scenic Railway is only a small part.

Mining

Katoomba Colliery Ltd

Coal mining company established in 1925 to re-open the mine at the base of the cliffs at Katoomba.

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Katoomba coal tramway

Tramway which carried coal and shale from the Katoomba's steep industrial railway (now known as the famous Scenic Railway) to the Great Western Railway.

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