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Coal

By Harry00x1

  • Coal Discovered In Australia

    Coal Discovered In Australia
    Coal was first discovered at the mouth of the Hunter River in New South Wales by the escaping convict William Bryant. His wife, Mary, is thought to be the first European women to use coal for cooking.

  • Second Discovery of coal in Australia

    Second Discovery of coal in Australia
    Discovered on the southcoast of New South Wales by William Clarke near the present-day Thirroul. This was an important resource for assisting industrialisation to occur in a colony.

  • First Coalmine

    First Coalmine
    First Coalmine estabilished near the mouth of the hunter river.

  • Governor King Set Up Permanant Settlement at the Mouth of the Hunter River

    Governor King Set Up Permanant Settlement at the Mouth of the Hunter River
    Governor King Set Up Permanant Settlement at the Mouth of the Hunter River, naming it Newcastle. Newcastle was the Centre for the Devlopment of Australia's Coal Trade.

  • One of the first uses for Newcastle coal was for the production for salt

    One of the first uses for Newcastle coal was for the production for salt
    Seawater was bioilded using local coal for fuel. This process ran till 1808. In the same area seashells were burnt for lime manly for buildings.