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Coal

By bella.baker99

  • First Discovery

    Discovered at the mouth of the Hunter River in New South Wales by William Bryant, an escaping convict.

  • Second Discovery

    William Clarke was the next to discover coal near Thirroul, on the south coast of New South Wales.

  • First Coalmine

    Near the mouth of the Hunter River, the first coalmine was established in 1801.

  • Newcastle

    Governer King named Newcastle, after making it a permanent settlement. Production of salt was one of the first uses of Newcastle. It soon became Australia's centre for development in coal trade.
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    Production of salt.

    Newcastle became producing salt by boiling seawater with local coal for fuel. Lime was also produced for building, by burning seashells.