Coal, railways and mines : the railways and collieries of the Greta and South Maitland coalfields, Volume 2

We are delighted to report that the second volume of Brian Robert Andrews‘ latest work is now available and a copy will be housed in Cultural Collections very soon.

Mr Andrews and the Cultural Collections team have been colleagues for some time. He has made extensive use of our resources in the J & A Brown and South Maitland Railways archives during his research for this 5-volume work.  He has allowed our team to digitise thousands of his photos and provided expert advice on railway and mining history in Newcastle and the Hunter Region.

Table of Contents

• Development of the coal lands in the vicinity of Cessnock
  • The Aberdare Collieries Syndicate
    • The Aberdare Collieries Railway Bill
• The Newcastle Cessnock Coal Mining Company
• Hebburn and Elrington Collieries
  • Hebblewhite’s Mine (Later Hebburn No. 1 Colliery)
  • Hebburn No. 2 Colliery
  • Hebburn No. 2 Colliery Branch Railway
  • Elrington Colliery
• The Railway and Collieries of the Abermain Colliery Company, Limited
  Later Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd
  Later J & A Brown & Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd
  • Abermain Colliery (Later known as Abermain No. 1 Colliery and Abermain Tunnel)
  • Abermain No. 2 Colliery
  • Abermain No. 1 Shaft Colliery (Abermain No. 3 Colliery)
  • Formation of J & A Brown Abermain Seaham Collieries Limited
• The Collieries and Railways of the Caledonian Coal Company, Limited
  Later Caledonian Collieries Limited
  • Development of Aberdare Colliery
  • Caledon Open Cut
  • Aberdare Tunnel Colliery (Later Aberdare North Colliery)
  • Aberdare West Tunnel (Later known as Aberdare West Colliery)
  • Aberdare Extended Colliery
  • Caldare Colliery
  • Caldare No. 2 Colliery
  • Abernethy Main Colliery (Later Aberdare South Colliery)
  • Aberdare South Colliery Branch Railway
  • Aberdare Central Colliery
  • Aberdare Extended No. 7 Colliery (Later known ad Aberdare No. 7 Colliery)
• Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company, Limited
  Later Cessnock Collieries Limited
  • Commencement of Neath Colliery
  • Neath Colliery Branch Railway
  • Neath Opencut Workings
  • Cessnock Colliery
  • Cessnock No. 2 Opencut Workings
  • Re-commencement of Kalingo Colliery
  • Formation of Cessnock Collieries Limited
  • Change of Names of Cessnock and Kalingo Collieries
• The Great Northern Coal Company, Limited
• Photo Gallery

For further information and purchase details, please contact Brian R. Andrews via email – n_andrews@bigpond.com