Slurry Pump bar The mine ran from 1947

The mine ran from 1947 until coal reserves were exhausted in 2012

BHP Collieries built the colliery to supply coking coal to the Newcastle steelworks

layers of newspaper pressed into the surface as draught insulation against the Southern Tablelands winters

167 at Sydney

was central to operations that ran from 1902 until cement production ceased in November 1991

Slurry Pump bar The mine ran from 1947A large yellow slurry pump tagged 'Lot 80' sits in the foreground, its control knobs, levers, and pipework still in place. Behind it, blue barrels line the wall and concrete steps with yellow painted risers lead up to a First Aid Station doorway, a red and white graffiti panel beside it. Part of the Awaba Colliery series.