Newnes : history of a Blue Mountains oil-shale town
Taylor, G. J.2000
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An introduction to the history of the one time unique village and industrial complex, which had existed at Newnes from 1906 - 1940.
Newnes : history of a Blue Mountains oil-shale town / by G. J. Taylor
New South Wales : G. J. Taylor, 2000
64 pages : illustrations, photographs, maps
The Fells: pioneers of the Australian oil industry - Construction of the Wolgan Valley railway - Wolgan and its needs - Production history 1911 - Works diagram - Works closure 1913 - The Fell era 1912-1923 - The great strike 1919 - Closure of oil works - Newnes township - Town map - The depression years - Newnes Hotel - Billy Hall
994.45
English
348121
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