Trains of the Bulli Colliery 1858-1993
Geology: Boorowa minerals | Bulli coal mine | Cunningham Creek fossils | F. von Hochstetter | Historical publications | Lake Macquarie | Oil shale | P.E. Strzelecki | W.B. Clarke | Yass | Trains and Trams of the Bulli Coal Company Line (Bulli Colliery to Sandon Point Jetty and Mainline) 1858- 1993 Chronology and Bibliography Compiled by Michael Organ Bulli coal mine jetty, c.1871. Introduction The following is a chronological listing of historical references to trains, trams and the construction and operation of the Bulli Colliery to Sandon Point tramway and railway line between the years 1858 and 1993. Also included are references to the various sidings associated with the Bulli Cokeworks, which operated on site between 1889-1930, and the nearby Vulcan and Newbolds brickworks. 1839-40 - Captain Robert Marsh Westmacott attempted to mine coal at Bulli. He is stopped, in part, by the Australian Agricultural Company rights to mine coal in ...