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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National

Curious clues to mystery mine entrance at Nobbys

MYSTERY: Does this diorama show the site of the initial entry to Newcastle's 1804 convict coal mine below present Fort Scratchley?

EVERY picture tells a thousand words, or does it?

Take today's main picture of an old-fashioned diorama. It depicts a headland in early colonial times with a raised Union Jack and a series of worker tents nearby. Beneath this scene, there's a drift (a coal mine) dug into the cliff with a small rock platform and a path leading to a small vessel waiting to load a coal cargo.

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