The Co-operative Colliery, Plattsburg
My late friend Dulcie Hartley wrote about the Co-operative Colliery at Plattsburg as a follow-up to her work on the life and career of "The Miners' Advocate": James Fletcher. I've transcribed her unpublished typescript. Chapter 1 follows: The following account attempts to summarise the development of the nineteenth century coal mining industry in the Newcastle district, with emphasis on the movement towards unionism and the co-operative system. With a particular focus on the emergence of the New South Wales Co-operative Coal Mining Company at Plattsburg, near Wallsend, and the role played by James Fletcher. Chapter 1:…
