King Coal wants it all his way
KING Coal is an outlaw, of the worst kind. The coal industry is so quick to invoke the letter of the law when it comes to stopping people protesting against…
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King Coal wants it all his way
The great Newcastle railway debate of 1856
WHEN the newly formed NSW Railway Commission proposed in 1856 to extend the Newcastle railway line from Honeysuckle Point to the city’s east, many of the town’s inhabitants were horrified.…
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The great Newcastle railway debate of 1856
James Fletcher, “the miner’s advocate”
JAMES Fletcher’s name has become synonymous with the foundation of The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. The Scottish-born former miner, mining union leader, mine manager, mine owner and Member…
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James Fletcher, “the miner’s advocate”