Select Poetry. in Fetters of Gold
Air well? The grand pageant is over, No longer a girl but a wife. And my grey-headed elderly lover, Transformed to my master—for life…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Illawarra · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1884
16 stories in Illawarra's papers
Demonstration of Miners at Newcastle
The first annual demonstration of Newcastle miners took place on Saturday. The procession, which started from Long-work Hotel, Wallsend, was headed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Select Poetry. Better Than Gold
Better than grandeur, bolter than geld, Than rank and titles, a thousand fold, Is a healthy body and a mind at ease. And simple pleasures that alway please…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Select Poetry. More Precious Far Than Gold
ONLY a dead Forget-me-not He gave one happy hour, When he said good-bye" at the garden-gate. Only a faded flower!…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Select Poetry. Wedded to Gold
THREE years have quickly passed away Like visions in a dream; It seems no more than yesterday Since by the rippling stream…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Victorian Coal-mining Company's Railway Bill
The Victorian Coal-mining Company's Railway Bill was, after its first reading in the Assembly, referred to a select committee, where it was opposed by Mr. F. O'Donnell, on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Cliff Miners' Annual Dinner
The annual dinner of the Coal-Cliff miners was held at Osborne's Imperial Hotel, Clifton, on Saturday. The large dinner room was nicely decorated for the occasion, being hung with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Shoalhaven Gold Diggings
The report of the warden of Nowra, on the Yalwal Goldfield, for the half-year ending 30th June, 1881, has been received by the Minister for Mines, and is as follows :—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Illawarra Coal Enterprises
We learn from Mr. John Biggar, the local agent in connection with the matter, that a lease of the Balgownio property between Captain" Osborne, the proprietor, and a syndicate of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This Ringwood Colliery Works. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—I noticed a very eulogistic paragraph in a recent issue of the Mercury, concerning the works carried out in connection with what is known as the Ringwood Coal Mines (and called in your…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Mining at Avondale
Slowly but surely the coal mining industry of Illawarra is moving southward as well as northward. The Mount Keira colliery, west of the town of Wollongong, is the pioneer mine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Mining at Avondale
SLOWLY but surely the coal mining industry try of Illawarra is moving southward as welt as northward. The Mount Keira colliery, west of the town of Wollongong, is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Mining Accident
We regret having to record a fatal accident of a most melancholy nature that occurred in the Bulli Colliery, on Wednesday last, the victim being a man named Frank Bonar. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Discovery of Coal
In our issue of Tuesday last it was stated among the Sydney telegrams that coal had been discovered on the Illawarra railway line, between Coal-cliff and George's River. Since then we have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Heathcote Coal Discovery
A discovery of coal which, if future development bears out the success anticipated from present indications, will be of very great importance, has lately been made at Heathcote, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Discovery of Coal
IN our issue of Tuesday last it was stated among the Sydney telegrams that coal had been discovered on the Illawarra railway line, between Coal-cliff and George'e…
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