Glenrock Lagoon
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Glenrock Lagoon, an intermediate fresh water small coastal creek, is located within the Lake Macquarie local government area in the Newcastle and Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia. The lake
Looking east across Glenrock Lagoon from Leichhardt's Lookout on the Yuelarbah Track
Remnants of an old coal railway line
Rusty coal carriage wheels located on Burwood Beach
A pocket of open forest in Glenrock
Merewether, New South Wales
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Merewether is a former Municipality and today a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 3 km from Newcastle's central business district with a population of around 11,000. The suburb
Glenrock Lagoon
…completed on 10 May 1885, which was named Burwood Colliery. A private railway was built from the mine across the lagoon around the cliff face and across Burwood Beach (then known as Smelters Beach) to connect with the Merewether Estate line where the former smelter was situated and some coal loading already took…
Merewether Beach
Newcastle Coal Company's Colliery at the Glebe, c1900.
The last loaded coal train leaves the Glebe and is about to cross Yule Road, 24 Aug 1954.
Funeral of Glebe Pit men, St Augustine's Church, Merewether, 3 July 1889