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Australia Mining Disasters Team

Australia Mining Disasters Team

Australia Mining Disasters Team

Australia Mining Disasters Team

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Timeline of Australian Mining Disasters

Australian Mining Disasters

This is a list of Australian mining disasters with at least ten fatalities that occurred 75 or more years ago.

Australian Mining Disasters >=75 years ago with >=10 fatalities
Date Colliery / Mine Location Fatalities Cause
15-Feb-1937 No. 20 Shaft Dalyston Colliery Wonthaggi, Victoria 13 Explosion
04-Apr-1929 Briseis Tin Mine Derby, Tasmania 14 Dam wall burst floods mine
01-Sep-1923 Bellbird Colliery Bellbird, New South Wales 21 Fire / explosion / Carbon monoxide
19-Sep-1921 Mount Mulligan Mine Mount Mulligan, Queensland 77 Coal dust explosion
12-Dec-1912 North Mount Lyell Mine Queenstown, Tasmania 42 Underground Mine Fire
31-Jul-1902 Mt Kembla Colliery Mt. Kembla, New South Wales 96 Explosion
21-Mar-1898 Dudley Colliery Dudley, New South Wales 15 Methane Explosion
3-Dec-1896 Stockton Colliery Newcastle, New South Wales 11 Explosion / Spontaneous Combustion
22- Jun-1889 Hamilton Pit, Glebe Mine Merewether, New South Wales 11 Roof fall
23-Mar-1887 Old Bulli Colliery Bulli, New South Wales 81 Men and Boys Gas explosion
12-Dec-1882 New Australasia Mine No. 2 Creswick, Victoria 22 Underground Mine Flood

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David Moss
Hi.

I am wondering if anyone is working on the Bulli mine disaster of 1887. I know this disaster is well documented. I have just found out that I have at least one relative who died in it - Isaiah Poppit. It is also possible that some of Isaiah Poppitt's children may have died directly or indirectly as a result of the disaster. I am currently working on Shropshire and Staffordshire mine disasters in the UK. thanks and best regards, David

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Joan (Williams) Whitaker
Hi David.

Thank you for the work you are doing on Disasters. I discuss this disaster with Gillian Thomas this morning and she has created a new page for it so that it can be worked on. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Bulli_Mine_Disaster_1887

Regards Joan

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KerrieAnne (Adams) Christian
I coordinate the commemoration of this disaster in Bulli - see [email address removed] and

https://blackdiamondheritagecentrebulli.wordpress.com/bulli-history/who-were-the-men-and-boys-killed-in-the-1887-bulli-mine-disaster-of-1887/

posted by KerrieAnne (Adams) Christian