NOT even a reigning monarch could shift old Bandy Sam from his bush humpy at Slacky Flat, Bulli. Although authorities were eventually successful in clearing the shanty town of unemployed men and low income families from the blackberry and weed infested flat named after the coal waste that had been progressively washed down from the…
FOUR underground miners sadly lost their lives when they suffocated in the Old Bulli Colliery on November 9 1965 after a pocket of gas ignited causing a fire in a panel a few hundred metres from the main shaft. Three of the four miners died in shunt where the fire had started, and the fourth…
The picture, published on the front page of the Tribune on Wednesday 17 November 1965, shows men and women, headed by Miners’ Federation leaders, marching in solemn procession through Bulli to the funeral of one of the four men killed in a mine fire. Fred Hunt, Harry Smith, Jack Murray and Bob Stewart were trapped and killed…
SYDNEY: “Yes, I’ve seen my mates killed – 21 at Bellbird – two at Excelsior – two at Old Bulli – two at Wongawilli – one at Catherine Hill Bay,” said Arthur McDonald, a dusted coal miner, last week. “I’ve seen the last messages men, trapped behind a brick seal, chalked on the wall before…
The Solidarity Cup was won by the Old Bulli Miners’ Lodge at the May Day celebrations. In the photo: Messrs. A. Southern (Board of Management representative), J. Harbottle (secretary Old Bulli Lodge), and J . Wallis (president of the lodge). – The Labor Daily May 6 1930 * The Solidarity Cup was presented to the…
BULLI’S tragic 1887 colliery disaster resulted in a massive fundraising effort for the families of the 81 men and boys who were killed in the methane gas explosion. Fundraisers were held all over Australia, and as far away as England, for the many left widowed and orphaned as a result of the disaster. The fund…
Coal miners leaving the pit, Bulli, before going on strike. Miners at Bulli handing in their lamps at the commencement of the coal strike. Photos: The Australasian (Melbourne) Saturday 17 September 1938 Would you like to make a small donation towards the running of the Looking Back and Bulli & Clifton Times websites? If you would like…
IN THE OLD BULLI MINE One of the oldest coal mines on the N.S.W. South Coast. The men are waiting for the skips to move off on their 2½-mile trip underground. STARTING THE DAY’S WORK A miner entering a skip which will take him down to the coal face. AT THE RESCUE STATION Where a team of…
THE story goes that the humble “billy can” got its name from the goldfields. In the early days of the diggings in NSW and Victoria, the miners consumed considerable quantities of tinned foods. One particular brand of beef, in big round cans, was known as “Bully Beef”. When the meat had been taken from the…
Miners from the Excelsior and old Bulli collieries photographed at Bulli yesterday. They were reading the latest developments following the Federal Government’s move in serving army call-up notices on many young South Coast miners who have been on strike since February 14. – The Melbourne Age Wednesday 1 March 1944 Would you like to make a small donation towards…
OLD Bulli is more alive than the men in other places of mushroom growth think. She can spoil the little ‘game’ of those who want to have great post offices and to burden the country with more taxation. ‘Go to bed !’ say we to you Woonona toilers. You can’t raise a progress committee. We don’t want…
Miners from the Excelsior [Thirroul] and Old Bulli colleries photographed at Bulli yesterday. They were reading the latest developments following the Federal Government’s move in serving army call-up notices on many young South Coast miners who have been on strike since February 14. -The Age (Melbourne, Vic.) Wednesday 1 March 1944. * The bloke third…
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