Metropolitan Colliery
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The Metropolitan Colliery is a coal mine located near Helensburgh, New South Wales owned by Peabody Energy. It was opened by in 1887 by the Cumberland Coal & Iron Mining Company. In 1965, the mine was purchased by Australian Iron & Steel. A proposed sale to South32 in 2016 was abandoned after the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission refused to approve it.
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Location: -34.1875, 150.9931, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
4 places
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Bull Cave ⓘ
(Cave) Cave near Campbelltown containing Aboriginal rock art depicting cattle with horns, painted by Tharawal people who had seen the escaped cattle at Camden before they were found by the British. -
Old Woman's Bonnet ⓘ
(Cave) Large rock formation with a cave in it on the eastern bank of the Woronora River in southern Sydney. -
Metropolitan Colliery ⓘ
coal mine in New South Wales, Australia -
Metropolitan Tunnel ⓘ
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | cave | Bull Cave | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Old Woman's Bonnet | rock formation, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Metropolitan Colliery | coal mine | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Metropolitan Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |