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    Appendix A: Letter from Governor Hunter to Sir Joseph BanksAppendix B: Campbell Mitchell ( 1831-1883)Appendix C: From " The Collieries and Boghead Mines of New South Wales"Appendix D: Residents of the Mining Community at South Katoomba, March 1892Appendix E: Oscar Schulze - Additional BiographyAppendix F: Bleichert and Saddington Family TreesAppendix G: Land SurveyChapter 01: Before People Walked the Land: The Story of the RocksChapter 02: A Strange Rock That BurnsChapter 03: The Land GrabChapter 04: The Rise and Fall of Oil Shale in NSWChapter 05: Exploration in the Jamison and Magalong ValleysChapter 06: The Katoomba and Gladstone CollieriesChapter 07: Torbanite Mining at the Ruined CastleChapter 08: Mining at Katoomba by the Australian Kerosene Oil and Mineral CompanyChapter 09: Mining in the First Half of the Twentieth CenturyChapter 10: Engines, Rails, Cables, Bells and Whistles - The Operation of the Katoomba Mining InfrastructureChapter 11: How did the Mining Families Live?Chapter 12: Where were the Aboriginals?Chapter 13: Improvisation and InnovationChapter 14: The recovery of the Forests and the Return of the LyrebirdsFurther Research: A collection of photographs that have been found since the book was published with comments and email exchanges relating thereto.Uncategorized
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