Mines & Trains Exhibition

Plaque commemorating Stanford Merthyr Colliery Disaster, 29 October 1905

Display commemorating Stanford Merthyr Colliery Disaster, 29 October 1905

Wagons full of Best Coal adjacent to the small coal box at Stanford Merthyr Colliery awaiting shipment - Stanford Merthyr Colliery, NSW, Australia

Changing shifts at Stanford Merthyr Mines - Little tunnel was travelling road for horses and men. It was 9ft high x 8ft wide - Stanford Merthyr Colliery, NSW, Australia

Pit horses and their handlers about to commence their shift at Stanford Merthyr Colliery, NSW, Australia

Site of Stanford Main No. 1 Colliery, NSW, Australia

Plaque marking the location of the "Main" tunnel, Stanford Main No. 1 Colliery, Stanford Merthyr Colliery, NSW, Australia

Site of Stanford Main No. 1 Colliery, NSW, Australia

Plaque marking the location of the "Little" tunnel, Stanford Main No. 1 Colliery, NSW, Australia

Memorial over the graves of the men who lost their lives in the Stanford Merthy Colliery disaster of 29 October 1905.

Memorial over the graves of the men who lost their lives in the Stanford Merthy Colliery disaster of 29 October 1905.

Poppet head (head frame) from Aberdare Central Colliery, Kitchener, NSW, Australia

Poppet head (head frame) from Aberdare Central Colliery, Kitchener, NSW, Australia

Site of Bellbird Colliery, NSW, Australia

Site of the former Greta Colliery, NSW, Australia

Site of the former Greta Colliery, NSW, Australia

Site of the former Greta Colliery, NSW, Australia

Site of the former Greta Colliery, NSW, Australia

Site of the former Greta Colliery, NSW, Australia

Site of the former Greta Colliery, NSW, Australia

Site of the former Greta Colliery, NSW, Australia

Site of Abermain No. 3 Colliery, Kearsley, NSW, Australia

Site of Abermain No. 3 Colliery, Kearsley, NSW, Australia