GEOLOGY OF THE NEWCASTLE COASTLINE NEW SOUTH WALES nsw.gov.au The coastal cliffs in the Newcastle area are made of the Newcastle Coal Measures – one part of the Sydney Basin. These sedimentary rocks were formed from sediments deposited in rivers and swamps in the late Permian approximately 255 million years ago.
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Get PriceNewcastle Coal Measures Australian Stratigraphic Units Database . (Map attached to "Geology of the Sydney 1:100 000 sheet 9130" edited by . of the Newcastle Coal Measures Coalfield Geology Council Of New South Wales.
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Get PriceBy the 13th century coal mining was well established along the Tyne, most notably at Whickham and at nearby Winlaton, where the mine was owned by Lord De Nevill, a Baron of the bishopric. In 1291, 80 quarters of coal were sent to Corfe Castle in Dorset from Newcastle and coal was being shipped to London from here at least as early as 1305.
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