Illawarra Coal Measures
E352236
The Illawarra Coal Measures are a major Late Permian coal-bearing geological sequence in eastern Australia, notable for their extensive coal deposits within the Sydney Basin.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Australian coal supply chain | 1 |
| Bulli Coal Seam | 1 |
| Illawarra Coal Measures canonical | 1 |
| Illawarra coalfield | 1 |
| Illawarra coalfields | 1 |
| Southern Coalfield of New South Wales | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3373723 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illawarra Coal Measures Context triple: [Sydney Basin, hasFormation, Illawarra Coal Measures]
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A.
Sydney Basin
The Sydney Basin is a large geological and metropolitan region in New South Wales, Australia, encompassing the greater Sydney area and surrounding lowlands.
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B.
Hamersley Range
The Hamersley Range is a rugged mountain range in Western Australia's remote northwest, renowned for its rich iron ore deposits and dramatic gorges within Karijini National Park.
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C.
Tablelands of New South Wales
The Tablelands of New South Wales are a series of elevated plateau regions in eastern New South Wales, Australia, known for their cool climate, rural landscapes, and mixed agricultural and pastoral land use.
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D.
Southern Tablelands
The Southern Tablelands is a pastoral and agricultural region of New South Wales, Australia, characterized by rolling highland plains and rural townships south and southwest of Sydney.
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E.
Broken Hill region of New South Wales
The Broken Hill region of New South Wales is a remote, mining-centered area in the far west of the state, geographically and economically aligned with outback South Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illawarra Coal Measures Target entity description: The Illawarra Coal Measures are a major Late Permian coal-bearing geological sequence in eastern Australia, notable for their extensive coal deposits within the Sydney Basin.
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A.
Sydney Basin
The Sydney Basin is a large geological and metropolitan region in New South Wales, Australia, encompassing the greater Sydney area and surrounding lowlands.
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B.
Hamersley Range
The Hamersley Range is a rugged mountain range in Western Australia's remote northwest, renowned for its rich iron ore deposits and dramatic gorges within Karijini National Park.
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C.
Tablelands of New South Wales
The Tablelands of New South Wales are a series of elevated plateau regions in eastern New South Wales, Australia, known for their cool climate, rural landscapes, and mixed agricultural and pastoral land use.
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D.
Southern Tablelands
The Southern Tablelands is a pastoral and agricultural region of New South Wales, Australia, characterized by rolling highland plains and rural townships south and southwest of Sydney.
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E.
Broken Hill region of New South Wales
The Broken Hill region of New South Wales is a remote, mining-centered area in the far west of the state, geographically and economically aligned with outback South Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coal measures
ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ stratigraphic unit ⓘ |
| ageRange | Lopingian ⓘ |
| containsFossils |
marine invertebrates
ⓘ
plant fossils ⓘ |
| containsMember |
Illawarra Coal Measures
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Bulli Coal Seam
Katoomba Coal ⓘ Tongarra Coal ⓘ Tongarra Coal ⓘ
surface form:
Wongawilli Coal Seam
Tongarra Coal ⓘ
surface form:
Woonona Coal Seam
|
| containsResource |
bituminous coal
ⓘ
coking coal ⓘ thermal coal ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| depositionalEnvironment |
coastal plain
ⓘ
fluvio-deltaic ⓘ |
| economicImportance | major coal resource of the Sydney Basin ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Late Permian ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod |
Permian Period
ⓘ
surface form:
Permian
|
| hasCoalRank | high-volatile bituminous ⓘ |
| hasMajorMiningDistrict |
Illawarra Coal Measures
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Illawarra coalfield
Illawarra Coal Measures self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Coalfield of New South Wales
|
| isKeyFor | Permian stratigraphic correlation in eastern Australia ⓘ |
| lithology |
coal
ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ shale ⓘ siltstone ⓘ tuff ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New South Wales
ⓘ
eastern Australia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Illawarra region ⓘ |
| overlies |
Narrabeen Group
ⓘ
surface form:
Shoalhaven Group
|
| partOf |
Sydney Basin
ⓘ
Sydney Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Sydney-Gunnedah-Bowen Basin system
|
| region |
Illawarra region
ⓘ
surface form:
Illawarra region of New South Wales
Greater Sydney region ⓘ
surface form:
Sydney region
|
| researchField |
economic geology
ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ |
| stratigraphicPosition | uppermost Permian sequence of the Sydney Basin ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | foreland basin ⓘ |
| thickness | several hundred metres ⓘ |
| underlies | Narrabeen Group ⓘ |
| usedFor |
open-cut coal mining
ⓘ
underground coal mining ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Illawarra Coal Measures Description of subject: The Illawarra Coal Measures are a major Late Permian coal-bearing geological sequence in eastern Australia, notable for their extensive coal deposits within the Sydney Basin.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Australian coal supply chain
Illawarra Coal Measures
→
hasMajorMiningDistrict
→
Illawarra Coal Measures
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Illawarra coalfield
Illawarra Coal Measures
→
hasMajorMiningDistrict
→
Illawarra Coal Measures
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Southern Coalfield of New South Wales
this entity surface form:
Bulli Coal Seam
this entity surface form:
Illawarra coalfields