Mount Kembla

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Mount Kembla is a prominent mountain and former coal-mining village near Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia, known for its scenic bushland and the site of one of the country’s worst mining disasters in 1902.

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Mount Kembla canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mining disaster
mountain
suburb
category Coal mining in New South Wales
Mountains of New South Wales
Suburbs of Wollongong
cause coal dust explosion
country Australia
date 31 July 1902
dateOfEvent Mount Kembla mining disaster
surface form: 1902 Mount Kembla mining disaster
hasCommunityFacility Mount Kembla Public School
community hall
hasFeature bushland
lookouts
walking tracks
hasHeritage Mount Kembla village cemetery
former mining infrastructure
miners’ cottages
hasLandUse bushland reserve
former industrial (coal mining)
residential
hasMemorial Mount Kembla Mine Disaster Memorial
hasReligiousBuilding Anglican church
Catholic church
hasViewOf Tasman Sea
Illawarra Plain
surface form: Wollongong coastal plain
historicalUse coal-mining village
knownAs one of Australia’s worst mining disasters
knownFor Mount Kembla mining disaster
coal mining history
scenic views over Wollongong and the coast
localGovernmentArea Wollongong
surface form: City of Wollongong
locatedNear Wollongong
locatedOn Illawarra Escarpment
surface form: Illawarra escarpment
location Mount Kembla self-linksurface differs
nearbyLocality Cordeaux Heights
Figtree
Kembla Heights
Unanderra
numberOfDeaths 96
partOf Illawarra Coal Measures
surface form: Illawarra coalfields
region Illawarra
state New South Wales
tourism bushwalking
heritage tourism
nature observation
transport road access from Wollongong

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Illawarra Escarpment contains Mount Kembla
Farmborough Heights locatedNear Mount Kembla
Kembla Grange locatedNear Mount Kembla
Mount Kembla location Mount Kembla self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: 1902 Mount Kembla mining disaster