Our History,

Our committee was comprised of a group of real workers committed to promoting the Mining Heritage of Mt Kembla. We represented a wide cross section of the Mt Kembla Community, as our membership included people from most of the Villages' other community groups, including the core committee of the Mine Disaster Centenary 2002. We openly welcomed any person interested, to attend our meetings and assist by sharing ideas, skills, knowledge and contributing their time and effort, with the work to be done in promoting Mt Kembla's Mining Heritage and associated activities. We also had some history research groups who compiled our social history past and present. What we aimed to achieve: to promote our Mining Heritage by holding an annual Festival with activities which related to our past and present social and mining history. This Festival was held each year on the weekend closest to the time of the Mt Kembla Mine Disaster - 31st July 1902, from 2002 to 2017.

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Due to decline in human and financial resources the decision was made to wind-down and eventually close the association. Peripheral assets were sold, the funds raised were banked and the collection and assets were transferred to Wollongong Heritage Collections Incorporated in 2020, in line with our constitution.