Our Past - Photos 1
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First jetty at "Cowper" in 1874, ran to mine tunnel entrance
Second jetty
Coal railway to the jetty
Wallarah on the rocks 1913
Public School Opening at Middle Camp, October 1915
Former Post Office 1940
Catho panorama 1920 - On the extreme left is the 1894-5 school building - in the centre is the 1894-5 teacher's residence
Catho panorama 1920 - The Mine Manager's house can be seen on the hill above the jetty, with his office on the slope below the house
Catho panorama 1920 - On the ridge left of centre is the original United Free Methodist Church - on the right is the original Church of England building in Frazer Street
Wallarah in heavy seas
Wallarah
Middle Camp
Village of Cowper 1879, now called CHB, is virtually deserted, following the collapse of mining
Locos circa 1892
Mine Manager Parton & family 1894
A collier at the jetty
Catho aerial 1947
Catherine Hill Bay 1894

Photo sources: Lake Macquarie Library; East Lake Macquarie Historical Society; Private collections