Blue Mountains ARC Linkage Project

‘History, heritage and environmental change in a deindustrialised landscape’ is a successful Australian Research Council Linkage project that investigates a 19th-century shale-mining community in Jamison Valley through archaeological and archival research complemented by oral histories.

To participate, follow the instructions outlined here. If you would like to research further, start with these references. Get into contact with us at arts.cha@mq.edu.au with any questions.

Participate

  • You are invited to participate in a project aiming to reconstruct, analyse, and interpret work, family and everyday life in shale mining communities in and around the Jamison Valley, near Katoomba, NSW, between 1880-1914. By combining archaeological, archival and oral evidence of shale-mining settlements in Australia, it will provide new insights into labour and community history, gender, transiency, and migration. As the first collaborative scholarly and community-based inquiry focused on shale-mining settlements and their demise, the project offers to produce a narrative of everyday working and family life accessible to the local community that can contribute to conservation of industrial heritage and cultural heritage tourism.
  • Participate through this survey link: https://limesurvey.mq.edu.au/index.php/532685

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