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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Birchgrove

Suburb

Wealthy waterfront suburb located on the north west slope of the Balmain peninsula. It is named after Birch Grove House, home of John Birch, paymaster of the 73rd Regiment.

-33.854773317011, 151.18602443635

Property
Administered by
Leichhardt Council
- 2016
Part of
Leichhardt local government area
- 2016
Administered by
Inner West Council
2016 -
Part of
Inner West local government area
2016 -
Type
Suburb

Balmain Colliery

CC BY-SA 2.0
by
Neil Radford
,
2016

Attempts to mine the coal under Sydney started in the 1870s but, despite the efforts of several companies and a miners' cooperative, the Balmain Colliery was never a commercially successful producer of coal or gas and finally closed in 1950.

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