Shale & Shays
$78.00
Shale & Shays - The Fight for Shale Oil from the Wolgan Valley.
Mark Langdon presents a fresh look at the exhilarating shale-oil mining days of 1906 – 1932 in the Wolgan Valley in New South Wales. Researched from existing company and government documentation and newspaper reports of the day, the book begins with the story of the Commonwealth Oil Corporation’s (C.O.C.) inception, financed and run from the London offices, continues through the building of the works at Newnes and the railway to Newnes Junction, and rounds out with the final days in the 1930s, when the fate of Newnes resided in the hands of the Commonwealth Government and National Oil Pty Ltd.
Specifications:
- Author: Mark Langdon
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 300
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