John Delaney and the Newcastle Regional Museum would like to thank

Australian Museums Online and IMCG Pty Ltd for making the conversion of this CD presentation to the internet possible.

This presentation is also available for purchase from the museum on CD. A selection of the Oral History Section of the presentation is also available on CD for purchase from the museum. If you wish to make enquiries regarding their purchase please follow the order link to the left of your screen.

The following individuals and companies were instrumental in putting the original CD presentation together.

The New South Wales Minerals Council and the United Mineworkers Federation for their generous sponsorship of this project.

In addition, John Delaney and the Newcastle Regional Museum would like to thank the following individuals for their substantial contribution to the manuscript and compact disc development;

Brian R. Andrews (Historic photographs)
David Barnes (Photographic Librarian - NSW Dept. of Mineral Resources)
Michael Barrett (Historic photographs)
Val Blackett (Proofing of typed manuscript)
Trevor Burndred (Production of compact disc)
Doug Carey (Historic photographs)
Lyn Coutman (Typing of manuscript)
Ken Craft (Historic Photographs)
Mark Di Gravio (University of Newcastle Archives)
Jack ‘Digger’ Dodd (Technical & historical information)
Leonard Duffie (Historic photographs)
John Dunnell (Manager TAS Graphics Unit - NSW Dept. of Mineral Resources)
Simon Eade (Cultural Services Manager - Cessnock City Council)
Pat Gregson (Lake Macquarie & District Historical Society)
Ron Higgenbottom (Technical & historicalinformation)
Neville ‘Ned’ Lightfoot (Technical & historical information)
Wilf McClung (Supply and identification of historic photographs)
Jim Mitchell (Technical & historical information)
Norm Monger (Proofing of manuscript and advice)
Eve Semple (Indexing of Oral Histories)
John Shoebridge (Proofing of manuscript and advice)
Peter Slade (Indexing of Oral Histories)
Ron Stephenson (Historic photographs)
Val Randall (Historic photographs)
Ed Tonks (Supply and identification of historic photographs)
Ken Victor (Technical & historical information)
Eric Ward (Technical & historical information)

Jack Delaney and the Newcastle Regional Museum would also like to acknowledge all the people who made themselves available to be interviewed as part of the oral history component of this project.