The N.S.W. Shale and Oil Company’s Mine and Tramway Incline, Hartley.

Rare colonial engraving of the N.S.W. Shale and Oil Company’s mine at Hartley. The production of oil product from shale was a highly significant Australian industry. Hartley Vale was one of two areas of shale developed in 1865 and continued productively for longer than any of the oil-shale works in Australia, for 48 years.

From the original edition of The Town and Country Journal.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 41861
State Library New South Wales: 1870-1919 TN83A
State Library Victoria: RARENSL N.S.W. 1870-1919