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Copper mine in Australia
Great Cobar mine was a copper mine, located at Cobar, New South Wales, Australia, which also produced significant amounts of gold and silver. It operated
Great_Cobar_mine
Town in New South Wales, Australia
first done in the Great Cobar electrolytic copper refinery at Lithgow. Wonawinta mine, a significant silver mine, operates in the Cobar Basin. In March
Cobar
Australian extractive metallurgist and chemist
for the Great Cobar mine, around 1881. His name appeared—jointly with his assignees, Great Cobar's managing director, Russell Barton, and its mine manager
Claude_Vautin
Blast furnace for smelting non-ferrous ores
Great Cobar mine - Water jacket furnaces, from outside the smelter building, showing furnace flues to main flue, and slag wagons (1912) Great Cobar mine
Water jacket furnace (metallurgy)
Water_jacket_furnace_(metallurgy)
Town in New South Wales, Australia
at the Great Cobar Museum, in Cobar. Also in Cobar, a restored stamper battery from the old Mount Boppy Gold Mine is on display at the Cobar Miners'
Canbelego
Ghost town in New South Wales, Australia
the road from Cobar to Louth and south-west of the C.S.A. mine site. It was around 10 km, in straight-line distance, north-west of Cobar, but about 22 km
Elouera,_New_South_Wales
Railway line in Australia
known as the Great Cobar South and Great Cobar North mines. In January, 1876, the two southern mines were amalgamated under the name Great Cobar and the township
Cobar_railway_line
Gold mine in New South Wales, Australia
transferred to Cobar, typically by train. Even once at Cobar District Hospital, seriously injured miners usually died. The original Mount Boppy Gold Mine operated
Mount_Boppy_Gold_Mine
Mining village in New South Wales, Australia
mining lands of the Great Cobar mine, and to the east by Fort Bourke Hill and the Cobar Gold Mine, continuing south towards the Chesney Mine. At its southern
Wrightville
Town in New South Wales, Australia
copper mine and its smelters, by Grafton Copper Mining Company Limited, from 1905 to 1917. In 1910, the Cangai copper mine ranked, behind the Great Cobar mine
Cangai,_New_South_Wales
Australian politician
in mining. He was one of the early owners of the Great Cobar mine, and also was involved in other mines at Nymagee and Broken Hill. He was a director of
Russell_Barton
Town in New South Wales, Australia
Charles Campbell—two of the discoverers of the lode that became the Great Cobar mine—and two others, took out a mineral claim there. However, their claim
Girilambone,_New_South_Wales
Ghost town in New South Wales, Australia
furnace was added in 1909, using a second hand Roots blower from the Great Cobar Mine. One reverberatory furnace was retained for roasting copper matte to
Illewong,_New_South_Wales
Australian academic
University, which he held until 1935. Power acted as manager of the Great Cobar mine in 1913 during the four months Bellinger was away on leave. He was
F._Danvers_Power
Defunct smelter in Australia
included Great Cobar mine, British Australian Oil Company, Commonwealth Oil Corporation, Mount Boppy Gold Mine, and the Prince of Wales Mine. A few, such
Dapto_Smelting_Works
Canadian-American mining engineer working in Australia
until Blakemore became the mine manager of the Great Cobar mine, later in the same year. Howell remained manager of the mine until at least the second
John_Howell_(mining_engineer)
Former informal company grouping in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
mining in the Cobar region, with mixed success, using its subsidiary Cobar Mines Proprietary Limited. Its exploration of the old Great Cobar mine had no commercial
Collins_House_Group
Abandoned mine at Howell, New South Wales, Australia
George Blakemore, until he became the mine manager of the Great Cobar mine. Howell remained manager of the mine until at least the second half of 1903
Conrad_mine
Town in New South Wales, Australia
Way, 95 kilometres north of Hillston and 160 km south of Cobar. During the 1870s, a copper mine commenced operations at Mount Hope. In the mid-1880s, a
Mount_Hope,_New_South_Wales
Railway line in New South Wales, Australia
Gulgong only.) Cobar Branch Branches at Nyngan (1883), terminating Cobar (1894) Line extended to CSA Mine (12 km (7.5 mi) northwest of Cobar) in 1963. Branch
Main_Western_railway_line
Locality in New South Wales, Australia
McQueen, Ken (October 2016). "Site Descriptions - Cobar Discovery and Development of the Great Cobar Copper Mine" (PDF). Papers of 22nd Australasian Mining History
Gilgunnia
Locality and ghost town, in New South Wales, Australia
January 2026. "COPPER. GREAT COBAR MINE TO CLOSE". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 March 1919. p. 19. Retrieved 24 October 2024. "COBAR THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION"
Byng,_New_South_Wales
it had bought second-hand during the sell off of equipment from the Great Cobar mine, but in March 1928, it switched over to a supply from Burrinjuck power
Southern_Electricity_Supply
Cadia-Ridgeway Mine 20 km south of Orange; Lake Cowal Campaign and Barrick Gold 125 km sw of Parkes; CSA Mine near Cobar mines copper; Endeavour Mine extracts
Geology_of_New_South_Wales
Shuttleton". Western Age (Dubbo). 7 February 1919. p. 4. "THE GREAT COBAR COPPER MINE". Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. 9 August 1905. Retrieved
Shuttleton,_New_South_Wales
State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
October 1893. p. 7751. Retrieved 12 April 2020 – via Trove. "The Great Cobar Copper Mines". Australian Town and Country Journal. 3 August 1878. p. 23. Retrieved
Electoral_district_of_Cobar
Town in New South Wales, Australia
Railways of Cobar - 7. Other Mines, 1871-1922" (PDF). Light Railways (179). Light Railway Research Society of Australia: 9, 10, 11. "C.S.A. MINE FIRE". Sydney
Kandos,_New_South_Wales
Former railway line in New South Wales
but there was considerable pressure instead for the line to be built from Cobar and run via Wilcannia to Broken Hill. Construction, however, was authorised
Mount_Hope_railway_line
Mine in Queensland, Australia
the copper concentrator, Mount Isa Mines Limited," The AusIMM Cobar Branch, Third Mill Operators' Conference, Cobar, New South Wales, May 1988 (The Australasian
Mount_Isa_Mines
Alice Springs Elliot Tennant Creek New South Wales/Victoria Broken Hill Cobar Wilcannia Bourke Mildura Wentworth Tibooburra Western Australia Dampier
Deserts_of_Australia
Village in New South Wales, Australia
October 2020. "Local and General". Cobar Herald. 25 May 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 29 August 2023. "Mines Report". Cobar Herald. 24 May 1912. p. 7. Retrieved
Bobadah
Australian politician
New South Wales Legislative Assembly. In 1898, Spence he became MP for Cobar in western New South Wales. He remained president of the AWU, making him
William_Spence
Mansion in New South Wales, Australia
In 1894 Longworth became a member of the Great Cobar Mining Syndicate which reopened the Cobar Copper Mine and considerably expanded and improved it
Woollahra_House
Locality and ghost town, in New South Wales, Australia
1909. p. 4. "AMA Conference - THURSDAY". The Cobar Herald. 19 October 1909. p. 2. "THE YAMBULLA GOLD MINE". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 November 1912. p
Yambulla
Former mining village now a ghost town in New South Wales, Australia
4 km west of Kidman Way, between Mount Hope and Gilgunnia on the route to Cobar. The closest remaining settlement is Mount Hope. The landform, Mount Allen
Mount_Allen,_New_South_Wales
Railway line in Australia
Chain Reaction The line was opened as a heavy-haul railway to the major coal mine at Ulan in 1982 and extended to Gulgong in 1985 to meet the line to Dunedoo
Sandy Hollow–Gulgong railway line
Sandy_Hollow–Gulgong_railway_line
Former railway line in New South Wales
Berrima Binnaway-Werris Creek Blayney-Demondrille Boggabilla Bombala Canberra Cobar Coonamble Grenfell Gwabegar Hay Lake Cargelligo Medway Quarry Mungindi Naradhan
Holbrook_railway_line
"Early Devonian (Lochkovian–Pragian) linguliform brachiopods from the Cobar Supergroup, western New South Wales, Australia". Palaeoworld. 35 (3) 201085
2026_in_paleontology
Mining engineer and manager in Australia
V. F. Stanley-Low. He was for a short time in 1903 manager of the Cobar-Chesney mine, and the Broken Hill Junction Mining Company for about a year 1904–05
John_Warren_(mining_engineer)
Former Australian railway company
Silverton Rail, and in August 1999 began operating iron ore services from Cobar to Narromine as a subcontractor to National Rail and relocated the majority
Southern_&_Silverton_Rail
Former village in New South Wales
the Great Cobar Colliery at Lithgow, erected new shale retorts at Torbane to produce petrol for their own vehicle fleet. The area, where the mines, retorts
Torbane
Mountain range in South Australia
was mined near both Echunga and Williamstown (in the Barossa). Other mines in the southern ranges include a nineteenth-century silver-lead mine at Talisker
Mount_Lofty_Ranges
State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
About NSW. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. "The Great Cobar Copper Mines". Australian Town and Country Journal. 3 August 1878. p. 23. Retrieved
Electoral_district_of_Bourke
Mass movement of Australians seeking gold (1851–1910s)
near Wyangala, 1880 Wrightville, near Cobar, 1887 Mount Drysdale near Cobar, 1892 Wyalong, 1893 Canbelego, near Cobar, 1896 Gold was found in Queensland
Australian_gold_rushes
Railway line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The line suffered large losses in its later years, and the effect of the Great Depression forced it to cease its services, the last passenger service operating
Cronulla_railway_line
Disused railway station in New South Wales, Australia
Great Western Railway to Bourke". Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin. Vol 53, no 779. September 2002. "Developing the Inland - The Great Western
Bourke_railway_station
Professional association
Carl Bellinger from US; mine manager, Cobar 1909–1914, president 1912 James Hebbard (manager of the Central Mine, Broken Hill), president 1913 John Warren
Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Australasian_Institute_of_Mining_and_Metallurgy
Railway line in Sydney, Australia
from the Metropolitan Goods line. Two bridges carried the line over the Great Western Highway. On 11 January 1915, Metropolitan Meat Platform opened.
Olympic_Park_railway_line
Former railway line in New South Wales, Australia
no fences. The 28 km (17 mi) branch line to Canowindra was opened with great fanfare on 4 July 1910. The opening of the line proved an economic boon
Eugowra_railway_line
1851–1880 gold rush in Australia
(24½ tonnes). The Great Western Road to Bathurst became choked with men from all walks of life, with all they could carry to live and mine. The newspaper
New_South_Wales_gold_rush
Novelty structures and sculptures
of the surrounding plantation and an indoor ski slope. The Big Beer Can Cobar 1990 5×2.5 m (16.4×8.2 ft) The Big Beer Can has a Tooheys New design, and
Big_things_(Australia)
Partly closed railway in New South Wales
railway crossed the Great Southern Road, later Hume Highway, on the level. At the colliery end, coal was brought up an incline from the mine which laid across
Berrima_railway_line
Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009. "Cobar's Mining History" (PDF). Primefacts. Department of Primary Industries. February
Consolidated_Zinc
Train line in New South Wales, Australia
The Main Northern railway line, also known as the Great Northern Railway, is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia, running from Strathfield in
Main_Northern_railway_line
English engineer (c. 1866–1936)
Curtin-Davis mine; in 1899 he was appointed mining manager of the 60-acre block mine in Gundagai, followed by Forbes, Hermidale and Cobar. On 5 December
O._W._Brain
Former colliery railway line in New South Wales, Australia
purchased the railway & mine from John Eales. By June 1859 they had constructed a connection and exchange siding with the Great Northern Railway at Hexham
Richmond_Vale_railway_line
Railway network in New South Wales, Australia
Streets, Newcastle. Privately owned and operated to service the A Pit coal mine, it was a cast-iron fishbelly rail on an inclined plane as a gravitational
Rail transport in New South Wales
Rail_transport_in_New_South_Wales
Carnarvon, Western Australia YCAS (CSI) – Casino Airport YCBA (CAZ) – Cobar Airport – Cobar, New South Wales YCBB (COJ) – Coonabarabran Airport – Coonabarabran
List of airports by ICAO code: Y
List_of_airports_by_ICAO_code:_Y
Heritage railway society based in Cowra, Australia
Car Leasing Australia and Freight Australia, and in September 2000 from Great Northern Rail Services. In October 2006, the company was sold to Stephen
Lachlan_Valley_Railway
Rail tunnel in New South Wales
included the design and construction of a driven railway and four fully mined stations. The line consists of two tunnels – one for each track. The tunnels
Epping_to_Chatswood_rail_link
Mercury. 1904-05-27. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-07-19. "Two Townships Wiped Out". Cobar Herald. 1913-06-27. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-07-20. "Mining News". Lithgow Mercury
List of shale oil operations in Australia
List_of_shale_oil_operations_in_Australia
Former railway line in New South Wales
Parliament late in 1860, was a sum of £20,000 for the extension of the Great Northern Railway from Maitland to Morpeth. However, during the debate, the
East Maitland–Morpeth railway line
East_Maitland–Morpeth_railway_line
Railway line in New South Wales, Australia
services in October 2013. The railway was severely damaged by the 'State Mine Fire', part of the October 2013 bushfires. The railway suffered millions
Zig_Zag_Railway
Railway line in New South Wales, Australia
removed in early 2016, except within Newcastle station. Walters, C: The Great Northern Railway Newcastle to Maitland 150 years on Australian Railway History
Newcastle_railway_line
Railway line in New South Wales, Australia
line ran north-northwest from Picton, over the Picton Viaduct, across the Great South Road before heading northwest through a 180-metre (590 ft) tunnel
Picton–Mittagong loop railway line
Picton–Mittagong_loop_railway_line
Railway line in Sydney, New South Wales
parallel to Oxford Street to Bondi Junction. However, the intervention of the Great Depression and World War II halted construction on all Bradfield's plans
Eastern_Suburbs_railway_line
Railway line in Australia
2016, all services were operated by Pacific National. The only active coal mine on the line is served by a siding south of Otford. Most other coal trains
South Coast railway line, New South Wales
South_Coast_railway_line,_New_South_Wales
Regional Gallery Grafton Northern Rivers Art website Greater Cobar Heritage Centre Cobar Central West Local history website Griffith Pioneer Park Griffith
List of museums in New South Wales
List_of_museums_in_New_South_Wales
Mountain range in Australia
tallest mountain range in mainland Australia, being part of the continent's Great Dividing Range, a cordillera system. It makes up the northeastern half of
Snowy_Mountains
"Colorado Court of Appeals – January 25, 2007 No. 03CA1034. People v. Grant". cobar.org. 25 January 2007. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved
Timeline of disability rights in the United States
Timeline_of_disability_rights_in_the_United_States
Australian rail freight services operator
Workshops in Victoria. It also has a maintenance facility at the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park & Railway. In 2012, SSR formed a subsidiary, BRM Leasing. In
Southern_Shorthaul_Railroad
Month of 1914
Australia national cricket team from 1946 to 1948; as Ernest Toshack, in Cobar, Australia (d. 2003)[citation needed] Died: William Woodville Rockhill,
December_1914
Closed railway line in New South Wales
South Burwood mine and renamed it the Dudley Colliery. This Company re-opened the mine in May 1896, and coal was again transported from the mine from that
Belmont railway line, New South Wales
Belmont_railway_line,_New_South_Wales
injured in an underground explosion at the Endeavor Silver Zinc Lead mine near Cobar; mining and trading operations are then suspended, pending investigation
2025_in_Australia
Railway line in New South Wales, Australia
The Main Southern railway line or Great Southern Railway is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs from Sydney to Albury, near the Victorian
Main_Southern_railway_line
95.1 MHz Triple M Central Queensland – Owned and Maintained by: Callide Mine under permission from Southern Cross Austereo – TX Site: Mt Murchision –
List of radio stations in Australia
List_of_radio_stations_in_Australia
Bioregion in Western Australia
on bauxite mines fringing Jarrah Forest is high. Despite the restoration and protection of jarrah forest in areas previously used by mine sites, the lack
Jarrah_Forest
Town in New South Wales, Australia
p. 331. Retrieved 28 September 2020. "Legislative Council Referendum - Cobar Electoral District". Western Herald (Bourke, NSW : 1887 - 1970). 21 April
Canonba
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
specialists in close contact with local industry: a Mr Blakemore, of the Great Cobar mining and smelting syndicate; a Mr Holdship, of the Lithgow Supply Company;
Eskbank_House
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
ships and expanded the commercial capacity of the region. The first coal mine in the Illawarra was opened in 1849. By 1865 "mail deliveries to and from
Old Wollongong Telegraph and Post Office
Old_Wollongong_Telegraph_and_Post_Office
Disused industrial site in Australia
diverse than Portland because of its closeness to the city of Wollongong; Cobar, associated with copper, but with a variety of companies involved; Burraga
Portland Cement Works Precinct
Portland_Cement_Works_Precinct
Atomic weapons tests in Australia, 1956–1963
but two were lost and drifted further afield, one being recovered near Cobar in New South Wales on 24 September and the other around Hungerford in New
British nuclear tests at Maralinga
British_nuclear_tests_at_Maralinga
includes IATA codes AirportGuide: Australia – used to check ICAO and IATA airport codes Great Circle Mapper: Australia – used to check IATA airport codes
List_of_airports_in_Australia
Local government area in New South Wales, Australia
source of lime in the 1800s, and so, many middens in the Shire may have been mined for shells in order to produce mortar for construction. Within the Royal
Sutherland_Shire
Australian aviator (1909–1980)
Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales. His father was an engineer at the Great Cobar Copper Mine. Purvis had his first flight in 1920 with a barnstormer, then trained
Harry_Purvis
Region in Australia
silver, antimony and zinc which really helped their economy. Miners who would mine in the area would grow crops such as apple, cherry and plum trees. This gave
South_Eastern_Highlands
25 March 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2012. Aviation Safety Network – IATA and ICAO airport codes Great Circle Mapper – IATA, ICAO and FAA airport codes
List of airports by IATA code: C
List_of_airports_by_IATA_code:_C
Investor, financier, speculator, and politician, from Melbourne, Australia
completed. After the time that he bought the coal mine, he bought grazing properties in the Cobar area. The mine never reopened, and the land and a railway corridor
Benjamin_Fink
Historic building in Sydney, Australia
Colonial Architect James Barnet. Composed primarily of local Sydney sandstone, mined in Pyrmont, the primary load-bearing northern façade has been described
General_Post_Office,_Sydney
Marble Bar, Western Australia after having been kidnapped from a car in Cobar, New South Wales eleven weeks prior. After being extradited to New South
1976_in_Australia
community of Gympie. Dorothy May Blacker For service to the community of Cobar. Robert McChristie Blacklow For service to the arts through the production
2014_Australia_Day_Honours
abducted from car in Cobar". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 November 1975. p. 3. Retrieved 9 October 2025. "50 help in hunt for Cobar girl". The Sydney Morning
1975_in_Australia
Local government area in New South Wales, Australia
including: 4570–4578 Mitchell Highway, Lucknow: Wentworth and Reform Gold Mines 219–255 Anson Street, Orange: Uniting Church and Kindergarten Hall 3–25
City of Orange (New South Wales)
City_of_Orange_(New_South_Wales)
Former Premier of New South Wales (1890–1978)
Martin). In June 1939, three other MPs, Frank Burke (Newtown), Mat Davidson (Cobar) and Ted Horsington (Sturt), unhappy with Lang's leadership joined the ILP
Bob_Heffron
Augusta, barge Eureka and Cadell's River Murray flag. "Romance of the World's Great Rivers". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 1 August 1908. p. 13. Retrieved 14 April
List of Murray–Darling steamboats
List_of_Murray–Darling_steamboats
Post office in Queensland, Australia
through the last three decades of the 19th century, gold was found and mined throughout the district, although as a series of short lived fields. In
Cloncurry_Post_Office
"Late Silurian (Ludlow) and Early Devonian (Pragian) conodonts from the Cobar Supergroup, western New South Wales, Australia". Bulletin of Geosciences
2016_in_paleontology
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
mining of gold at Mount Morgan. The immense wealth generated from the gold mines created a period of buoyancy in Rockhampton which produced many prestigious
Rockhampton_Post_Office
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