Ink and Comb Size:M The mine operated from 1947

The mine operated from 1947 until coal reserves in the Great Northern Seam ran out in March 2012

its lettering faded but still legible

Rendered concrete and weathered weatherboard buildings line both sides of a narrow road through Umagae Street in Yubari on a wet winter day

A weathered timber hull rests on blocks at Halvorsens Boat Yard

concrete floor thick with dust and paint peeling from the walls in long curling strips

Ink and Comb Size:M The mine operated from 1947A dust covered ink bottle and a white tablet jar sit side by side on a grimy timber shelf inside one of the Woolla slab huts, a green and a pink comb resting to their right. The huts were built by hand in 1927 from timber cut on the property, and the Davis family held the land continuously from 1910 until Vern Davis died in Braidwood in 2004. Part of the Woolla series.