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| | 2000/113/8 Boots, pair, rubber, worn at Cooranbong Colliery NSW, made by Dunlop, place of manufacture unknown, [1996] - ... |
 | | In 1999 the Cooranbong Colliery donated to the museum a full set of underground coal mine official's personal equipment as an example of the gear worn by each of its managers and undermanagers. |
 | | Cooranbong Colliery, located at Dora Creek, New South Wales, is owned by Powercoal Pty. |
 | | John Turner, Acting manager of the Cooranbong Colliery, NSW, explains, in correspondence with the curators dated 30 November 1999, that rubber boots are 'required in most mines due to wet, muddy conditions'. |
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