Collection 01: Coal mining and coal seam gas, 2013-2016, photographs by Dean Sewell

sub-fonds

2013-2016

Graphic Materials, Photographs

1001543

35 photographs - digital; TIFF; colour

Proposed developments and exploration of Coal Seam Gas, particularly in Bentley, Gloucester and the Pilliga region, have been controversial and attracted opposition from local communities, farmers and environmentalists.

Reference: Library Correspondence file
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-04/gas-giant-agl-pulls-out-of-gloucester-csg-project/7138784 [accessed March 2016]

35 digital photographs documenting protests including blockades in Bentley, Gloucester, and the Pilliga State Forest; protest groups such as ‘Lock the Gate’ and ‘Knitting Nannas Against Gas’; and ‘locking-on’ tactics, where protesters lock themselves to mining equipment.

Item 01: Aerial view of an operational drag line scooping out coal in the open cut, Mount Thorley Warkworth mine complex, Hunter Valley, NSW , 1 April 2014
Item 02: Aerial view of YanCoals Ashton open cut coal mine project, Hunter Valley, NSW, 1 April 2014
Item 03: Aerial view of AGL's Bayswater thermal coal power station, Hunter Valley, NSW, 1 April 2014
Item 04: Aerial view of Glencore's Mangoola open cut coal mine, Hunter Valley, NSW, 1 April 2014
Item 05: Members of the all girl anti coal seam gas group known colloquially as the "Gas Girls", Bentley Blockade, Northern Rivers, NSW, 29 March 2014
Item 06: Lismore police talk with blockade organisers, Bentley Blockade, Northern Rivers, NSW, 28 April 2014
Item 07: Lismore identity and Northern Rivers knitting Nanna, Jenny Dell, Bentley Blockade, Northern Rivers, NSW, 14 March 2014
Item 08: A protester is locked onto a Dragaon, an improvised ground anchor, Doubtful Creek, Kyogle, NSW, 2 November 2013
Item 09: Gasfield Free Northern Rivers co-ordinator Ian Gailard hands Inspector Doug Connors a "Take Notice" document, Bentley Blockade, Northern Rivers, NSW, 30 March 2014
Item 10: An opponent to coal seam gas mining dressed as a koala is dragged away by police, Gloucester Valley, NSW, 27 October 2014
Item 11: Opponents to coal seam gas mining associated with Groundswell are dragged away by police and security, Gloucester Valley, NSW, 27 October 2014
Item 12: Theatrical opponents to coal seam gas mining surround a police officer as he consoles an elderly opponent to coal seam gas who was overwhelmed by the protest, Gloucester Valley, NSW, 27 October 2014
Item 13: Man blocks a convoy of heavy articulated vehicles, removed by NSW police rescue crews with the use of jack hammers and angle grinders, Doubtful Creek, Kyogle, NSW, 2 November 2013
Item 14: A young Kyogle woman and her child stand at the gates of the forest blockade in Doubtful Creek, Kyogle, NSW, 11 February 2013
Item 15: Drew Hutton delivers a motivational speech to the Bentley Blockade opponents to coal seam gas mining by gas company Metgasco, Northern Rivers, NSW, 30 March 2014
Item 16: A man sits atop a constructed protest Tee Pee at the entrance to gas company Metgascos proposed drill site, Bentley Blockade, Northern Rivers, NSW, 28 April 2014
Item 17: Ted Borowski bringing to a standstill a convoy of several vehicles from entering the Pilliga State Forest, Narrabri, NSW, 2 March 2014
Item 18: Julia Borowski stands with a protest banner in solidarity with husband Ted Borowski, Pilliga State Forest, Narrabri, NSW, 2 March 2014
Item 19: Yancols Stratford coal mine in the Gloucester Valley, 10 km South of Gloucester, NSW, 24 March 2014
Item 20: Aerial view, "No Mines" mowed into the lawn of a Gloucester farm displaying sentiment of plans to create a second open cut coal mine in the valley, Gloucester Valley, NSW, 25 March 2014
Item 21: Roadside sign erected by farmer Andrew Pursehouse on his property "Breeza Station", Kamilaroi Highway, Breeza, NSW, 15 March 2015
Item 22: Aerial view of Santos Narrabri Project, several test drill pads and a contaminated by product storage pond, Pilliga State Forest, Narrabri, NSW, 24 February 2014
Item 23: Aerial view of the land clearing of the Leard State Forest to commence the construction of a coal loading loop line, Boggabri, NSW, 9 February 2014
Item 24: Gamilaraay traditional land owners Uncle Davey and Uncle Neville talk to former Greenpeace Communications Director Julie Maken, Leard State Forest, Boggabri, NSW, 9 February 2014
Item 25: Children of farmers from Narrabri, Coonamble and Coonabarabran who oppose coal seam gas drilling in the Pilliga, Pilliga State Forest, Narrabri, NSW, 12 December 2015
Item 26: Farmers from Narrabri, Coonamble and Coonabarabran who oppose coal seam gas drilling in the Pilliga stage a symbolic blockade, Pilliga State Forest, Narrabri, NSW, 12 December 2015
Item 27: Farmers from Narrabri, Coonamble and Coonabarabran who oppose coal seam gas drilling in the Pilliga stage a symbolic blockade, Pilliga State Forest, Narrabri, NSW, 12 December 2015
Item 28: Gamilaraay traditional land owners and elders lock on to an excavator in the early hours of the morning to halt the operations of the construction of Santos' Leewood reverse osmosis plant, Pilliga State Forest, Narrabri, NSW, 21 February 2016
Item 29: Knitting Nannas, Pilliga State Forest, Narrabri, NSW, 21 February 2016
Item 30: Knitting Nannas with other anti coal seam gas opponents listening to the days debriefing and following days action plan, Pilliga Push protest camp site, Kamilaroi Highway, NSW, 21 February 2016
Item 31: Gamilaraay traditional land owners stand under an aboriginal welcome sign erected in the Pilliga Forest protest camp, Pilliga State Forest, Narrabri, NSW, 21 February 2016
Item 32: Anti coal seam gas activists storm Santos' Leewood reverse osmosis plant under construction, Pilliga State Forest, Narrabri, NSW, 20 February 2016
Item 33: Anti coal seam gas activists storm Santos' Leewood reverse osmosis plant under construction, Pilliga State Forest, Narrabri, NSW, 20 February 2016
Item 34: Anti coal seam gas activists storm Santos' Leewood reverse osmosis plant under construction, Pilliga State Forest, Narrabri, NSW, 20 February 2016
Item 35: Anti coal seam gas activists storm Santos' Leewood reverse osmosis plant under construction, Pilliga State Forest, Narrabri, NSW, 20 February 2016

Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of photographer plus 70 years
Copyright holder:: Dean Sewell
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Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Dean Sewell

Title supplied by cataloguer; contents list supplied by photographer.

Acquired in digital format. Access copy available online