Coal And Colonials
Biography & Memoir History Business & Economics
Coal and Colonials by Jim Comerford tracks Australia’s black-coal frontier through the eyes of the miners who built it, blending biography, labour history and industrial geography into one concise 176-page hardback. Published 1997 by the United Mineworkers Federation of Australia, the book is pitched at young-adult and adult readers curious about colonial enterprise, cultural change and the true stories of the pits.
The narrative moves from convict-era tunnels to twentieth-century union halls, showing how colliery towns shaped both landscape and national identity. Comerford, a veteran miner and union chronicler, keeps the technical detail accessible while letting workers’ voices drive the account.
This used copy arrives with its original dust jacket still bright and a square, tight binding that feels fresh in hand. Apart from light foxing on the edge of the opening pages of chapter one, the pages are clean, unmarked and free of dog-ears; no smoke or musty odours linger. A solid addition to a history shelf or a thoughtful gift for a labour-history buff.
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